'Iolani School Archives - People of 'Iolani: Dolores T. Kendrick

Image: Iolani School Bulletin, Fall, 1967, page 10.

Time at 'Iolani

External Resources

Time at 'Iolani

• Visiting Master (visiting instructor) at ‘Iolani School for school year 1967/68 while on sabbatical from Taft Junior High School (Washington, D.C.)
• Taught Upper School English
• Introduced a new course in Poetry
• Served as an advisor for the student newspaper, Imua Iolani, along with another faculty member
• Arranged two poetry reading events with the intent of encouraging student awareness of poetry and poetry reading as art.
• Ms. Kendrick was a poet. At the time of her appointment at ‘Iolani School her poems had been published in a variety of magazines.
• Along with other ‘Iolani School English Department Faculty, presented on “Creative Writing For Young People” at the 57th annual National Council of Teachers of English Convention (Honolulu)

Biographical

• Life : September 7, 1927 - November 7, 2017
• BS Miner Teachers College (Washington, D.C), 1949
• Graduate work at Catholic University, Howard University, University of Mexico
• Fulbright Scholar to Northern Ireland, 1963 - 1964
• Master’s degree in teaching, Georgetown University, 1970
• Teacher, D.C. Public school system
• Founder, School Without Walls (D.C.)
• Teacher, Philips Exeter Academy (NH)
• Poet Laureate of Washington, D.C., 1999 - 2017
• Fulbright Award for Outstanding Accomplishments in Education and Literature, 2002

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'Iolani School. "Film and Sound Track Enhance Student Poems," Imua Iolani, 05/09/1968, vol. 43, no. 15, p. 1.
 RG021:P.SSP.Imua, 'Iolani School Archives, Honolulu, Hawai'i.