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Home My WebLink AboutCRA-R-12-0067 Submittal-Dr. Dorothy Fieldsro f'D 0 0 0 1.3 0 0 71 7A. 0 cl) rt La - tv (11 -11 • if) Fi• r-D , UOS1Dd peTuoJ guedplued Jo laqiunk 0 THE DADE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD DR. SOLOMON C. STINSON, Chair MR. DEMETR10 PEREZ, JR., Vice Chair MR. G. HOLMES BRADDOCK MR. RENTER DIAZ de la PORTILLA MS. PERLA TABARES HANTMAN MS. BETSY 1-1, KAPLAN DR. MICHAEL M. KROP MRS. MANTY SABATES MORSE MS. FREDERICA S. WILSON MR. JAMES W. HENDON Student Advisor MR. ROGER C. CUEVAS Superintendent of Schools Mr. Joseph H. Mathos Deputy Superintendent for Education Mr. Nelson J. Perez Assistant superintendent Office of Alternative Education and Dropout Prevention Ms. Hyacinth O. Johnson Director Multicultural Program Chapman House: Ethnic Heritage Children's Folklife Cultural Diversity Center 1200 Northwest Gth Avenue 0 Miami, Florida 33136 Telephone: (305) 995-1275 °Facsimile: (305) 995-1277 Submitted into the public 1 record in connection with item #8 on 09/24/12. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk he Msson The Chapman House Ethnic Heritage Children's FoWilk - Cultural Diversity Center is Dade County Public SehOO1S4 (DCPS) multicultural education headquarters -and learning center. Serving students (K-12) districtwide, its main purpose is to provide support to educational programing for students through regularly scheduled instructional actMties, 65-outlined in the Competehey:Baseci Cuniculum: Chapman House offers a VallaY of public Programs, houses special exhibitions and hosts lectures and cooperative programs with organiiationS and agencies highlighting the rich diversity or the corm -unity. Activities Inc u e instructionandappiication asocial science skills through oral history, and across the cuniculurn in art, architecture, music, literature, language arts, and the hunianities. Community, cater and vocational education are -also components of this interdisciplinary process. Content is derived from available resources within local neighborhoods countywide. ParliCipating in the learning center activities helps to strengthen students' basic skills in reading, writing, and geography 7oorri residence? built in ,I92.,3,was home to iS.,VVilliarn A.; („hapinaii,:Sr., and their children. rrwas a prorninent Afiican American medical irni's pionete-COMMUnitY. As was the practice • h-e,inaintainedliiSOffice in the house OU-SejS'an excellent example of songV.--,ernacular prevalent in Dade County S..' WI -louse and adjacent properties acqitred by TheDade County School Board in coinectiwththeTetrnildInqof13ooker T. Washington „ High SchOol, in 1989. It was largely through the efforts of the Black Archives, History & Research Foundation of South Florida, inc., that Chapman House was saved from demolition. Funding for restoration and transformation of this single family borne into a learning center for school children was obtained from the State of Florida and DCPS. Ilie City of Miami designated Chapman House as an historic site in 1983. • sit to Chapman House offers an opportunity to •discover stories of people who created thriving businesses and a cultural center in. early Miami. Providing introductory materials prior to the planned visit enhances this inquiry experience. Guided activities help participating students to Consider their families and communities in relation to others who migrated and immigrated to Dade County from their ancestral hordes. Follow-up materials assist in researching their family histories and cultural contributions. 31, The Chapman House is located on the grounds of Booker Washington Middle School at 1200 N.W. 6th Avenue, Miami, Florida (entrance on N.W. 14111 Street at 7th Avenue). 0 Fed 'Pips/Touts Hour-long tours conducted on regular school days, Monday through Friday, are free and accommodate 45 persons. Reservations are required and must be made in writing, at least one month in advance. When a Field Trip Request Form is submitted, confirmation is acknowledged and a pre -/post -visit packet mailed to the teacher/sponsor. Tour groups require a minimum of one chaperone per 15 students. Notices of special events are communicated via E-Mail and various other media outlets. Be advised that exhibit schedules may change periodically. Chapman House: Ethnic Heritage Children's Folklife Cultural Diversity Center m'A Sense Place' Discover stories of people who created thriving businesses and a cultural center in early Miami. E COU PUBLIC SC Ethnic Heritage C re s Forkfife Education Center OFFICIAL DEDICATION AND RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 1993 1:00 P.M. Submitted into the public record in connection with item #8 on 09/24/12. