Kernodle Middle School, located at 3600 Drawbridge Parkway, opened on August 21st, 2000. It is located between Carolyn S. Allen Community Park and Well Spring Retirement Community. The school was named for John R. Kernodle, Jr., a native of Burlington, NC and an exemplary citizen in the Piedmont Region of North Carolina. He was a lawyer and theologian who served many civic positions, including serving as Chairman of the Eastern Music Festival and Chairperson of the Guilford County Board of Education.* This personable man was known for his commitment to social justice and for having a "wide smile and welcoming personality." He died in 1995 when he was only 50 years old as a result of being hit by a car in Atlanta.
Kernodle Middle School is well-loved by its stakeholders and were Mr. Kernodle alive today, he would be proud of the hard work on the part of students, teachers, and staff at his namesake school. In 1973, Ethel Stephens Arnett published a book, For Whom Our Public Schools Were Named, Greensboro, North Carolina. After 44 years and many new schools, we say it is high time for a new volume. To be sure, Mr. Kernodle would merit an entry.
Today is ABC Wednesday and "K" is for "Kernodle" (the school and the man). See ABC Wednesday posts around the world, here; and Greensboro Daily Photo's A-J, Round 20, entries, here.
*reference and more information about Mr. Kernodle, here.
Nice choice for K
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Posted by: Melody Steenkamp | Wednesday, March 22, 2017 at 07:10 AM
the style is similar to the elementary school my boys went to :)
Posted by: Tbreese823 | Wednesday, March 22, 2017 at 08:37 AM
A worthy person to name a school for.
Posted by: William Kendall | Wednesday, March 22, 2017 at 04:24 PM
The pillars remind me of a HS in Catskill, NY
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Posted by: Roger Green | Wednesday, March 22, 2017 at 06:40 PM