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Tryon Daily Bulletin
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Vol. 85 / No. 131
Tryon, N.C. 28782
Monday, August 6, 2012
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National Trust for Historic Preservation celebrating history of Rosenwald Schools; five documented in Polk Editor’s note: The following article was submitted by Mae Carolyn Jackson Williams. She is the daughter of Della H. Jackson and attended Edmund Embury School and Union Grove School in Polk County, both of which have been identified as Rosenwald Schools. She now works with a committee that planned the renovation of the Ridgeley School, a Rosenwald School in Capitol Heights, Md. Between 1912 and 1932, many schools were built for African-American students throughout the south, including Polk County, with financial help from the Rosenwald Fund. The money in the Rosenwald Fund was donated by Julius Rosenwald, a former president of Sears, Roebuck and Company. (Continued on page 3)
Above: The renovated Ridgeley Rosenwald School in Maryland. Right: A plaque marking the former location of the Edmund Embury School in Tryon. (photo by Angela Holmes)
You may have noticed the Ford Thunderbird parked in the Tryon Federal Bank parking lot for the past several weeks. Someone will drive home in that car this Saturday, Aug. 11. That’s when the drawing will be held in the Tryon Youth Center’s annual fundraising car raffle. For tickets, call 828-817-4303, 828-817-1459 or email mckaig@charter.net.
Polk Schools meet federal test targets by Samantha Hurst
All seven Polk County schools met proficiency-testing standards this past school year, according to results released Aug. 2 from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. Polk County Schools Superintendent Bill Miller said he was happy with the schools’ achievements. “I do hope it helps people see that
our schools continue to perform incredibly well,” Miller said. Schools across the state were evaluated based on three key areas, including the percentage of students proficient in grade-level skills and knowledge; the amount of growth the school’s students achieved in the year and whether the
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