Posted October 21, 2021
The school is named after Jessie M. Hamilton as evidenced by this plaque.
The school’s dedication plaque reads:
1968 – This school is named in memory of Jessie M. Hamilton who served the Denver Public Schools from 1901 to 1941 as a teacher, elementary school principal, and Junior High School principal.
Jessie M. Hamilton may have been an early principal of Morey Junior High School according to this 1922 Pattern’s American Educational Directory.