Background
Dixon, Armendia Pierce was born on July 15, 1937 in Laurel, Mississippi, United States. Daughter of L.E. and Denothras (Pickens) Pierce.
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Armendia Pierce Dixon
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Bachelor of Science in Education, Jackson (Mississippi) State University, 1960; postgraduate, Northern Illinois State University, 1965-1966; Master of Education, Edinboro (Pennsylvania) U., 1978; Doctor of Philosophy, Kent State University, 1994; Doctor of Philosophy, Kent State University, 1994.
Career
Teacher English, library, Laurel City Schools, 1962-1967;
teacher English, director summer pre-school, Erie (Pennsylvania) Public Schools, 1967-1972;
teacher English, drama, journalism, forensic coach, Crawford Center Schools, Meadville, Pennsylvania, 1972-1985;
assistant principal, facilitator school improvement county, Crawford Center Schools, Meadville, Pennsylvania, 1985-1989;
coordinator successful student partnership, Crawford Center Schools, Meadville, Pennsylvania, since 1988;
principal, Meadville Area Senior High, 1993. Executive director Meadville Latch-Key Program, since 1985. Coordinator Urban Teachers Project, Kent State University, adjunct assistant professor, since 1989, director Prospective Teachers Program for Phi Delta Kappa.
Charter member Results chapter, Kent StateU., 1990. Director high school education School district City of Erie, since 1993. Director of high school education, The School District of the City of Erie, Pennsylvania, since 1993.
Achievements
Membership
Fundraiser Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Pittsburgh, 1976. 79, 81, Sickle Cell Anemia, Erie, 1978-1983. President Martin Luther King Junior Scholarship Fund, Inc., 1979-1989.
Board directors American Red Cross, Erie, since 1996, Villa Marie College, Erie, since 1995, International Institute, since 1994. Member of advisory board American Enterprise, Erie, since 1993. Member National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (president Meadville chapter since 1984), National Association Secondary School Prins., Pennsylvania Association Secondary School Prins., Order Eastern Star (worthy matron), Navy Mothers, Rainbow lll, Burres, Phi Delta Kappa, Alpha Kappa Alpha.
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Married Harrison D. Dixon Junior, August 28, 1971. 1 child, Harrison D. III.
