The Orchard School history

Dorothy appeared in her first film in 1937, called A Day at the Races.

Angela Davis was born January 26, 1944 in Birmingham, Alabama and is still alive today.

Robinson broke the baseball color line when the Brooklyn Dodgers started him at first base on April 15, 1947.

In 1949, Maxine Timmons began a 17 year stint as a 6th grade and music teacher at Orchard School.

In 1950, Woodson died suddenly of a heart attack.

At first, Clay wasn’t very good at boxing but he won his first match in 1954, six weeks after he started.

In the summer of 1955, 14-year-old Emmett Till travelled from Chicago to visit relatives in Mississippi.

On February 1, 1960 at a Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, that was designated “Whites Only.” The start of a movement began.

She is most known for helping with the mission of astronaut John Glenn, the first man to orbit the earth in 1962.

He also became increasingly political, converting to the Nation of Islam and, in 1964, taking the name Muhammad Ali.

A wing of the school building opened in September 1969.

The Elbers farm that the founders chose as a site had already been the nexus of a farm/village community since 1971.

After his death in 1972, in recognition of his achievements on and off the field, Robinson was posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal and Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Old Orchard School was established in 1973 by founder Dannie Weston.

By 1986, the school began hosting the Indiana Japanese Language School.

In 1990, The Orchard School and Community Center was founded by three friends, Eleanor Elbers, Kathy Torrey, and Kathleen Vetter, who shared a vision of a community place for gathering, growing and learning.

In February of 1994, planning to erect a 2500 square foot building started.

A black actress would not win an Academy Award for best actress until 48 years later when Halle Berry, who played the role of Dorothy in a biopic film in 1999 about her life, would win for the film Monster’s Ball.

When he won his Oscar in 2002, Halle Berry also won an Oscar for Best Actress, making it the first time both awards were won by African Americans.

Bonnie Weston joins Old Orchard as Assistant Head of School, assuming full responsibility as Head of school in 2003.

In 2004, the Federal Bureau of Investigation reopened the case, and a full autopsy was completed.

Nipsey Russell died of stomach cancer in 2005.

Conclusion: Allison Housefield’s 5th grade advisory | Barack Obama & Kid President In 2008, Barack Obama became our 44th president.

In 2013, Winfrey was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom (the nation's highest civilian honor) by President Barack Obama.

In 2016, he won the Cecil B. DeMille award for his outstanding contribution to the world of entertainment.