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New Plaque Details History Of Greenbelt School Building

  • by Amy Hansen

First the building was the original Greenbelt High School. Then it was Greenbelt Junior High School. Next it was Greenbelt Middle School. Now it is Dora Kennedy French Immersion with a new wayside panel to celebrate its history. The plaque was unveiled by the Greenbelt City Council on Saturday, June 1. The historical panel, designed and implemented by Megan Young of the Greenbelt Museum, shows the school’s various roles and commemorates the students who attended. Built in the same style as the original Greenbelt homes, the building “is part of the architecture that is basically the framework of all historic Greenbelt,” Mayor Emmett Jordan said at the gathering for the unveiling. The building’s various functions are shown in pictures as well as depicted in the text. Young said she was particularly glad to find images that show the diversity of the students as well as the diversity of uses.

Greenbelt Museum Director Megan Young describes her work on the new plaque to Greenbelt City Council members at the unveiling ceremony on Saturday, June 1. The plaque describes the building that started as Greenbelt High School and is now Dora Kennedy French Immersion School.
Foreground: a light-brown-skinned woman, with long dark hair, glasses, a black floral shirt and red pants. She raises both hands, fingers splayed. Her mouth is open and eyes wide in an expression of eagerness. Behind her, a blond, light peach skinned woman in a white blouse and black pants stands next to a projector screen, with a neutral posture and expression. The image on screen begins, "School Performance Plan: School Performance in PGCPS".

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