Emma E. Booker Elementary School is an elementary school in Sarasota, Florida which opened in the fall of 1989. It is named for Emma E. Booker, an African-American educator who founded the first black school in Sarasota County, Florida.
History
2001 visit from President Bush
The school received international attention following a visit by United StatesPresidentGeorge W. Bush on the morning of September 11, 2001. It was at the school that Bush learned of the second plane crashing into the World Trade Center, and where he made his first public comments about the September 11 attacks.
Report of attacks
The first plane crash at the World Trade Center happened about ten minutes before the president arrived at the school. A press pool photographer heard a radio message that White House Press SecretaryAri Fleischer would be needed to answer questions about a "crash" and that there was a call on hold from Condoleezza Rice. Bush entered the second-grade classroom of Sandra Kay Daniels where he introduced the class to Education Secretary Rod Paige and shook hands with Mrs. Daniels. He and the teacher then sat down facing the seated students to read the children's story, "The Pet Goat."
(Scotland) leave nursery age 4 and start primary school for the next 7 years which would be primary 1 (age 4 to 5) and so on up until primary 7 which would be your last year at primary school and you would be age (9 to 10) then after that you go off to high school at age (11 to 12)
The term primary school is derived from the French école primaire, which was first used in 1802.
Primary school is the preferred term in the United Kingdom and many Commonwealth Nations, and in most publications of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
Elementary school is preferred in some countries, especially in the United States and Canada.
In the United States, "primary school" may refer to a school with gradesKindergarten through second grade (K-2). In these municipalities, the "elementary school" includes grade three through five. The terms first school or infant school may also be used in North America though these, strictly speaking, refer to different educational programs.
Elementary schools (sometimes Higher elementary schools) were the first schools in England which were funded by taxation. They operated between 1870 and 1944 and provided an education for children between the ages of 5 and 14. In some areas older children were educated in separate 'Higher Elementary Schools'. Many of these schools converted to Primary schools after 1944.
History
Until elementary schools were established by the Elementary Education Act 1870, the only options available to parents were for children to pay for tuition at private schools, or to be accepted for free charitable schools such as Ragged schools, which did not charge for attendance.
Initially offering an education to local children up to the 10, this was raised in stages to 14 by 1944 when the Education Act 1944 replaced them.
Elementary schools were set up to enable children to receive manual training and elementary instruction. They provided a restricted curriculum with the emphasis on reading, writing and arithmetic(the three Rs). The schools operated on a 'monitorial' system, whereby one teacher supervised a large class with the assistance of a team of monitors, who were quite often older pupils. Elementary school teachers were paid by results. Their pupils were expected to achieve precise standards in reading, writing and arithmetic such as reading a short paragraph in a newspaper, writing from dictation, and working out sums and fractions.
Booker Elementary teachers in Sarasota remember 9/11
President George W. Bush learned about the attacks while sitting in a classroom at Emma E Booker Elementary.
published: 11 Sep 2018
Remarks to Parents and Teachers at Emma E. Booker Elementary School
9/11/2001
Records of the White House Communications Agency (George W. Bush Administration)
National Archives Identifier: 6171388
Emma E. Booker Elementary School, Sarasota, Florida. President George W. Bush delivers remarks to the nation after two planes crash into New York’s World Trade Center.
DocsTeach: http://docsteach.org/documents/6171388/detail
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/6171388
published: 25 Sep 2015
Dr. Asplen: On the Move | Emma E. Booker Elementary
Last year, Emma E. Booker Elementary School made great strides in science. In this episode, Dr. Asplen stopped by to see some out-of-this-world lessons on the stars and planets of the galaxy.
published: 23 Sep 2022
17 years ago today, President Bush read at Booker Elementary School in Sarasota
Booker Elementary School in Sarasota will forever be a part of 9/11 history.
