Fred A. Toomer Elementary School

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Fred A. Toomer Elementary School is an elementary school in the Atlanta, Georgia neighborhood of Kirkwood.

The school is part of the Atlanta Public Schools district.

Origin of Name

The school was dedicated on April 21, 1968, in the memory of Fred Armon Toomer (1889-1961), Third Vice-President and member of the Board of Directors of [http://www.atlantalife.com/main.asp?urh=insurance Atlanta Life Insurance Company] . [cite web | author=The Herndon Home | title= Register of the Toomer Family Papers | publisher=The Digital Library of Georgia | year= 2007 | url=http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/herndon/toomer.html | accessdate=2007-04-06]

Comprehensive School Reform

All Atlanta Public Schools have selected from among twelve Comprehensive School Reform models. Toomer Elementary has chosen the Core Knowledge and Direct Instruction models. [cite web | author=Atlanta Public Schools | title=Comprehensive School Reform Designs in Atlanta Public Schools | publisher=apskids.org | year=2006 | url=http://apskids.org/teach/csr/csrchart.pdf | accessdate=2007-04-07]

Notable Alumni

NBA player Anthony Carter attended Toomer, where his fifth-grade class was adopted by the [http://ihad.org "I Have a Dream" Foundation] . In 2003, Carter was appointed as the first-ever spokesperson for the foundation. [cite web | author="I Have a Dream" Foundation | title=NBA'S ANTHONY CARTER ANNOUNCED AS FIRST NATIONAL SPOKESPERSON FOR IHAD | publisher=ihad.org | year= 2003 | url=http://www.ihad.org/news_detail.php?news_id=24 | accessdate=2007-04-06]

Feeder patterns

Toomer-zoned residents are also zoned to Coan Middle School.

Some Toomer-zoned residents are zoned to Henry W. Grady High School, and some are zoned to Southside High School.

External links

* [http://toomerpta.org/default.aspx Fred A. Toomer PTA]

References