Lakeland School 1st Grade report card of Jean Ann Gray from 1940-41 school year. Gray attended the single race elementary school located on Winnipeg Street in the eastern section of Lakeland. The school was a "Rosenwald School" built in 1925.
Lakeland High School class of 1950 reunion trip to Wildwood NJ
Images from Lakeland students of Fairmont Heights High School
Cast of School program "Wedding of the Painted Doll" at Lakeland School
Perfect Attendance Certificate Gregory Lomax 5th grade at College Park School
Folks Made the School video and report and screening event at College Park Community Center in Lakeland. The video was a product of a University of Maryland American Studies Class under Dr. Mary Sies. Their work also included written reports and the compiling of oral histories. The work was done in partnership with the Lakeland Community Heritage Project
In the late 1960s, it became clear that the fifty-year old building housing Lakeland Elementary school no longer met the needs of the community's children. Community leaders fought long and hard to have a new school built in Lakeland. This commitment was maintained despite the school board’s selection of a site occupied by several houses. Even some of those who would be losing their homes worked actively for a new school in Lakeland. They were triumphant, and Paint Branch Elementary School opened in 1972 as an integrated elementary school with students from Lakeland and neighboring majority-white communities. Shown above is Miss Norris’s pre-kindergarten class in 1974-75. Today, the school serves more than 350 students from pre-kindergarten through sixth grade.
graduating class of 1950. Senior photos continued.
Former Lakeland High School Building during period it served as Lakeland Elementary.
Sympathy cards. A card for "Your college graduate." With cards and note opened up for viewing.
Class with principal, Edgar Smith
Lakeland Junior- Senior High School 1948 Yearbook
1930 Enumeration District 14-56 Sheet 11 B Berwyn Election District 21
School picture of Gregory Lomax, Program at College Park Elementary School and and wedding reception of picture of Phillip Matthews of Laurel and Vera Johnson of Lakeland
A yellowed napkin with the words "Class of '50 Lakeland" stamped upon it in black print.
Another Shakespeare quote for the 'Athletics' title page. Opposite are the Cheerleaders!
Drawing of Lakeland High School from Lakelander yearbook
As a freshman at Morgan State University in Baltimore in 1974, Robert Peterson participated in the Maryland Marathon, completing the Olympic distance of 26 miles, 385 yards in 3 hours, 19 minutes, 31 seconds. The next spring, Peterson ran the Boston Marathon.
Lakelander yearbook
Lakeland Elm. School Kindergarten field trip to University of Maryland animal barn
Continuing the pattern of seniors and signing.
An 'autographs' page, signed by a few: James, Christopher, and William Pruden on September 12 2011. Written under each is which grandson they are. There is also a note reading "Keep the dream," signed by a name that's difficult to read. Opposite is a Shakespeare quote superimposed on a picture of clouds, titled 'Administration.'
Jean Ann Gray 1st grade report card as student at Lakeland Elementary School
Members of the Lakeland High School Dance Group in 1946. Group President Mary Day and secretary LaVerne Tolson are pictured, as are other members. They are shown in the school hallway. Dance, music, and athletics were offered at the school. Teachers donated time to the community and often taught extracurricular programs after school. Educators defined their roles as providing more than classroom learning; they worked to expand the cultural horizons of students, as well.
For generations Mrs. Dessie Randall Thomas "Miss Dessie" taught children in the Sunday School of Embry AME Church. She is here with a class. This was a typical scene during the 1940s to 1970s
Continuing the pattern of seniors and signing.
From 1917 to 1932, the Rosenwald Fund contributed to the building of approximately 5,000 schools for African-American children in southern states. The Rosenwald program provided state-of-the-art school plans along with partial funding. Communities were required to provide cash or in-kind contributions; the remainder of the school costs was borne by local school boards. Lakeland had two such schools. Lakeland Elementary (shown here) was built in 1925, replacing the earlier school, and Lakeland High School was built in 1928.
Continuing list of addresses for all the seniors., and opposite are clippings of obituaries from staff or students who were working at/graduated from the school in 1962.
Cover Page/ 1st page
Lakelander yearbook page
Lakelander 1948 Yearbook
The Senior Class Officers. Opposite is the title page for Organizations, with a Shakespeare quote.
During class of 1950 Lakeland High School reunion event in Wildwood NJ
Lakeland High School class of 1950 reunion trip to Wildwood NJ
Looking South Within site are Lakeland School and 54th Avenue
The upper class, grades four through six, was taught by Anita P. Smith in the second classroom. Lakelander Bessie Mack often worked as a substitute teacher at the school.
Parkdale, Fairmont Heights, Rockville, Win State Titles
In the kindergarten classroom of Lakeland Elementry School during the 1965-66 school year
An oral history interview conducted with Julia Pitts during Lakeland Heritage Weekend 2008. Mrs. Pitts discusses her childhood in Beltsville, Maryland. How living in a predominantly white community affected her childhood, the relationships that existed in that community, and being educated in an all African-American, one room school house from first to seventh grade. Though she was born in Montgomery County, Maryland, where her parents met, they moved to Beltsville when she was young. She describes how her family lived on the "white" side of Beltsville, and how she walked to school on the other side of Beltsville, because the school in her community was only for white children. She discusses her relationships with white children in that community, how the community stuck together, and how she didn't feel the effects of segregation until later in life. She also discusses her different places of employment. After dropping out of school after seventh grade, to help her mother support the family after her father died, she worked as a nanny for people within her Beltsville community. She later got a job at the University of Maryland, through a contact in her community. She worked at the University on the housekeeping staff, a job she didn't keep for long, because she applied for a position with Prince George's County. She spent most of her life working for Prince George's county as a community aid. Mrs. Pitts explains segregation's effect on her life, on the lives of her two children, and on those who lived in the Lakeland Community. She discusses in detail a case of discrimination at a local bank, which prompted the NAACP involvement. She briefly explains how she felt about Urban Renewal in Lakeland, and how other people in the community felt about it. Her home was not affected by Urban Renewal but she understands how it effected others who lost their homes. A common theme throughout the interview was Mrs. Pitts' involvement in church groups and both the Baptist and Methodist churches in Lakeland. She is an active member of Church Women United, and mentions the organization several times throughout the interview.