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Adding to Gibbs High School Article

Basketball tournament win

Olive B McLin: three generations knew her as more than a teacher

References:


 * the chapter in Peck & Wilson on Gibbs
 * articles from The Challenger
 * article from To Be Black and to Live in St. Petersburg about Olive B. McLin

To Do List

look through Olive B McLin Community History Project, USFSP website

tie names to Gibbs

Johnnie Ruth Clarke

basketball - as a sport, attendance, fundraisers, booster club, look for coach

Coach = Fred Dyles (citation 2 in the article on Gibbs)

Principal at the time = Emanuel Stewart (citation 2 in the article on Gibbs)

Got the press to pay attention to them when they won over Jacksonville which led them petitioning to join the Florida High School Activities Association (citation 2 in the article on Gibbs)

Equipment, like most things during segregation, was not great. Played on outdoor weathered courts (citation 2 in the article on Gibbs)

graduates turned community leaders

Title- Gibbs High School (St. Petersburg, Florida)

Sections- Lead, History, Notable Alumni, Community Leaders (New Section)

-Lead-

Gibbs High School is a public high school of the Pinellas County School District in St. Petersburg, Florida. Gibbs is home to the Pinellas County Center for the Arts (PCCA), Business, Economics, and Technology Academy (BETA) and their television production in Communication Arts. The school is named for Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, a black man who was Superintendent of Public Instruction and Secretary of State in Florida during the Reconstruction era. Gibbs' current[when?] principal is Reuben Hepburn.

Gibbs High School is a public high school of the Pinellas County School District in St. Petersburg, Florida. Gibbs is home to the Pinellas County Center for the Arts (PCCA), Business, Economics, and Technology Academy (BETA) and their television production in Communication Arts. The school is named for Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, a black man who was Superintendent of Public Instruction and Secretary of State in Florida during the Reconstruction era. Gibbs' principal as of January 5, 2015 is Reuben Hebpurn .

-History-

Before Gibbs opened in 1927, Pinellas County had no school for blacks past 6th grade. Families wishing for high school education had to enroll in private, mostly church-run black schools. Gibbs became the county's first public secondary school for blacks, occupying an eight-classroom building that cost $49,490 to build. Proms were held at the Manhattan Casino.

Before Gibbs opened in 1927, Pinellas County had no school for blacks past 6th grade. Families wishing for high school education had to enroll in private, mostly church-run black schools. Gibbs became the county's first public secondary school for blacks, occupying an eight-classroom building that cost $49,490 to build. Proms were held at the Manhattan Casino.

In 1970, public schools in Florida were integrated[citation needed], and whites began attending Gibbs. Gibbs, however, was still primarily black. To assist their integration goals, the district approved the creation of a magnet program at Gibbs, the Pinellas County Center for the Arts, that would instruct those with artistic gifts.

The decision to ban segregation in the nation's public schools was passed in the U.S. Supreme Court in 1954 ''. Integration strategies like busing started taking place in 1971 after the Pinellas School Board voted in favor of desegregation of the county's public schools,'' and whites began attending Gibbs. Gibbs, however, was still primarily black. To assist their integration goals, the district approved the creation of a magnet program at Gibbs, the Pinellas County Center for the Arts, that would instruct those with artistic gifts.

-Notable Alumni-

no changes

-Community Leaders-

Gibbs High School has had a special relationship with its community since it opened in 1927. It was the first new school in the south side of St. Petersburg and the community adopted it as their own. Although originally for white students, Gibbs became the first all African-American high school. The teachers it attracted brought not only their love of learning but their love of community and its youth to Gibbs.

Basketball coach, Fred Dyles, was a well-known person in the community and brought the reputation of Gibbs High School and the achievements of the students to the attention of St. Petersburg. He led his team to a Florida Interscholastic Athletic Association (FIAA) title win in 1966, a state championship win in 1967, as well as 674 wins in regular season games. Many in the community supported the sports teams. Coach Dyles also demanded his team members be gentlemen, minding their manners, dressing appropriately, and doing well in class work. During segregation, the team did not have the equipment they needed and their playing field was outdoor weathered courts. Dyles passed away in June 1999 and Gibbs renamed their gymnasium in his honor.

