Tag: Central School
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Lincoln School
aka Claudius W. Bradshaw School;aka Challenge Square Academy;aka Met East High School 1151 Kaighn Avenue Camden had become an industrial city by the 1880s, and although the country went into an economic slump in the early 1890s, generally referred to as “the panic of 1893,” the city continued to grow and with it the need…
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Central School
Central School’s roots trace back to Camden’s earliest days of public education, named for its location in the Middle Ward, one of Camden’s original three wards before the 1871 Charter. In 1877, Camden’s Board of Education decided to replace the old school at South 4th Street and Hartman Street (now Clinton Street) with a new…
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Principals Fete Retiring Members
Camden Courier-Post – June 16, 1933 Association Gives Banquet and Entertainment for 8 at Hotel Here Eight retiring school principals were honored last night at a banquet in the junior ballroom of Hotel Walt Whitman by the Camden Principals’ Association. Amid decorations of roses and spring flowers these teachers, who have served the city from…
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Retiring Teachers Given a Dinner
Camden Courier-Post – June 1, 1933 Three Veterans of Central School Receive Gifts At Walt Whitman Event Three veteran teachers of the Central School, Fourth and Clinton Streets, who will retire this month were dinner guests last night of the faculty at Hotel Walt Whitman. Those retiring are Miss Daisy Y. Furber, principal, and Miss…