Sentence examples for originally a school from inspiring English sources

The synagogue building, Rabbi Ferris said, was originally a school for "red-diaper babies," as the children of Communist sympathizers have been called.

One of the largest exhibitions is in the vast decaying spaces of a building that was originally a school for the blind, later a bank, and later still the trade union headquarters at a time when the city's strikes became the stuff of labour history: the "aye, cunt" graffito on a door presumably dates from a particularly acrimonious meeting.

True, Randolph (originally a middle school, to which a high school was added) had a high graduation rate, but its ACT scores were far below the state average, indicating that students are not well prepared for college.

Composed originally for a school chorus at the request of a family friend of Lloyd Webber, the work met with unexpected success and later, as an expanded stage show, became a smash hit in the United Kingdom and, eventually, across the globe.

Originally a riding school, it has been used for opera productions since the late 1940s.

Our Lady of the Lake was originally a high school founded in 1895 by an order of nuns.

The High School (the older of the two), was originally a grammar school and the Academy a comprehensive.

As Dan McDermott, senior vice president of current programming and specials for Fox says, "This is not going to be a college show, any more than it was originally a high school show". The cast will confront issues just as its audience does, "which is why we feel so confident and are moving so boldly forward.

Hukkle (Gyorgy Palfi, 2002) Originally a film-school graduation project, Hukkle has real originality.

The learning center was originally an elementary school, but now it has has classrooms designed for teachers (with grown-up chairs).

Some of the best-loved attractions include Imagination, originally an Edwardian school and now headquarters for a design and communications company in Bloomsbury; and Marlborough House, designed by Sir Christopher Wren and originally home to the dukes of Marlborough.