From 1958-1969, Gibbs High School's principal Emanuel Stewart led the school in building enthusiasm, gaining community support and involvement, and brought Gibbs to the attention of the state. Through the efforts of Emanuel Stewart, the Florida High School Activities Association recognized Gibbs High School when they won over Jacksonville. He then led a petition to join the Activities Association on behalf of the school. His other achievements include creating a National Honor Society and being the principal when Gibbs was awarded membership to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. His work after Gibbs led him to serve at-risk students by running Pinellas County Schools' administrative services until his retirement in 1981.

Olive B. McLin was known in the Gibbs community for her passion for the fine arts. She taught her students good manners all the while giving them an education. She taught them performing arts and English for over 40 years, beginning in 1938. Outside the classroom, McLin is known for establishing the first exclusive bridge club in St. Petersburg called Just For Fun Bridge Club in 1938. She was also involved in co-founding the City Federation of Colored Women's Club in 1938. The Pinellas County Center for the Arts at Gibbs is named after her.

Reflections


 * 1) It coheres with all the guidelines as is, however it could use work gathering reliable sources for many of the claims made in the body.
 * 2) The talk page was last revised in 2016 and the last edit on the article was on March 25, 2020. All the proposed changes have already been made. This revision is to shed some more light on key leaders in the Gibbs community that made the school what is was and continues to be.
 * 3) Something to add would be a concrete source for a date on integration of Florida's public high schools. Something to look for are other sources that say what source 3 in the original article are saying because it is a dead link. For example, attributing a source to the arts program and the federal grant Gibbs received could be useful additions.
 * 4) It would be nice to add an image of modern day Gibbs.

Peer Review

Jaleesa

1.) First, what does the article do well? Is there anything from your review that impressed you? Any turn of phrase that describes the subject in a clear way?

- I like how you added the important community leaders. I found it interesting that many supported the sports teams. The big phrase for me is the highlight that Gibbs high school is named after Johnathan Gibbs, a black man who was Superintendent of Public Instruction and Secretary of State in Florida.

What changes would you suggest the author apply to the article? Why would those changes be an improvement?

- I am not seeing any references within the text that was created. I am also not sure if you guys personally put in the community leader section or if you added to it. Also, adding a citation after you fixed how long the Gibbs principle has been there. It would add notability and be a good way for people to find out more about Gibbs High School.

What's the most important thing the author could do to improve the article? Is the new content’s length equal to its importance to the article's subject?

- I am unable to see that other sections that are already a part of this topic, so I am sure that this goes well in length with the original. The notable people is a great add.

Are there sections in the article that seem unnecessary? Is anything off-topic?

- I don't see anything unnecessary or off-topic.

Does the article focus too much on negative or positive information? Remember, neutral doesn't mean "the best positive light" or "the worst, most critical light." It means a clear reflection of various aspects of a topic.

- The information provided is neither negative or positive. It is good info about people that are important to note about Gibbs High School.

Are most statements in the article connected to a reliable source, such as textbooks and journal articles? Or do they rely on blogs or self-published authors?

- The citations are a book and the Tampa Bay news article.

Did you notice anything about the article you reviewed that could be applicable to your own article? Let them know!

- Making note of important people is great and what we are aiming to do as well as well as updating the article to show Gibbs high school is a good point. We should show the new plaque that is placed for the Courageous 12 in the Saint Petersburg Police Department.

