Carpe Diem Extra :: The Frasier Center in photos

Amy Gilbert, the current assistant director of Frasier Center, sets up an activity for the three-year-olds of the Frasier Center.

Amy Gilbert, the current assistant director of Frasier Center, sets up an activity for the three-year-olds of the Frasier Center.

Selah Baggett
January 26, 2023

In October 1990, the Decatur High School (DHS) James H. Frasier Childcare Development Center had its grand opening. The center provided childcare to DHS teen parents, which had become an increasing occurrence in Decatur, and the United States as a whole. The program provided young parents not only free and reliable childcare but time during the school day to visit and learn about their children’s development. From its creation in 1990 to its current standing, the Frasier Center has undergone many changes, but at its heart, it is still all about the children. Full story in Carpe Diem.

Jenna Black is holding the child of a young mother in the Frasier Center.
First Senior to pass through the Frasier Center at graduation with her child in the spring of 1992.

 

Email from Jenna Black to James Frasier announcing the namesake of the Frasier Center on August 30, 1990.
An article about the Frasier Center’s grand opening was published in the Scribbler in October 1991.
 
 
Jenna Black speaks at the dedication of the Frasier Center at Decatur High School on October 10, 1991
 
Caroline Saffo (right) and Chanda Cotton (left) care for young children and an infant in the Frasier center.