published: 11 Sep 2018
Dr. Asplen: On the Move | Emma E. Booker Elementary School
This week, Dr. Asplen visits Emma E. Booker Elementary, where they're working hard to improve literacy skills for all students.
published: 20 Nov 2020
Morning Edition dances to "Let's Write It" from Emma E. Booker Elementary School
This song is used to help kids prepare for the The Florida Standards Assessment language arts/writing test.
published: 01 Mar 2017
Students, now grown-ups, recall intense emotions during Bush’s visit to Florida school
Now grown adults, there were two young men -- both elementary students in the audience at the time -- when then President George W. Bush addressed the nation from their school, Emma E. Booker Elementary School in Sarasota.
published: 07 Sep 2021
Jabari visits broadcasting class at Booker Elementary
10 Tampa Bay's Jabari Thomas visited Emma E. Booker Elementary School in Sarasota.
published: 16 Feb 2023
Emma E Booker Media Center Grand Re-Opening
The grand re-opening of Emma E. Booker Media Center with new designed spaces for enhanced curriculum and volunteer opportunities along with the latest technology for active learning. Sarasota County Schools.
published: 23 Jan 2017
Education Spotlight-Emma E. Booker Elemantary School-Dig It
Students got the opportunity to see and touch items from a simulated Dig site. The Suncoast Science Center brought this interactive hands on lesson, and Producer Larry Phillips was on hand to talk with students and teachers about what they discovered.
9/11/2001
Records of the White House Communications Agency (George W. Bush Administration)
National Archives Identifier: 6171388
Emma E. Booker Elementary Scho...
9/11/2001
Records of the White House Communications Agency (George W. Bush Administration)
National Archives Identifier: 6171388
Emma E. Booker Elementary School, Sarasota, Florida. President George W. Bush delivers remarks to the nation after two planes crash into New York’s World Trade Center.
DocsTeach: http://docsteach.org/documents/6171388/detail
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/6171388
9/11/2001
Records of the White House Communications Agency (George W. Bush Administration)
National Archives Identifier: 6171388
Emma E. Booker Elementary School, Sarasota, Florida. President George W. Bush delivers remarks to the nation after two planes crash into New York’s World Trade Center.
DocsTeach: http://docsteach.org/documents/6171388/detail
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/6171388
Last year, Emma E. Booker Elementary School made great strides in science. In this episode, Dr. Asplen stopped by to see some out-of-this-world lessons on the s...
Last year, Emma E. Booker Elementary School made great strides in science. In this episode, Dr. Asplen stopped by to see some out-of-this-world lessons on the stars and planets of the galaxy.
Last year, Emma E. Booker Elementary School made great strides in science. In this episode, Dr. Asplen stopped by to see some out-of-this-world lessons on the stars and planets of the galaxy.
Now grown adults, there were two young men -- both elementary students in the audience at the time -- when then President George W. Bush addressed the nation fr...
Now grown adults, there were two young men -- both elementary students in the audience at the time -- when then President George W. Bush addressed the nation from their school, Emma E. Booker Elementary School in Sarasota.
Now grown adults, there were two young men -- both elementary students in the audience at the time -- when then President George W. Bush addressed the nation from their school, Emma E. Booker Elementary School in Sarasota.
The grand re-opening of Emma E. Booker Media Center with new designed spaces for enhanced curriculum and volunteer opportunities along with the latest technolog...
The grand re-opening of Emma E. Booker Media Center with new designed spaces for enhanced curriculum and volunteer opportunities along with the latest technology for active learning. Sarasota County Schools.
The grand re-opening of Emma E. Booker Media Center with new designed spaces for enhanced curriculum and volunteer opportunities along with the latest technology for active learning. Sarasota County Schools.
Students got the opportunity to see and touch items from a simulated Dig site. The Suncoast Science Center brought this interactive hands on lesson, and Produc...
Students got the opportunity to see and touch items from a simulated Dig site. The Suncoast Science Center brought this interactive hands on lesson, and Producer Larry Phillips was on hand to talk with students and teachers about what they discovered.