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk The purpose of the Chapman House: Ethnic.' Heritage Children's Folklife Education Center is to serve Dade County Public Schools students, - .2, districtwide, as the ulticultural education headquarters for the instruction and application of social science skills through oral history, art, architecture, music, literature, language arts, and the humanities. Community, career and vocational education are com- ponents of this interdisciplinary process. Content is derived from available re- sources within local neighborhoods countywide. c site Built in. 1923, the 17-room Chapman House was the home and office of a promi- nent African American medical doctor in Miami's pioneer community, Dr. William A. Chapman. Architecturally, the house is a fine example of the type of masonry vernacular prevalent in Dade County in the 1920s. Dade County Public Schools acquired the Chapman House and adjacent property in connection with rebuilding Booker T. Washington School. Through the efforts of the Black Archives, History & Research Foundation of South Florida, Inc.: the Chapman House was saved, des- ignated a historic site and obtained funding for restoration from the State of Florida and Dade County Public Schools. The City of Miami designated the Chapman House as a historic site in 1983. The adaptive reuse of the Chapman House transforms this single family home into a districtwide learning center for school children, and offers a variety of public programs for other Dade County residents. Throughout the year the center now will house special exhibitions, lectures, and cooperative programs with community organizations and agencies. The main purpose of the center includes supporting the educational programming for Dade County Public Schools students through their regularly scheduled instructional programs as outlined in the Competency Based ,Curriculum. The center also supports ro .ramrnin for students and resi- dents in community education programs. e programs are designed, imple- men e Vraluated: in accordance with a joint operating agreement between the Dade County Public Schools and; the Black Archives, History & Research Founda- tion of South Florida. Submitted into the public record in connection with item #8 on 09/24/12. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk ial Dedication o the Chapman house Ethnic Heritage Cl ldiren's FCs Tuesday, April 20, 1993 ' 1:00 p.m. Dr. Tee S. Greer, Jr., Pledge of Allegiance Invocation Recognition of Occasion Musical Selection Recognition of Family Dedication Announce Miami Jackson Se Color Guard Chapman Elementary School Students Flag bearers ChapmanElement School Students Rev.. John" ite, Pastor; Greater Bethel Church Mrs. Carmetta C. Busse Chairman, Board of Director Black Archives, History and Research Foundation Mrs. J et McAliIey Chairman, Dade County School Board Mr. Octavio Visiedo Superintendent, Dade County Public Schoo Mrs. Carol Cortes Region Superintendent, Region IV. Dade County Public Schools Mr, Charles Bethel Principal, Booker T. Washington Middle Schoo Mrs. Verneka Siiv Booker T. Washington Alumni Association . Albert Weintraub mber, Black Archives Board . Dorothy J. Fields Social Studies Specialist and Archivist, DCPS Founder, Black Archives, History and Research Foundation Chapman ElementElementaxy Students s. Gwendolyn a. Welters Secretary, Board of Directors'. Black Archives, History and Research Foundation Dr. Barbara Carey Executive Director, DCPS Div. of Multicultural Programs and. Alternative Education Booker T. Washington Middle School Students Dr, Walter Anders ember, Black Archives Board of Directors aker. T. Washington ddle School Band ife Education Center ibbon Cutting, Tours and Refreshments Bedia.tely following dedication ubmitted into the public record in connection with item #8 on 09/24/12. