Arthur Greenewas the firstmale classroomteacher inCCSD1963 Formerstudent DelanoMeriwether 1stAfrican American toenter Duke MedicalUniversityBurkecharteredthe first ArmyROTC unit inthe county1910Constructionof school iscompleted1920 Mr. DavidHill became thefirst blackprincipal ofBurke IndustrialSchool1910 Opened thedoors asCharlestonColored Industrial(Elementary)School 1941Eugene Huntstarted thefirst DramaClub1941 Mr.Holland "Toby"Danielsorganized thefirst Burke HSband2016 Fine Artsbuilding namedafter Mr. LinardMcCloud,longest directorof bands 1988-1989Academic MagnetHigh SchoolProgram began atBurke, startingwith 9th gradeclass1895 Dart Hallvocationalschool wasthe origin ofBurke1963 Formerstudent HarveyGannt 1st AfricanAmerican tointegrate ClemsonUniversity1993 1st schoolin SC to havecampus basedclinic health1921 theschool's namewas changed toJ.E. BurkeIndustrialSchoolOnly HighSchool in theCharlestonPeninsula1930sAthleticsbegin1921 schoolis renamedBurkeIndustrialSchool1946 the facultyreceive payequal to that oftheir whitecounterparts1948 First12th gradeclassgraduates2005 newBurke schooldesigned byformer.student, HarveyGannt 1932 First11 gradeclassgraduates1919 a legislativeact allows thefaculty and principalto be replaced withAfrican Americans1970's Burkeoffered the firstcomputerprogrammingcourse in thecountyfor HS students1995,Jeanette Scottwas Burke’sfirst femaleprincipalArthur Greenewas the firstmale classroomteacher inCCSD1963 Formerstudent DelanoMeriwether 1stAfrican American toenter Duke MedicalUniversityBurkecharteredthe first ArmyROTC unit inthe county1910Constructionof school iscompleted1920 Mr. DavidHill became thefirst blackprincipal ofBurke IndustrialSchool1910 Opened thedoors asCharlestonColored Industrial(Elementary)School 1941Eugene Huntstarted thefirst DramaClub1941 Mr.Holland "Toby"Danielsorganized thefirst Burke HSband2016 Fine Artsbuilding namedafter Mr. LinardMcCloud,longest directorof bands 1988-1989Academic MagnetHigh SchoolProgram began atBurke, startingwith 9th gradeclass1895 Dart Hallvocationalschool wasthe origin ofBurke1963 Formerstudent HarveyGannt 1st AfricanAmerican tointegrate ClemsonUniversity1993 1st schoolin SC to havecampus basedclinic health1921 theschool's namewas changed toJ.E. BurkeIndustrialSchoolOnly HighSchool in theCharlestonPeninsula1930sAthleticsbegin1921 schoolis renamedBurkeIndustrialSchool1946 the facultyreceive payequal to that oftheir whitecounterparts1948 First12th gradeclassgraduates2005 newBurke schooldesigned byformer.student, HarveyGannt 1932 First11 gradeclassgraduates1919 a legislativeact allows thefaculty and principalto be replaced withAfrican Americans1970's Burkeoffered the firstcomputerprogrammingcourse in thecountyfor HS students1995,Jeanette Scottwas Burke’sfirst femaleprincipal

BURKE HISTORY BINGO - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. N-Arthur Greene was the first male classroom teacher in CCSD
  2. O-1963 Former student Delano Meriwether 1st African American to enter Duke Medical University
  3. I-Burke chartered the first Army ROTC unit in the county
  4. N-1910 Construction of school is completed
  5. B-1920 Mr. David Hill became the first black principal of Burke Industrial School
  6. O-1910 Opened the doors as Charleston Colored Industrial (Elementary) School
  7. I-1941 Eugene Hunt started the first Drama Club
  8. I-1941 Mr. Holland "Toby" Daniels organized the first Burke HS band
  9. G-2016 Fine Arts building named after Mr. Linard McCloud, longest director of bands
  10. I-1988-1989 Academic Magnet High School Program began at Burke, starting with 9th grade class
  11. G-1895 Dart Hall vocational school was the origin of Burke
  12. B-1963 Former student Harvey Gannt 1st African American to integrate Clemson University
  13. B-1993 1st school in SC to have campus based clinic health
  14. G-1921 the school's name was changed to J.E. Burke Industrial School
  15. O-Only High School in the Charleston Peninsula
  16. O-1930s Athletics begin
  17. I-1921 school is renamed Burke Industrial School
  18. N-1946 the faculty receive pay equal to that of their white counterparts
  19. B-1948 First 12th grade class graduates
  20. O-2005 new Burke school designed by former. student, Harvey Gannt
  21. B-1932 First 11 grade class graduates
  22. G-1919 a legislative act allows the faculty and principal to be replaced with African Americans
  23. N-1970's Burke offered the first computer programming course in the county for HS students
  24. G-1995, Jeanette Scott was Burke’s first female principal