Uniontown High School (Kansas)

Uniontown High School is the public high school serving Uniontown, Kansas, United States. It is part of Uniontown USD 235, and is located at 601 East Fifth. The school mascot is an eagle, and the school colors are black and orange.

The Uniontown High School marching band was selected to perform in President Ronald Reagan's Inaugural Parade on January 21, 1985.[1]

Academic staff

Norm Conrad, who taught social studies at the school for more than 20 years before moving on to promote project-based learning at the Lowell Milken Education Center in Fort Scott, Kansas,[2] together with his students at Uniontown, helped raise the profile of World War II hero Irena Sendler in the U.S.[3] In 1999, Conard produced a play called Life in a Jar at the school, based on research into her life story. The play was a hit and was staged over 200 times in the United States and abroad.[4] In March 2002, Temple B'nai Jehudah of Kansas City presented Sendler, Conrad, and the students who produced the play with its annual award "for contributions made to saving the world" (Tikkun olam award). The play was adapted for television as The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler (2009), and directed by John Kent Harrison, in which Sendler was portrayed by actress Anna Paquin.[5][6]

References
  1. "Kansas Register". Kansas Secretary of State. 1 May 1985 – via Google Books.
  2. Mayer, Jack (1 May 2018). "Life in a Jar: The Irena Sendler Project". Long Trail Press – via Google Books.
  3. Allison, Scott T.; Goethals, George R. (29 October 2010). "Heroes: What They Do and Why We Need Them". Oxford University Press – via Google Books.
  4. "About the Project – Life in a Jar". Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  5. The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler at CBS.com Archived 21 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  6. Richard Maurer (ram-30) (19 April 2009). "The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler (TV Movie 2009)". IMDb.


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