Woodlawn Ohio Historical and Preservation Society

04/30/2025

It is very comforting when you go to a doctor’s appointment and the two nurses there are named Patience and Joy!!!! By the way, Joy is shadowing Patience. Takes a lot of patience to train someone but it is such a joy when they get it!

03/24/2020

This form to request a ChromeBook to take-home for PCMS and HS students. Please fill this form out and we will contact you to make arrangements to pick up a device. A Parent or Guardian must be present at the school for the pickup.

08/22/2019

02/23/2019

Black History Month: Celebrating Frederick Douglass School

Lawrence Hawkins, Ph. D.

Lawrence Hawkins went to Frederick Douglass School. He graduated from Walnut Hills High School. He graduated from UC too. He joined the army in 1942. He flew with the Tuskegee Airmen during World War II. They were the first African American fighter and bomber pilots. He came back to Cincinnati. He taught for CPS. He earned his master’s degree from UC. He became the principal at Achs Junior High. He earned his Ph D at UC. He went on to teach at UC. Dr. Hawkins became the first African American dean at the University.

The Walnut Hills Historical Society has prepared a picture and a short caption for each day of the month to appear in Frederick Douglass School. Spencer School, also in Walnut Hills, is also sharing with their students. We'll post them here, too.
For more information on this post visit our website at
http://www.walnuthillsstories.org/stories/lawrence-c-hawkins-ph-d/

01/18/2019