Historic Harlem Academy School 1871-1965
Those who served as teachers at The Harlem Academy School were the cornerstone of the institution. Teachers Are A Gift
The best teachers teach from the heart, not from the book. ~Author Unknown
The task of the excellent teacher is to stimulate "apparently ordinary" people to unusual effort. The tough problem is not in identifying winners: it is in making winners out of ordinary people. ~K. Patricia Cross
In teaching you cannot see the fruit of a day's work. It is invisible and remains so, maybe for twenty years. ~Jacques Barzun
Harlem Academy Teachers:
Miss Iola Brumick Mrs. Erma Daniels
Mrs. Delores Hill
Mrs. Evelyn Hill Mrs. Arlean Page
Mrs. Marjorie Patterson Mrs. Ruth Person
Mrs. Marie Sheehy
Rev. Walter Turner
Mrs. Minnie (Joseph) Wharton Mrs. Sarah Wynn
Principal Christina Meacham (center, seated, front row) & Instructors, Circa 1920s