Students, teachers, and community members will gather on Dec. 11 at 9:15 a.m. at the Fesler Junior High School gymnasium to dedicate the basketball court to the school’s first principal, Quentin Sims.
Sims’s name has also been stenciled in large letters on the gym floor near two of the entrances. Fesler Junior High School faculty members voted earlier this year to honor Sims.
Doug Sims, Quentin’s son, said the honor would have meant a lot to the lifelong educator and Golden Dukes player. Doug said his father was best known for discipline and reading.
“He felt reading was the most important aspect of an education,” Doug said. “If a person could read, and read well, anything was possible.”
The young Sims got to experience his father’s educational leadership when he and his sisters attended Fesler Junior High as children.
“It was fun,” Doug said of having his dad as his principal. “You think it would have been bad, but it was actually a lot of fun.”
Fesler Junior High School is located at 1100 E. Fesler St. in Santa Maria. For more information, call the school office at 361-7880.
School Scene is compiled by Staff Writer Amy Asman. Information should be sent to the Sun via fax, e-mail, or mail.
This article appears in Dec 11-18, 2008.