- History of
Cunningham School
- Who is Cunningham
School named after?
- Dr. George Cunningham,
who served Vineland medically for a lifetime and contributed
to many community activities.
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- When was
the school built?
- East Avenue School started
as a sixteen room schoolhouse in 1918! It was renamed nineteen
years later in 1937.
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- Who was the
first principal and those that came after?
- A. Virginia
Adams - until 1956
- Jack Richards
- from 1956 - 1971
- Ferdinando Galzerano
- from 1971 - 1978
- Carmelo Ramos
- from 1978 - 1980
- Thomas Baldosaro
- from 1980 - 1982
- Howard Jay -
from 1982-1993
- Patricia Phillips
- from 1993 - present
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- How did the
school's grade levels change through the years?
- Starting as a K-6 school,
seventh graders were introduced during the 1930's and in 1958.
In 1979, the school changed to a school of grades 1-6. Since
1981, Cunningham School has had students in grades 1-4.
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- How did the
school structure change?
- Beginning about 1949,
basement rooms were renovated and gradually opened as classrooms.
In a later step, the section originally used for coal storage
was also renovated so that eventually there were four classrooms
and a library in the basement. In 1962, an addition on the north
end provided an All-Purpose Room, kitchen, offices, faculty room,
and storage. Currently Cunningham has 19 classrooms.
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- Cunningham's
School Song
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