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Sandburg
Elementary
was
named
after
Carl
Sandburg.
The
school
was
dedicated
on
May
20,
1976
Carl
Sandburg
was
born
in
Galesburg,
Illinois
of
Swedish
parents
on
January
6,
1878
and
he
died
at
his
home,
named
Connemara,
in
Flat
Rock,
North
Carolina
on
July
22,
1967.
 He
lived
to
receive
two
Pulitzer
Prizes,
one
for
his
biography
of
Abraham
Lincoln
(Abraham
Lincoln:
The
War
Years)
and
one
for
his
collection
The
Complete
Poems
of
Carl
Sandburg.
He
was
a
novelist,
a
poet,
a
successful
journalist,
historian,
children's
author,
balladeer
and
troubadour
of
American
folk
songs.
H.
L.
Mencken
called
Carl
Sandburg
"indubitably
an
American
in
every
pulse-beat."
Carl
Sandburg
is
referred
to
in
Sufjan
Stevens'
song
"Come
on!
Feel
the
Illinoise!"
off
his
Illinois
album.
The
song
speaks
of
Carl
appearing
as a
ghost,
and
questioning
"Are
you
writing
from
the
heart?".
Read
more
about
Carl
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For the 2003-04 school year, 135 children
had a daily instruction in English for English Learners, an oral
language proficiency program. Mira Mesa is a naturally balanced
community, thereby enriching the school's cultural diversity.