Ciaran

Alina
 * 1) First, what does the article do well? Is there anything from your review that impressed you? Any turn of phrase that describes the subject in a clear way? - The article is very clear and does a great job adding about the community leaders. I liked how they added that he was principle of school since 2015.
 * 2) What changes would you suggest the author apply to the article? Why would those changes be an improvement?- I might just add what the coach was a coach of instead of just calling him coach. Also maybe put a little bit of a transition from the superintended to the principle.
 * 3) What's the most important thing the author could do to improve the article? - I think everything is very well written and does not need any big changes to improve the article.
 * 4) Is the new content’s length equal to its importance to the article's subject? Are there sections in the article that seem unnecessary? Is anything off-topic?- I cannot see the rest of the article so it is hard to judge the length of anything. But it does seem to me like the history might be more important than community leaders so that section should be slightly longer. I do think the community leaders section is important as well. But nothing seems off-topic.
 * 5) Does the article focus too much on negative or positive information? Remember, neutral doesn't mean "the best positive light" or "the worst, most critical light." It means a clear reflection of various aspects of a topic. - The article is very neutral in tone.
 * 6) Are most statements in the article connected to a reliable source, such as textbooks and journal articles? Or do they rely on blogs or self-published authors? - They are reliable sources. A book and newspaper article.
 * 7) Did you notice anything about the article you reviewed that could be applicable to your own article? Let them know! - I think it is good that they focus on good community leaders since something people tend to focus more on the negative aspects. I think that is important and that my group could take note on that.


 * 1) First, what does the article do well? Is there anything from your review that impressed you? Any turn of phrase that describes the subject in a clear way? The article is very clear and flows well. I also like that you updated the information about the Principal.
 * 2) What changes would you suggest the author apply to the article? Why would those changes be an improvement?  I am not seeing any references for the text you have written including where you got the information about the Principal.
 * 3) What's the most important thing the author could do to improve the article? I think everything is very well written but I am not sure if you added the whole community leaders section or if it was already they and you were improving it.
 * 4) Is the new content’s length equal to its importance to the article's subject? Are there sections in the article that seem unnecessary? Is anything off-topic? I am not sure about the length because I do not know how long the article is. Nothing mentioned was unnecessary.
 * 5) Does the article focus too much on negative or positive information? Remember, neutral doesn't mean "the best positive light" or "the worst, most critical light." It means a clear reflection of various aspects of a topic. The article did a great job of staying neutral
 * 6) Are most statements in the article connected to a reliable source, such as textbooks and journal articles? Or do they rely on blogs or self-published authors? The sources are reliable as they are a news article and a book
 * 7) Did you notice anything about the article you reviewed that could be applicable to your own article? Let them know! I think the community leaders is a great positive aspect of the article and it would be interesting to see if there were known leaders or heroes regarding the green benches

Hannah Clarke

1.    First, what does the article do well? Is there anything from your review that impressed you? Any turn of phrase that describes the subject in a clear way?

I think it fits well into the already existing article and I really like how you chose to include a section on the community leaders.

2.    What changes would you suggest the author apply to the article? Why would those changes be an improvement?

I would suggest re-wording the “demanded his team members to be gentlemen by, “. I think it flows a bit better like this.

3.    What's the most important thing the author could do to improve the article?

I think it would be nice if you put a transition sentence at the beginning of the second and third paragraphs so that the section flows a bit better. Perhaps you could even include a couple sentence intro paragraph that introduces all of them (literally just statin their names, occupations and that they work at Gibbs).

4.    Is the new content’s length equal to its importance to the article's subject? Are there sections in the article that seem unnecessary? Is anything off-topic?

I think while this sentence (“During segregation, the team did not have the equipment they needed and their playing field was outdoor weathered courts”) contains important information, it is a bit thrown in there. I think it would be really cool if you did a separate paragraph on segregation specially pertaining to the high school

5.    Does the article focus too much on negative or positive information? Remember, neutral doesn't mean "the best positive light" or "the worst, most critical light." It means a clear reflection of various aspects of a topic.

I think it’s completely neutral- You guys did a really great job of this.

6.    Are most statements in the article connected to a reliable source, such as textbooks and journal articles? Or do they rely on blogs or self-published authors?

Yes, I think they the book and newspaper article are reliable.

7.    Did you notice anything about the article you reviewed that could be applicable to your own article? Let them know!

I like how the section has a nice tone to it amidst the overlying topic of racial discrimination. I like how to focus on the community leaders and give them well-deserved credit for their efforts. Cool beansJ

Robert Deane

First, what does the article do well? Is there anything from your review that impressed you? Any turn of phrase that describes the subject in a clear way? I think that everything is very clear and professional looking, the formatting is done very nicely.

