1. Media Center Orientation
The New Carver
Home of the Panthers

2. Media Center Site http://lmc-nsc.wikispaces.com
New Carver Media Center
Site

3. Who Works in the Media Center?
Mrs. Anderson-Weaver
Ms. Flanagan
Mrs. Ward

4. Media Center Hours (Tentative)
Monday 7:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Tuesday 8:00 a.m. - 3:15 p.m. Wednesday 7:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Thursday 7:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Friday 7:30 a.m. - 3:15 p.m.

5. Atlanta Fulton Public Library
Library Catalogs
New Carver
aps.kids.org
Atlanta Fulton Public Library

6. “Georgia Library Learning Online”
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“Georgia Library Learning Online”

7. Atlanta’s Major Newspaper
Atlanta Journal Constitution

8. George Washington Carver
Born in Diamond Grove, Missouri in 1864
Graduated from Iowa State University
Booker T. Washington requested his presence at Tuskegee Institute in 1896
In 1916 published his research “How to Grow the Peanut and 105 Ways of Preparing it for Human Consumption”
Died on January 5, 1943 (heart disease) and is buried on the campus of Tuskegee Institute near Booker T. Washington
1st national monument dedicated to an African American
and 1st to a non-president

9. GW Carver High School
In 1883, The Freedman’s Aid Society established Clark University and Gammon Theological Seminary on this campus. (In the 1930s Clark moved to the AUC campus’ present location)
The land was purchased by the Atlanta Board of Education in 1946 for $55, The land included 7 buildings.
In 1947, Carver became the 3rd high school for African Americans in the city of Atlanta.
The first principal was James Bohannon.

10. Leete Hall Original building was completed in 1922
Named after Methodist Bishop Frederick Leete, Chairman of the board of trustees at Clark Atlanta University
Bishop Leete raised &50,000 for the construction of Leete Hall

11. Architect Alexander D. Hamilton
Attended Atlanta University before joining his father’s architecture firm
Hamilton married Nellie Cook in 1892;
7 children

12. Alexander D. Hamilton was one the architects for the Butler Street YMCA, the Big Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Robert Hall (Morehouse College) and Frederick Leete Hall on the campus of George Washington Carver High School.