Cooper, Alewa
Person
Biography
Alewa Cooper joined Nightingale in fall 2000 and departed in 2012. During those years, she was mainly a Class II homeroom teacher. Ms. Cooper also worked with C.A.F.E. Club, the faculty-staff inclusivity committee, Parents of Daughters of Color, and served one year as the Lower School Director of Diversity, Community Life. In addition, she assisted with choreography for school dramatic productions.
Ms. Cooper attended Packer Collegiate Institute in Brooklyn, earned a BA from Wesleyan University in 1998 and MS in Education from Bank Street College of Education in Dec. 2000. She previoulsy taught at the Town School and taught dance at various institutions.
Following Nightingale, Ms. Cooper was Head of Lower School at Greens Farms Academy in Westport, CT, and in 2020, was appointed Head of School at Foote School in New Haven, CT.
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to Alewa Cooper relating to NYSAIS annual job fair to promote diversity, 2001 Mar 12
Item — Box: 06018
Identifier: 006 006 000 02 0033
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
Heads of School records consist of records created by or under the purview of the various heads of Nightingale-Bamford School from its founding to present, as well as photographs, clippings, and biographical records with the head of school as main subject. Records include correspondence and announcements, memoranda, reports from the heads of school to the Board of Trustees, speeches given by heads of school, and related records created and received in the course of business as well as...
Dates:
2001 Mar 12
Photograph of Alewa Cooper, 2000
Item — Box: 01098
Identifier: 001 004 000 19 0250
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
Faculty and Staff Records consist of records mainly pertaining to Nightingale employees (excepting administration) and their roles within the school. Included are newsletters by and/or for faculty members, biographical information and news clippings about faculty/staff, photographs and video recordings featuring faculty/staff, correspondence, lists of faculty and staff members, faculty handbooks, minutes from faculty meetings and summaries or notes from such meetings, and curriculum-related...
Dates:
2000
Photograph of Lower School faculty, 2002 - 2003
Item — Box: 01132
Identifier: 001 004 000 19 0644
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
Faculty and Staff Records consist of records mainly pertaining to Nightingale employees (excepting administration) and their roles within the school. Included are newsletters by and/or for faculty members, biographical information and news clippings about faculty/staff, photographs and video recordings featuring faculty/staff, correspondence, lists of faculty and staff members, faculty handbooks, minutes from faculty meetings and summaries or notes from such meetings, and curriculum-related...
Dates:
2002 - 2003
Photograph of Lower School students and Alewa Cooper at C.A.F.E. international dinner, 2001
Item — Box: 01134
Identifier: 001 004 000 19 0799
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
Faculty and Staff Records consist of records mainly pertaining to Nightingale employees (excepting administration) and their roles within the school. Included are newsletters by and/or for faculty members, biographical information and news clippings about faculty/staff, photographs and video recordings featuring faculty/staff, correspondence, lists of faculty and staff members, faculty handbooks, minutes from faculty meetings and summaries or notes from such meetings, and curriculum-related...
Dates:
2001
Report on morning meeting and assembly programs, 2001 - 2002
Item — Box: 01154
Identifier: 001 004 000 23 0024
Dates:
2001 - 2002
Transcript, interview with Alewa Cooper, 2015 Mar
Item — Container: Nightingale-Bamford School Digital Archives
Identifier: D_OH_0011
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
In 1984, based on a determination that Nightingale's archives were inadequate in revealing the school's history, Head of School Joan McMenamin and the Alumnae Association initiated an oral history project. Alumna Marea Adams '74 conducted interviews of former faculty and staff, heads of school, trustees, parents, and alumnae (some interviewees represent more than one of these roles). This project continued through 1986. Some oral histories pre-date the project; there are also several oral...
Dates:
2015 Mar
Video recording of interviews with Sage Garner '04, Shoshanna Lonstein Gruss '93, Alewa Cooper, Agneeta Thacker '11 and Juliet Vincente '12 / Kinetic, 2010 Dec 7
Item — Box: 01118
Identifier: B01118_F33.1
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
Admissions Office Records include records created by Nightingale's admissions department, records related to enrollment and attrition, admission applications (some completed by applicants, but most are blank forms), applications for tuition grants and other finanicial aid, school profiles, class profiles, admissions viewbooks (8.5" by 11" visual and textual publications that promote the school culture and offerings), brochures, and videos describing the school's philosophy and offerings, and...
Dates:
2010 Dec 7