How much do you know about Stanback History?

How much do you know about Stanback History?

In this history of local leadership

you will learn a few things you may not have known about our school, our community, and Mr. A.L. Stanback (in case your in 8th grade, cause ya'll know it all, right?)

All set?

Let's begin!

Multiple Choice

Who was Mr. A.L. Stanback?

• the 'founder' of this school

• he was the superintendent of Orange County Schools

• He was the principal of this school...like, back in the day

• He was the principal of Central High School in Hillsborough, NC

Mr. Stanback

was the principal of Hillsborough's Central High School from 1942 to 1964.

Multiple Select

What did Mr. Stanback do before he was principal?

• he was a baseball coach

• he started a chapter of the Boy Scouts

• he was a teacher

Mr. Stanback

arrived in Hillsborough from Rock Hill, South Carolina where he started a chapter of the Boy Scouts and coached two sports. He was hired as a teacher at the Hillsborough School from 1936 to 1942.

Multiple Choice

Did Mr. Stanback have a family?

• Uh...wait

• Yes, that seems normal...I guess

• No, teachers don't have families! Balderdash!

• His family was his students. That's what teachers say, right?

Of course he had a family! And what a family!

• Mr. Stanback's grandfather, Dublin Walker, was a Reconstruction era state senator in South Carolina after the Civil War--one of the first African-American lawmakers in US history!

• He was married to Catherine Stanback who taught French and English in Orange County Schools for 42 years

• Mr. Stanback has two children. His son, A.L. Stanback, Jr. was a District Attorney and is a successful lawyer in Durham

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So he was a principal. What was so important about him that they would name a school after him?

• Mr. Stanback invented the question mark

• Mr. Stanback was an educational leader at a very important time of social change in American history.

• He helped his students persevere through segregation, and he fought to give them the best opportunities possible.

• Mr. Stanback inspired his students to become Civil Rights leaders for educational equality in Orange County

• Mr. Stanback fought for equality for his students in a time when Black students were not treated equally

Multiple Choice

According to one of Mr. Stanback's former students, James VanHook, what was the nickname that his Central High students called him?

• Mr. STAND BACK!

• Neon Leon!

• Big AL

• the Bulldog

In an interview with Mr. VanHook...

the former pupil reported that the students has tremendous respect for Mr. Stanback. He continuously pushed his students to achieve excellence and would not accept failure. He would 'bulldog' them in to success. He would make you succeed, even if you didn't want to.

Multiple Choice

What happen to Mr. Stanback?

• Mr. Stanback died in 1964 while he was still principal of Central High School

• He took a job in Greensboro

• He retired and lives in that house across from the parking lot to this day

Albert Leon Stanback died in 1964.

Central High School students were deeply sorrowed by their loss.  On March the 23rd, 1964, a memorial service was held in the gymnasium that Stanback had built in 1958.  On the 26th, the News of Orange ran a tribute to A.L. Stanback, and on May 15th the Central High School Awards Day ceremony was dedicated to A.L. Stanback’s memory.

Multiple Select

Which of the following quotes may be attributed to Mr. Stanback?

• “Plan to enter the parade of progress, realizing there is a service each of you can render individually in the promotion of a better world in which to live."

• "Feel the glow from having shared in the advancement of the human race.”

• "Be prepared to live in a world of great confusion and uncertainty.”

• "Have faith in the future, and confidence in yourself.”

Multiple Choice

True or false: Stanback used to be a school for just 6th and 7th grades.

• True!

• False. That's stupid. What? There wasn't 8th grade back then?

True!

Stanback School originally just housed 6th and 7th grade in the same building as the old Central High School.

Multiple Choice

True or False. Hillsborough Elementary School's current location is the site of the Old Central High School and the Old Stanback School.

• True. They named the building that Mr. Stanback helped improve after him when he passed away.

• False. That's crazy talk. There's no way there are buildings that old in Hillsborough. Oh, wait...it does kinda look like a high school.

True.

When Orange County Schools ended segregation, all high school students when to the same school--Orange High School. Central High became Stanback School. In 1996, Stanback got a new building and became A.L. Stanback Middle School (6th-8th grade).

Maybe you learned a little about Mr. Stanback today. He was a local hero to his students, to this town, and an inspirational figure to so many that knew him.

This school year is the 30th Anniversary of Stanback Middle. Mr. Stanback's story is one that make us proud to be a BULLDOG!