What changes would you suggest the author apply to the article? Why would those changes be an improvement? Besides adding some more references, maybe specifically in the community leaders part of the article, I think that its all done very well.

What's the most important thing the author could do to improve the article? I mean, besides adding more references, I don't really think so.

Is the new content’s length equal to its importance to the article's subject? Are there sections in the article that seem unnecessary? Is anything off-topic? Everything seems pretty on-topic, so i think that the amount of information works.

Does the article focus too much on negative or positive information? Remember, neutral doesn't mean "the best positive light" or "the worst, most critical light." It means a clear reflection of various aspects of a topic. There is a lot of positive information, and I'm not sure that this article is a place for negative information, because when looking at a school most of the information that could be negative seems like something that would be more of something that is subject to different mindsets and viewpoints, so I think that it works.

Are most statements in the article connected to a reliable source, such as textbooks and journal articles? Or do they rely on blogs or self-published authors? As mentioned previously, there could be more references, but what is there is really good.

Did you notice anything about the article you reviewed that could be applicable to your own article? Let them know! I think that we could look at you're formatting and work on that, everything looks clean and profesional.

Will


 * 1) First, what does the article do well? Is there anything from your review that impressed you? Any turn of phrase that describes the subject in a clear way?

I think that it was a great idea to add a section on the community leaders at Gibb’s High School. The three additions seem to be important figures in the history and development of the high school. The section that was added is very clear and nothing seems to be out of place.

2. What changes would you suggest the author apply to the article? Why would those changes be an improvement?

The biggest change I would recommend is to add to each community leader’s section. Currently, there are only one or two sentences on each of the people which is a good start but does not give the reader a clear idea of what they did to help Gibb’s High School. I think that more details need to be added to understand their impact on Gibb’s. This would be an improvement because it would help readers to better understand the importance of these individuals.

3. What's the most important thing the author could do to improve the article?

The most important thing to improve the article is to add greater depth to the new section.

4. Is the new content’s length equal to its importance to the article's subject? Are there sections in the article that seem unnecessary? Is anything off-topic?

Although the whole length of the Gibb’s High School article is fairly short, I believe that the new section needs to be added to. These figures are clearly very important to the history of the high school, so more information will help accentuate that. Everything seems to be relevant and key to helping build the Gibb’s High School article.

5. Does the article focus too much on negative or positive information? Remember, neutral doesn't mean "the best positive light" or "the worst, most critical light." It means a clear reflection of various aspects of a topic.

The new section of the article is written from a very neutral point of view. This is important since Wikipedia articles are just supposed to provide information to readers.

6. Are most statements in the article connected to a reliable source, such as textbooks and journal articles? Or do they rely on blogs or self-published authors?

It appears there is a reference list at the bottom of the new section, but they are not connected to the text. Wikipedia requires in-text citations linked to footnotes, so in the final draft, this will need to be addressed.

7. Did you notice anything about the article you reviewed that could be applicable to your own article? Let them know!

I do not think so.

Kelly


 * 1) First, what does the article do well? Is there anything from your review that impressed you? Any turn of phrase that describes the subject in a clear way? The article does well in providing background on the high school and describing its notable leaders.
 * 2) What changes would you suggest the author apply to the article? Why would those changes be an improvement? I would add a time period context to each community leader, so that the reader can picture when the person existed and how important their contribution was to the school (time frame can change the weight on contributions).
 * 3) What's the most important thing the author could do to improve the article? Give a time frame (when they worked at the school and for how long) for both the school's community leaders.
 * 4) Is the new content’s length equal to its importance to the article's subject? Are there sections in the article that seem unnecessary? Is anything off-topic? No I don't think so.
 * 5) Does the article focus too much on negative or positive information? Remember, neutral doesn't mean "the best positive light" or "the worst, most critical light." It means a clear reflection of various aspects of a topic. I think the new sections are pretty neutral.
 * 6) Are most statements in the article connected to a reliable source, such as textbooks and journal articles? Or do they rely on blogs or self-published authors? It looks like the first source is from a journal article and the second article is from the Tampa Bay Times, a trusted news source.
 * 7) Did you notice anything about the article you reviewed that could be applicable to your own article? Let them know! Not sure.