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Located in the west of the town of Vienna, Virginia, United States, Louise Archer Elementary School is one of many elementary schools part of Fairfax County Public Schools. It is notable for its history and for its designation as a one of several elementary school centers for advanced academic programs in Fairfax County.〔("Advanced Academic Programs." Fairfax County Public Schools site ) (accessed 18 Sept 2011)〕 Currently the school has an enrollment of 825 students. ==History== The school was established in its current location, then a black neighborhood, in 1939, as a school for African-American children, under the name "Vienna Colored School."〔("Remembering Segregation in McLean and Vienna," The Connection, 12 March 2014 )〕 Mrs. Louise Archer served as the school's principal〔("Louise A. Reeves Archer," Virginia Women in History )〕 and taught students with two other teachers. She taught and fed all of the students. In the early 1940s, the only water was from the Salisbury Spring a mile away. Boys had to go and fetch water, and Mrs. Archer fed the children meals she cooked on a pot-bellied stove. The old school building is what is now part of the northern section of the school near the cafeteria. In 1948, Mrs. Louise Archer died of a heart attack; the school was renamed in her honor in 1950.〔(Commonwealth of Virginia, HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 365 Commending Louise Archer Elementary School. Agreed to by the House of Delegates, February 28, 2014. Agreed to by the Senate, March 5, 2014 )〕 In the late 1960s, Duke Ellington and his trio played at the school, at the invitation of the band teacher at that time, Philmore Hall, who had once been Ellington's trumpet teacher.〔("The Tuesday Conversation: Jamie Broumas," Gazette.net, 23 November 2010 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Louise Archer Elementary School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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