

- Jun 13, 2020
Downer Elementary School History Project
San Pablo, California, Spring 2020 A painting of a man named E.M.Downer hangs in the lobby of E.M.Downer Elementary School in San Pablo, California. The students walk by the painting everyday - but who is E.M.Downer? Principal Chris Read asked World Story Exchange to design a virtual project to illuminate the the history of the founder of their school. We began by researching the legacy of the Downer family in Richmond, San Pablo and Pinole. After our research, we designed