Students got the opportunity to see and touch items from a simulated Dig site. The Suncoast Science Center brought this interactive hands on lesson, and Producer Larry Phillips was on hand to talk with students and teachers about what they discovered.
9/11/2001
Records of the White House Communications Agency (George W. Bush Administration)
National Archives Identifier: 6171388
Emma E. Booker Elementary School, Sarasota, Florida. President George W. Bush delivers remarks to the nation after two planes crash into New York’s World Trade Center.
DocsTeach: http://docsteach.org/documents/6171388/detail
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/6171388
Last year, Emma E. Booker Elementary School made great strides in science. In this episode, Dr. Asplen stopped by to see some out-of-this-world lessons on the stars and planets of the galaxy.
Now grown adults, there were two young men -- both elementary students in the audience at the time -- when then President George W. Bush addressed the nation from their school, Emma E. Booker Elementary School in Sarasota.
The grand re-opening of Emma E. Booker Media Center with new designed spaces for enhanced curriculum and volunteer opportunities along with the latest technology for active learning. Sarasota County Schools.
Students got the opportunity to see and touch items from a simulated Dig site. The Suncoast Science Center brought this interactive hands on lesson, and Producer Larry Phillips was on hand to talk with students and teachers about what they discovered.
Emma E. Booker Elementary School is an elementary school in Sarasota, Florida which opened in the fall of 1989. It is named for Emma E. Booker, an African-American educator who founded the first black school in Sarasota County, Florida.
History
2001 visit from President Bush
The school received international attention following a visit by United StatesPresidentGeorge W. Bush on the morning of September 11, 2001. It was at the school that Bush learned of the second plane crashing into the World Trade Center, and where he made his first public comments about the September 11 attacks.
Report of attacks
The first plane crash at the World Trade Center happened about ten minutes before the president arrived at the school. A press pool photographer heard a radio message that White House Press SecretaryAri Fleischer would be needed to answer questions about a "crash" and that there was a call on hold from Condoleezza Rice. Bush entered the second-grade classroom of Sandra Kay Daniels where he introduced the class to Education Secretary Rod Paige and shook hands with Mrs. Daniels. He and the teacher then sat down facing the seated students to read the children's story, "The Pet Goat."
ElementarySchool in Cape Coral, Florida was named for U.S ...Booker has received such an honor – with elementary, middle and high schools named after her ... Since the three schools were named after Booker, ...
BookerElementarySchool buzzed with fresh energy as parents and new students scurried through its breezeways and hallways on the first day of school Monday morning ... drop-off at Booker Middle School.
BookerElementarySchool, a Title I school with the largest percentage of students on free or reduced lunch, showed a loss of 11 budgeted teaching positions and an increase of two "other instructional staff," according to the budget.
EmmaBookerElementary improved from a "C" to "B" ...Ballard Elementary School improved from a "D" to a "B" ... Florine J Abel Elementary School improved from a "B" to an "A" ... James Tillman Elementary School improved from a "B" to an "A".
The Sarasota CountySchoolDistrict maintained its "A" rating for 2024, continuing a streak of consecutive top-ratings since the state started grading schools and districts in 2004...EMMA E. BOOKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLDISTRICT-MANAGEDBCC.
The 18-year-old senior at SarasotaHighSchool was introduced to AFFB through Temple Emanu-El’s annual day of service, Mitzvah Day, during which he and his family sorted and packed food ...BookerElementary School mobile pantry.
She remembers all of it, the smell of empty perfume bottles, the sound of blocks from her kindergarten classroom at BookerNorthElementarySchool... Booker Elementary, the very school where she had interned.
What was once a parent-run initiative, Holiday HouseSRQ returns this year as a newly formed 501c3 non-profit organization to continue to spread holiday magic for students at three local Sarasota County elementary schools — Wilkinson, Emma E.