Esther Jackson Elementary Preschool in Roswell, GA

Name:Esther Jackson Elementary Preschool
Type:Prek
Enrolling:No
Prek Address:1400 Martin Road, Roswell, GA 30076
Prek Phone:(770) 594-5290
Child ages:4 years - 6 years
Rate:n/a
Prek Website:http://estherjackson.weebly.com/

Prek Description

Esther Jackson was the daughter of Colorado pioneers. Her mother, Ross Bell Crystal, was one of five girls whose father carried them west in a covered wagon. Esthers father, James Koller Sweeny, was a weatherman in the Signal Corps stationed on top of Pikes Peak before he married Rose, February 29, 1880, in Colorado Springs. Their daughter, Esther Ann Sweeny, was born in Longmont, Colorado, July10, 1895, in a house built by her father. That house is now on the National Register of Historic Places and owned by the City of Longmont.
The Sweeny family later moved to Pueblo, CO, where Esther spent her school years. Her mother taught Esther both piano and pipe organ until Esther was 14, at which age Francis Schwinger took her as a pupil. at 16, she was engaged as organist for local churches. She played classical organ solos between silent motion pictures at the Pueblo Grand Opera House.
After graduation for Centennial High School, Esther attended Northwestern University, in Evanston, IL. Her ambition was to be a school teacher.
Esther became supervisor of Public School Music in Colorado Springs following in the footsteps of her two older sisters who had held that position before her. She moved to Phoenix, MD, after her marriage to James Wilmot Jackson, textile executive, at the parents home in Pueblo, January 27, 1920. In 1922, Esther and Wilmot Jackson came to Roswell, GA, where he became Vice-President and General Manager of the Roswell Manufacturing Company (cotton mill). Wilmot and Esther were both civic-minded. Wilmot spent his years improving the living conditions of the mill workers and of the community, church and school. Shocked that the children at Roswell School had to drink spring water from a water bucket with a common dipper, he had pure water piped from the cotton mill and a water fountain installed, the schools first.
Esther Jackson was the first president of the Roswell Parent-Teachers Association. During the years, she served six different terms as president. Mr. Jackson was president of the Roswell Public School Board when his untimely death occurred at age 38, April 7, 1930. Esther Jackson devoted the rest of her life to her community, school and family. She had one daughter, Rose, now Mrs. George J. Polatty Sr.
Mrs. Jackson taught 7th grade for Fulton County from 1934 until her retirement in 1961, serving as assistant principal from 1938. Before the County provided the school with a music teacher, Mrs. Jackson took responsibility for all school music. She carried high school choruses to district meetings, played marches for school assemblies, and even after retirement, accompanied Elementary School Preschool children in concerts. She volunteered for many other duties, such as before-school playground supervisor. She was Chairman of the North Fulton Chapter, Junior Red Cross for years, and also served on the Advisory Board of the Metropolitan Atlanta Junior Red Cross and on the State Board.
During World War II, she was Co-chairman with Mr. Guy Webb in the Roswell War Bond Drive. She also taught Red Cross Instructors courses in First Aid.
She was a member of St. Lukes Episcopal Church, Atlanta, and devoted years of service as Sunday School teacher and organist to Roswell United Methodist Church. After retirement in 1961, Mrs. Jackson taught private piano lessons. She was an active member of many civic and professional organizations. She died at Piedmont Hospital on October 11, 1972, at the age of 77, and is buried in Graniteville, SC, beside her husband and four generations of his family.
School always came first with Mrs. Jackson. She was a caring teacher and could always find the good in each pupil. When the Elementary School Preschool at Martins Landing was built, the residents of Roswell were invited to suggest names for the school. The Board of Education chose Esther S. Jackson Elementary School Preschool. In recommending that the school be named for Esther Jackson, many considerations were made: her service to many professional groups; her service to the church in teaching and music; her service to the community in starting health programs; and her service to her students in 27 years of profound influence. Esther S. Jackson Elementary School Preschool opened in August of 1976.

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Esther Jackson Elementary Preschool

(770) 594-5290

1400 Martin Road, Roswell, GA 30076