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk Acknowledgments In addition to the program participants and honorees, the Black Archives, History & Research Foundation of South Florida, Inc. gratefully acknowledges the support and effoi Is of the following for helping to bring the dream of the Chapman House into reality: Dr. Mildred Berry Lilia Garcia Ruth Greenfield Paul Hanson Dr. Gloria B. McPhee Dr. Gilbert Porter Virginia Rosen Marian H. Shannon Senator William Turner Stude Catering by David Lynn Dade Coimnunity Foundation The Dade County School Board The Dade Heritage Trust The LINKS, Inc., Greater Miami Chapter The National Alliance of Black School Educators, Greater Miami Chapter Dedication Litany We are grateful for the preservation of this 17-room house built in 1923 by Dr. William A. Chapman for his wife and family. General Response: From this day forth, the Chapman House is an ethnic heritage, children's folklife learning center for all of Dade County. Vvre proudly recall the contributions of Dr. Chapman, who settled in Miami and began his medical practice in 1914 and used a portion of his home as his office. General Response: From this day forth, the Chapman House is an ethnic heritage, children's folklife learning center for all of Dade County. Students:. We are inspired by the encouraging words the Chapman children recall their parents instilling in them, including "always prefer others to yourself," "do your part in the struggle to make democ- racy grow and be preserved" and "Miami one day will be a great city: be a part of its making." General Response: From this day forth, the Chapman House is an ethnic heritage, children's folklife learning center for ail of Dade County. We are grateful for the wisdom and administration of the Black Archives Foundation for striving to restore the Chapman House, of the City of Mia_mi for designating it a historic site in 1983 and of Dade County Public Schools for sponsoring its adaptive reuse. General Response: From this day forth, the Chapman House is an ethnic heritage, children's folklife learning center for all of Dade County. Students: Students: Dedication and Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Sponsored by HISTORY RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF ' SOUTH FLORIDA. Inc. gad& wigaZe, D. STEPHENSON ' - CONSTRUCTION, INC. Submitted into the public record in connection with item #8 on 09/24/12. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk ++c THURSDAY. DECEMBER 24. 1992. THE MIAMi HERALD .`As soon as you put a mask on, you become another person. So not only can you use them for an artifact, but to play a role for teaching.' ULUA GARCIA, schools' arts curriculum coordinator Black Archives begins building mask collection , By ANN DAVIS Herald Staff Writer In an effort to teach students the rituals of. life and death in various cultures, the Black Archives History and Research Foundation is asking mask collectors to lend or donate artifacts for an exhibit at the Chap- . man House Ethnic Heritage Chil- dren's Resource Center. The Chapman House, once the home of prominent black doctor ham A. Chapman Sr., will open as a multicultural public school museum on the campus of Booker T. Wash- ington Middle School in Overtown early next year. Organizers hope to make the masks exhibit, the first one planned for the Chapman House, a perma- nent' collection. Said Lilia Garcia, who coordinates the school district's fine arts and physical education cur- riculum: "As soon as you put a mask on, you become another person. So not only can you use them for an arti- fact, but to play a role for teaching." Dade County students have roots • in 124 countries, said Dorothy Fields, founder of the Black Archives in Liberty •City. Because masks are touchable, colorful and artistic, they provide a quick visual lesson for chil- drrn. Fields collects manuscripts, jour- Submitted into the public record in connection with item #8 on 09 24 12. