Charles Richard Drew was a gifted African-American physician and surgeon who was an authority on the preservation of human blood for transfusion. Dr. Drew was educated at Amherst College, McGill University and Columbia University. While earning his doctorate at Columbia in the late 1930's he conducted research into the properties and preservation of blood plasma. He soon developed efficient ways to process and store large quantities of blood plasma in "blood banks". As the leading authority in the field, he organized and directed the blood-plasma programs of the United States and Great Britain in the early years of World War II, while also agitating the authorities to stop excluding the blood of african-americans from plasma-supply networks. The plasma collected by blood banks saved millions of lives.
Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary School( formerly George Washington Elementary) has been educating the children of the ninth ward in the City Of New Orleans for over 140 years.
We have been accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools since 1978.
We currently provide services to 600 students, pre-kindergarten through Grade 6. Our instructional staff includes a full time Computer Lab teacher, Vocal Music teacher and a French teacher. We have a Title I Program during the regular school session and LEAP Remediation Programs in the summer months.
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