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Lions' Pride
Title
The Lions' Pride: A Pictorial and Anecdotal History of Leon High School.
Creator
Teague, Linda Lee
Abstract/Description
The history of Leon High School, from its roots in the first Leon Academy opened in 1827 and celebrated its 100th graduating class in 2007. Prominent members of the Leon "family" are profiled, including : Kate Sullivan, Caroline Brevard, Augusta Raa, Mike Conley, Marvin Henderson, James L. Nettles, Margaret O'Connor Hall, and Rocky Hanna.
Date Issued
2008
Identifier
FSU_LeonHS_LionsPridebook, fsu:747109
Format
E-book
Some additional ways of retaining potential early school leavers in Leon High School
Title
Some additional ways of retaining potential early school leavers in Leon High School.
Creator
King, Jeanette, Hankin, Edward K., Florida State University
Abstract/Description
The 1950 Census of Florida shows that only 24.3 per cent of all white residents of the state twenty-five years of age and over had completed high school. A study made by Marshall of the 1952 class at Leon County High School, Tallahassee, Florida, disclosed that 77.1 per cent of the students who entered the seventh grade in 1946 for the first time continued to graduation or one year after class had graduated. This is a higher percentage of graduating students than in many other high schools of...
Show moreThe 1950 Census of Florida shows that only 24.3 per cent of all white residents of the state twenty-five years of age and over had completed high school. A study made by Marshall of the 1952 class at Leon County High School, Tallahassee, Florida, disclosed that 77.1 per cent of the students who entered the seventh grade in 1946 for the first time continued to graduation or one year after class had graduated. This is a higher percentage of graduating students than in many other high schools of the state. It is assumed desirable to have these young people stay in school the allotted time and to provide for them an educational program appropriate to their needs and to the needs of the society in which they live. Drop-outs, for one reason or another, are being thrust into an adult world to face adult problems before they have successfully coped with the problems of teenagers.
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Date Issued
1956
Identifier
FSU_historic_akw1885
Format
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