Students, staff and parents prepare for JFKs annual Black History program and a very special presentation ....

Lena Warders--first prinicpal of Kennedy.

“Don't take the time to waste time.”  That is the motto of Lena Warders.
 She was a woman who was a leader among men.

 In 1961, Lena Warders became the first principal of Young Street Elementary School.
 She was an African-American female principal at a time when Louisville schools weren't even integrated and at a time when few women held leadership positions in education.

After the assassination of President Kennedy, she pushed to have Young Street Elementary named after him. 

Lena Warders retired from Kennedy in 1981

After the presentation of Mrs. Warders. JFKennedy students, each class, presented what they had been learning in history this month. There were songs, and demonstrations, poems, stories, acting, and much more!