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk Mgt flleCAWLEY / nwmt Herald staff - RITUAL ART: Edda Fields shows a large mask from Zimbabwe and another she brought back from Sierra Leone. naffs and photographs of black South Floridians for the archives. Her daughter, Edda Fields, 20, has donated the first mask accepted for the collection, a wooden figure she brought back this summer from the West African coastal country of Sierra Leone. Edda studied how various cultures in Freetown, a former British colony of Africans rescued from slave trade routes, merged into the Krio society. Masks are used in rites, dances and street processions. • TO DONATE Anyone with a mask to donate can mall materials to the Black Archives or stop by the office, 5400 NW 22nd Ave., Caleb Cen- ter Building B, Suite 101, Miami, Fla. 33142. Donors may also caN the archives at 636-2390. Please include background information on the mask's origin and signifi- cance. DADE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS SCHOOL BOARD ADMINISTRATION BUILDING Roger C. Cuevas Superintendent of Schools Joseph H. Mathos Deputy Superintendent for Education (305) 995-1452 Dr. Dorothy Fields Multicultural Education Specialist Dade County Public Schools 1500 Biscayne Boulevard, Roorn 239 Miami, Florida 33132 Dear Dr. Fields: • 1450 NORTHEAST SECOND AVENUE • MIAMI, FLORIDA 33132 October 29, 1997 DADE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD Dr. Solomon C. Stinson, Chair Mr. Demetrio Perez, Jr., Vice Chair Mr. G. Holmes Braddock Mr. Renier Diaz de la Fortillo Ms. Perla Tabares Hantman Ms. Betsy H. Kaplan Dr. Michael M. Krop Mrs. Manty Sabates Morse Ms. Frederica S. Wilson Thank you for planning and implementing the inauguration of the Cultural diversity program at the Chapman House. Your work will continue to serve as a beacon to all black professionals, who contribute and continue to contribute to our community. It is fitting that you pursued the Chapman House as a location for multiculural programs. As you know, Dr. Chapman healed many physical ailments presented to him by people living in the community. His home, because of your work will serve as a place where the multiculural wounds of this community will be healed. Your dedication and perserverence in the develoment and implementation are greatly appreciated. JHM:cpi L105 cc: Ms. Barbara Silver Dr. Geneva Woodard Sincerely, Joseph H. Mathos Deputy Superintendent for Education Submitted into the public record in connection with item #8 on 09/24/12. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk DADE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS SCHOOL BOARD ADMINISTRATION BUILDING • 1450 NORTHEAST SECOND AVENUE • MIAMI, FLORIDA 33132 OCTAVIO J. VISIEDO March 13, 1992 SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS Carol Shull, Chief of Registration National Register of Historic Places National Park Service Kathleen Hunter, Director of Education National Trust for Historic Preservation DADE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD MS. JANET R. McALJLEY, CHAIRPERSON MS. BETSY KAPLAN, VICE -CHAIRPERSON MR. G. HOLMES BRADDOCK DR. ROSA CASTRO FEINBERG DR. MICHAEL KROP MR. ROBERT RENICK MR. WILLIAM H. TURNER De2r Carol and Kathleen: I accept your invitation to participate on the advisory committee for a collaborative project of the National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places and the National Trust for Historic Places, "Teaching with Historic Places". I hope during this session to meet briefly with Kathleen to discuss her article on designing a heritage -education center for the National Trust. The article is informative and helpful in planning a local initiative. The Black Archives, History & Research Foundation of South Florida, Inc. is proposing the establishment of a preservation education center, to be developed and operated in partnership with Dade County Public Schools. The workshop last Fall, held in conjunction with the National Council for the Social Studies, was productive and provided the assistance needed to begin the process of including historic sites in the curriculum. As a member of the host committee for this year's annual meeting of the National Trust, I am preparing my lesson plan for one of those workshops. I submitted the abstract along with the original receipts for the Fall workshop to Penny Jones. Let me know if additional information is needed in order to forward the $300 reimbursement check, post haste. I look forward to seeing you both at the National Trust's headquarters in Washington, D.C. on April 6th. DJF:jma cc: Ms. Valerie Riles Sincerely, Dorothy J. Fields,' Social Sciences Specialist Dade County Public Schools Black Archives of South Florida Collection Submitted into the public record in connection with item #8 on 09/24/12. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk