Kermit Roosevelt Booker, Sr. moved to Las Vegas with his family in 1955, and was a man dedicated to the community.
He spent many years as an educator in Missouri and Kansas before becoming one of the first African-American teachers in Las Vegas at the Clark County School District (CCSD). He taught at Madison Elementary School, now Wendell Williams Elementary School, until illness forced him to retire. He worked with both the Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts, and was a member of the Trailblazers.
Highland Elementary School was renamed Kermit R. Booker Sr. Empowerment Elementary School in 2007, one of the District’s first Empowerment Schools. Booker was one of the first Empowerment Schools in 2007. The school has won the Martin Luther Parade competition several times and also won the African American Jeopardy Bowl.
