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Welcome to the R A Clement High Classes Of 1943 - 1968 web site. We are located at 216 Krider Street in Cleveland,North Carolina.. The R. A. Clement School has quite a unique history. This school started in 1880 as a one-room day school called Cleveland Colored School. In 1943 it was renamed R.A. Clement School after Mr. Rufus A. Clement who so kindly provided the land in 1878, financial aid, moral support, encouragement, and physical labor to make the school a reality. In 1968, fourteen years after the famous Brown vs. Board of Education court decision, R.A. Clement School was desegregated.

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•	NEWS RELEASE FOR RAC WEBSITE The R. A. Clement Association held its 24th biennial reunion, July1-2, UNDER A BIG TENT at the (Rosenwald) Old Building in Cleveland, N. C., with Carolyn Steele Snipes, Presiding. More than 125 attended. The Reunion began at 6.00 p.m. with a Community Cook Out, and a special program recognizing reunion classes from the R. A. Clement High School, R. A. Clement scholarship recipients, and contributors from the R. A. Clement families and descendants, Individual contributors, and churches and other organizations that are supporting the restoration of the Historic Rosenwald School building. Since 2010, the Association has assisted in raising more than $125,000 for the restoration project. This includes grants from the National Trust for Historic Preservation, our local Robertson Foundation, the Woodson Foundation, Wilson Smith Foundation, the Salisbury Foundation, and the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation. The evening concluded with fellowship on the lawns of the Historic Rosenwald School. The Saturday events began with the R. A. Clement Association, Annual Meeting at Noon, followed by an afternoon of family fun and fellowship on UNDER THE BIG TENT ON the Rosenwald School lawns. Officers for 2022-24 were elected and installed, as the Association moves forward with its agenda to completely restore the Rosenwald Building, and continue to make it available for use by the entire community. New officers Elected: Board of Directors Thomas Powe, President Carolyn Steele Snipes ,Immediate Past President Jeanette Rankin, Vice President Secretary, Catrelia Steele Hunter Secretary Elect, Beverly Wood Asst. Secretary, Dorothy Bost Scott Treasurer, Leonard Hall Asst Treasurer, Lonnie Gaither Financial Secretary, Patricia Diana Rice Moriniere Asst. Fin. Sec., Ernestine Avery Cornelius Members at Large:,Brenda Gaither Avery, Michele Sims, Sharon Avery Davis, Gerry Knox, Garette Hunter, Marlee Henderson, Vera Avery, Shirley V. Culbertson, Ruby Ford, Claude Avery, Natashalyn Snipes, Wyman Steele, Deborah Culbertson, Edwina Steele, Patricia Blackmon ,Darryl Hall and Pertrema Lowe. The Board will continue to meet on the fourth Saturday each month, at the Rosenwald School, or virtually through conference call or Zoom Platform. SEE PICTURES OF ALL OFFICERS AND MEMBERS AT LARGE ON THE _R.A. Clement Officers PAGE
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•	THANK YOU EAST Cleveland Block Party $1,500 2019 for Table and Chairs $1,005 2018 unrestricted A special THANK YOU TO OUR GIVING TUESDAY CONTRIBUTORS, December 2022 Pressley Carr, Stephanie Gaither Harris ,Lonnie Gaither ,Karen Puckett,Peggye Rankin,Derek Rankin, Carolyn Steele Snipes Brenda G.Avery Rachel Hunter ,Mary Rice,Sandra C.Little,Olivia Mattox Deborah Mattox, Donna Prunkl,Katherine Ray,Sharon A.Davis,Evette Carpenter, Catrelia Steele Hunter Margo Gaither Teresa Rowell,Mona Holt,Bonnie Conner, Deborah Mattox Lee Fowler Marsha/Charles Knox ,Michael Dellinger,Willie Dunlap Stuart Avery Gretchen Avery Dunlap Vera Avery,Jeanette Rankin, Marlee Henderson. Claude Avery,Lynda Avery,Wanda Burns, Lora Henderson Smith Mona Avery Holt Natashalyn Snipes Caroline Holt Peggye Wood Rankin Sharon Avery Davis, AnnaTerry,Evette Carpenter Donald Campbell Ernestine Cornelius
