Quannah S. McCall Elementary, 1961
This school built in 1961 was not part of the original Westside. It was included as a modification to the Sixth Grade Center court ordered integration plan of 1970 because of its growing black population. The school is named to honor Dr. Quannah S. McCall who was born in Oklahoma in 1902, and graduated from Western Dental College in 1925. He began his dental practice in Pioche, Nevada in 1925. In 1940 he moved his practice to Las Vegas. He was active in many professorial and community organizations and was a Las Vegas School Board president for seven years in the late 1940's and early 50's. The cap he is wearing in the above photograph represents his participation with the International Tuberculosis and Lung Disease organization. His death in 1958 marked the end of many years of service to the community.
Quannah McCall Elementary School - Photo 1969
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Quannah McCall Elementary School - Photo 2012
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Quannah McCall is an Empowerment School and also a Communities In Schools site. Through these programs, the school offers case management social services to families including parenting classes; they also give clothing, food and other needed items. The school has a fulltime Science teacher for grades 4 and 5. The pre-K classes have a portable building for Science study. McCall is expanding its technology to include iPads, headsets with audio mics and a special computer lab for non-English speaking three and four year olds. As a special incentive, McCall gives five college scholarships to worthy fifth graders.