My first School.. picture... is your first school still standing ?

Funny thing about our town is that as you enter the borough the sign reads, Hellam, named after Hallam, England. No one to this day has ever told me how we went from Hallam to Hellam. We pronounce it as it it spelled” Hell’am.
 
Kika said:
The first school I attended from kindergarten through 6th grade, PS 39 in Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY. It is still functioning grammar school and has Landmark Status.
If anyone has seen the Robin Williams movie Awakenings, this school is in the opening scene.

From Wikipedia: It was built in 1876-1877 and is a three-story symmetrical brick and stone building combining features of the Italianate and Second Empire styles. The main facade features a central bay or tower with a rusticated first floor. The building has steep slate covered mansard roofs.[2]


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That’s a beautiful school.
 

hollydolly said:
This is a picture of the very first school I attended as an infant. my little brother went here too, before we moved to another city..

The wall on the right by the steps is burned into my memory because I fell off it, onto my face and broke my front teeth.. but the more amusing if it were amusing, was that to try and stop me from crying.. with blood, cracked teeth and a swelling face, my teacher was trying to feed me jelly beans while we were waiting for my mum to come and get me.:eek:

The school was called Rainbow and was in Scotland.. and I started there in April 1961..till December 62..yet it's amazing how much I remember of it..this picture was taken relatively recently just before it was demolished

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what are your memroies of your very first school.. and is it still in existence ?
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That’s a big school. How many grades were in it?
 
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Not only is my first school still standing, and it was built in 1930, but my son went to pre-k and kindergarten there.
When I attended in the fifties there was a small farm across the street! Goats, chickens, corn growing!
 
I attended Lincoln School for Kindergarten only, Moved to Jackson Elementary for 1 thru 6.

Lincoln was closed year or so after I left. But here is a picture of Jackson. which is still there

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I’ve no idea if my first school is still standing since it was in England and I haven’t been back since I left. The next store I went to is still standing
 
I am happy to report that my elementary school still stands and welcomes all the little people of the area. Of course, there have been additions and improvements but still serves the community well.
 
The first primary attended for 3 years. Boys on one half of school, girls on other half, is now a University Campus.

The second primary for the following two years was demolished a few years ago. Replaced by high-rise buildings, combo business and condo type flats.

Third primary is still there but exclusively for wheelchair bound children.

The first secondary for another two years has been turned into a College

The second secondary for just one year, has gone through a whole refurbishment and is another school for disabled children and adults.

The last specialised finishing school for two years was sold for less than £2 to the Council. It's been an empty lot since 1980.

The College Campus I attended for two years as a "working adult in vocational education", is still in place. Unfortunately, it doesn't look anything like the building was when I attended.

I hated the way the Ministry of Education divided us amongst schools that were always too far from home and meant that every single year, none of the previous friends I'd make were nowhere to be found.

For a shy loner girl, it was sheer torture as I never knew anyone upon returning to schools every year.

Put it that way, when I went back to a new specialised finishing school they'd built, in 1982, to offer a student the chance to learn my profession of choice (during organised work week to gain experience) I was offended that none of the old teachers after 5 years didn't recognise me.

I'd apparently changed that much LOL!
 
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Built in 1890. Still a standing, functioning elementary school. Attended grades K-3. My mother also attended. I had some of the same teachers! Yes, they were near retirement.
 
RadishRose said:
Thanks @hollydolly . There's an addition of modern classrooms and cafeteria in the back. It's a deep property.

Recess areas, staircases, entrances were segregated; boy/girl.
The Main Girls Lavatory and the Boys were separated by the Janitor's storage and office quarters.

This was in the old section.
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wow...I wonder why the segrgated the boys and girls... In our school, the boys and girls were separated for recess only.. The playgrounds were behind the school building for the boys and in front for the girls... However we did have Boys Only and Girls only classes in our 3rd year on...For example back in those days of the 60's no girls were permitted to take a Tech Drawing or woodwork or mechanics class... and no boys were allowed to take Business Economics and Typing classes.. so those were strictly segregated.. Equally boys and girls weren't permitted on the Sports fields at the same time..
 
Not a chance. I went for 8 years to a 1 room country school. They kind that books are written about. Unfortunately, the Hutterites bought the property and soon destroyed everything. That school was called the Red Deer School and exists today only in my memories.

Those Hutterites sure love to destroy everything when they buy up farmland.
 

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I went to Huckleberry Hill Elementary School in Massachusetts. It's still there. Havent' been there in awhile.
I also attended Sahuaro School for Asthmatic Children in Tucson. It is now a police training academy and they did allow us to visit it years ago. Weird walking around on that campus. All the memories came flooding back.
 
Mine is still there but no longer in use. Town is trying to decide what to do with it now. Population has decreased so much they have consolidated with another town to share one building, Time marches on and things continue to change.
 

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