Hooper Renwick School Archives

Pictured (L-R): Lawrenceville Mayor David Still, Hooper-Renwick Preservation Committee Member, Theresa Bailey, Gwinnett County Commission Chairman, Nicole Love Hendrickson, Gwinnett County Commissioner, Marlene Mosque, Gwinnett County Public Library Board of Trustees Chair Dr. Wandy Taylor, Lawrenceville City Manager, Chuck Warbington.

Gwinnett and Lawrenceville officials break ground on Hooper-Renwick themed library

October 28, 2022

Construction on the first themed library in the Southeast is now underway.

Lights of Gwinnett – Rubeye Neal

January 17, 2020

Anyone who knows Ms Rubye Neal knows there is to be no standing still when she’s around because she will immediately recruit you to help with whatever mission she is going after at the time! That was how I came to know her as someone who doesn’t let grass grow under her feet. She is always at work on some community project to educate others on the richness of our collective heritage.

A historic photo of Gwinnett’s segregation era Hooper-Renwick High School located in the City of Lawrenceville. The school operated from 1871 to 1968 as the only Gwinnett County public school for African-Americans. Gwinnett County schools were desegragated in 1968.

Preserving the Hooper-Renwick Legacy

August 21, 2018

In 1944, Renwick High was built on three acres of land donated by Mr. Renwick. Students attended grades 8—11 at the school. It was the first public African American high school in Gwinnett County.

Lawrenceville First Baptist Church – First Book Club 165 collects new and gently used children’s books to distribute to the four elementary schools in the Central Gwinnett cluster school community.

Lawrenceville First Baptist Church – First Book Club 165 Needs Volunteers Throughout October

September 19, 2017

Lawrenceville First Baptist Church (LFBC) – First Book Club 165 needs volunteers to sort and pack children’s books at the Hooper Renwick School, located at 56 Neal Boulevard, Lawrenceville, Georgia, every Saturday in October from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm.

Volunteers from around the Gwinnett community sorted 5,000 books this past weekend.

Lawrenceville First Baptist Church – First Book Club 165 Needs Volunteers

September 19, 2016

Lawrenceville First Baptist Church (LFBC) – First Book Club 165 is calling for volunteers to sort and organize 15,000 children’s books on Saturday 9/24/16 and Saturday, 10/1/16 at Lawrenceville’s Hooper Renwick School cafeteria between the hours of 9am – 4pm.

Lawrenceville to Host Celebration in Honor of Hooper Renwick School

September 6, 2016

Event to Commemorate School’s History & Legacy before Building Reconstruction

The City of Lawrenceville invites alumni, family, friends and community members to a celebration of the historic Hooper Renwick School on September 10 from 4-8pm.

The Gwinnett Roadrunner – On The Run July 2013

July 25, 2013

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