•	Restoration Donations(families and classes and other) Thanks You! Thank You ! To the families who donated to the restoration fund .Also Alumini Classes Totals 2012 to December 2022 Class of 1965 $625.00. Class of 1966 $2,682.46 Class of 1970 $50.00 Lonnie Sr. & Maggie Gaither. $35,625.00 J.T.& Sallie Steele. $26,590.00 Blackmon -Hyde. $17,904.00 Norris Anderson $4,125.00 John & Roannah Hall. $6,460.00 Avery -Gillespie. $6,107.00 William &Peggye Rankin. $4,805.00 Rankin -Cowan. $3,230.00 David & Nellie. Ramsue $2,500.00 John & Mary Knox. $2,360.00 Marvin &Essie Culbertson $2,070.00 Rev.T.M. And Mrs.B.C. Powe $4,300.00 William & Sonia Luckey. $1,000.00 Robert &Ruby Jones $1,150.00 James & Rosie. Lyerly $1,135 Knox /Fowler $250 Pearlie Pharr. $1,055 Lovell- Noble. $120 Hardy & Ada Kesler. $925 Carolyn Blackwell Fowler $95.00 Carolyn Brawley Powell. $500.00 Campbell -Turner $1,255 Dave/Essie Mae Rankin $1,720 J.C.Dorthea Moore. $500.00 Norman Kelly $95 Bost -Ellis $573.00 Kenneth &Alberta Cornelius $325 Clifford Patterson $418.00 Laura Avery $ 240 James & Margaret Avery $450.00 Presley &Marie Carr. $563 Betty Stringer $300 Beatrice Stevenson $ 500 Daniel & Wilma Neely. $350.00 Gary Hall $220.00 Jack & Celeste. Allen. $200.00 Fredrick Houston. $200.00 Ada & Lawrence. Williams $225.00 Michael White. $165.00 Robert & Sarah Hosch. $175.00 Shirley V. Cuthbertson. $400 John & Lucille Carson $300 William &Bessie Fisher. $120.00 Faye Blackwell $110.00 Abraham & Addie Steelman $350 James Jones ( Memory Maude Cuthbertson) $250.00 William & Frances. Ramsey $545.00 (Memory of Lee) Friends of R.A.Clement East Cleveland Block Party $2,505.00 Mt.Vernon Presbyterian Church $1,000.00 New Jerusalem Holiness Church $1,000.00 Allen Temple Presbyterian Church $800 *Morris Clements/Elaine Hewitt $1,250.00* Ed Norvell $700.00 Third Creek A.M.Z. Church $520.00 Mrs. George Knox $500.00 Cameron Presbyterian Church $400.00 Ambassador for Christ Church $300.00 Geoffrey /Doretha Hoy $1,150.00 Cotton memorial Church 25 Echos of Christ $200.00. Khalid Court #90. $.25 Stephanie Deutch $250.00 John Steele $100.00 Charles Sadler $81.00 South Iredell AME 100.00 Cynthia MCCoy $50.00 George Benson 25.00 We need everyone to help. Please send all donations to R.A. Clement Association Box 70. Cleveland,N.C. 27013 . Make sure you add your name and your family name.** Forms and letters are on the left under Donation Restoration Forms. Gofundme page is gofundme.com/yj3b4m3b4m R.A.Clement Rosenwald Restortation Pay pal just hit donation button Thank you very much!!!!!!
•	Please Help !!! Restoration Fund Raiser for Web Announcement: Families who attended R. A. Clement are being asked to raise $500 or more by December every year to assist with raising the money needed to complete and maintain the restoration of the OLD BUILDING. Please make checks payable to R. A. Clement Association and send them on a regular basis (monthly or quarterly) to: P. O. Box 70, Cleveland, N. C. The R. A. Clement Board meets the 4th Saturday of every month August - May at 9:00 AM. The Annual Meetings are always held the first Saturday of July at 12:00 Noon. All are welcome to attend.