Publication Date

2019

Collection

Capstones

Contributor

Westside Comunity, UTSA Community Center, SAISD and Lanier High School

Advisor

Lindsey Wieck, Teresa Van Hoy, Amy Rushing (ITC)

Description

For citizens of San Antonio’s Westside, growing up in the Barrio is just a way of life. In this environment, generations of families share similarities in their educational experiences. Children learn in the same classrooms as their parents and grandparents. They roam the same hallways, and sometimes learn from the same teachers. This was a result of industrialization and urbanization of San Antonio in the early twentieth century. Prompting construction of Sidney Lanier High School, Lanier was build based on an adaptation of John Dewey’s Theory of Vocational Education. Through what became known as the social efficiency model, the San Antonio Independent school district aimed to use Lanier as a means to produce a minority labor force through vocational training. This was in contrast to the academic focused high schools provided to San Antonio’s Caucasian population. As a result, generations of Westside inhabitants have shared the campus of Sydney Lanier, home of the “Voks,” a mascot connected to the campus’s vocational emphasis. Despite this, Lanier contains a rich sense of history and tradition, a history unknown or recognized by many in the community. Through my project that creates an exhibit on the history of Lanier, I aim to build a renewed sense of pride and accomplishment for the Westside community.

Keywords

Lanier High School, Vocational Education, Westside, SAISD, exhibit, barrio, exhibit, education, archive, community history

Document Type

Article

Medium

manuscript, finding aid, data spreadsheet

Format

pdf

Size or Duration

20 pages, 15 pages (Finding aid), 3 pages (Spreadsheet)

Publisher

Digital Commons at St. Mary's University

City

San Antonio, Texas

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