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Doe Avedon was born Dorcas Marie Nowell in Old Westbury, New York, Long Island on April 7, 1925. Her mother died when she was three years old, after which she was raised by her father who worked as a butler. When Doe was 12 years old her father died; she was raised by the wealthy family for whom her father had worked. [1]
The school is located in two buildings, around 100 years old, in proximity to Highland Park and Hamtramck. Dixon Educational Learning Academy Earheart Elementary/Middle School
Detroit Public Schools Community District (DPSCD) is a school district that serves Detroit, Michigan, and high school students in Highland Park, Michigan. The district, which replaced the original Detroit Public Schools ( DPS ) in 2016, provides services to approximately 50,000 students, [ 6 ] making it the largest school district in the state.
The Main Branch is the headquarters of the Detroit Public Library System in Detroit, Michigan. It is located in Detroit's Midtown neighborhood, between Woodward Avenue and Cass Avenue. Designed by Cass Gilbert, the Main Branch was constructed with Vermont marble and serpentine Italian marble trim in an Italian Renaissance style.
Oakman Elementary/Orthopedic School - Closed in 2014. The school, serving grades PreK-5, [3] was established and specially designed to accommodate children with physical disabilities, but it also enrolled children with no disabilities. DPS announced that the school was to close in 2013 in order to solve the district's budget gap.
The Detroit Public Library: An American Classic. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 978-0-8143-4232-9. Hill, Eric J.; John Gallagher (2002). AIA Detroit: The American Institute of Architects Guide to Detroit Architecture. Wayne State University Press. p. 349. ISBN 978-0-8143-3120-0. Parnassus on Main Street: A History of the Detroit Public Library.
Communication & Media Arts High School (CMA) is a public, magnet high school and part of Detroit Public Schools in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Kim Woo Gray was principal from when the school opened in 1992 until her retirement in 2008. CMA has twenty-three full-time staff and 512 students.
The Roosevelt Warehouse, more commonly known as the Detroit Public Schools Book Depository, is a building on 14th & Marantette Street in Detroit, Michigan. It is understood to have been designed by Albert Kahn and that it was originally a Post Office before being used as the Public Schools' surplus equipment depository. [ 1 ]