February 14, 2012
THAT WOULD BE BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL...:
Students at East Orange school named for Whitney Houston mourn singer's death (Eugene Paik, 2/13/12, The Star-Ledger )
EAST ORANGE - Students at the Whitney E. Houston Academy of Creative and Performing Arts opened the school week by mourning the loss of their school's namesake icon.Nearly 450 students at the Dodd Street school memorialized Whitney Houston this morning on the school's front lawn by reflecting on the singer's legacy and walking by her childhood home nearby."A lot of times when I look at them, they look like Whitney," Principal Henry Hamilton said of his students. [...]A local hero in the area, Houston grew up just a few blocks away and attended the school as a child. Hamilton, who has been at the school since 1969, said he knew Houston since she was 6 years old.Formerly called the Franklin School, the Whitney Houston Academy was renamed in honor of the singer in 1997.
...and Mr. Hamilton was our principal.
Posted by Orrin Judd at February 14, 2012 6:19 AM
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