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LJS
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Broad Street School
« Thread started on: Oct 27th, 2006, 1:19pm » |
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I just found a picture of the stage at the old Broad Street school. I think most of you on here are quite a bit younger than I. Maybe your fathers can help me with this. The picture was taken (I don't know why I wrote this) Tuesday June 8, 1948. I will get it scanned sometime. The picture (I think) has all the school kids on the stage. Kids were dressed mostly in white blouses and pants with sash and vests on some. Now, when thinking back, I seem to remember the color orange for the sashes and vests. I also wrote on the back of the picture my name, Room 306 4-B (which was the grade back then. I don't know why the school had A-B grades. Guess 1/2 years.
Does anyone on here know of anyone that might be in this picture?
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SixtiesKid
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Re: Broad Street School
« Reply #1 on: Oct 27th, 2006, 5:22pm » |
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on Oct 27th, 2006, 1:19pm, Guest-LJS wrote:I just found a picture of the stage at the old Broad Street school. I think most of you on here are quite a bit younger than I. Maybe your fathers can help me with this. The picture was taken (I don't know why I wrote this) Tuesday June 8, 1948. I will get it scanned sometime. The picture (I think) has all the school kids on the stage. Kids were dressed mostly in white blouses and pants with sash and vests on some. Now, when thinking back, I seem to remember the color orange for the sashes and vests. I also wrote on the back of the picture my name, Room 306 4-B (which was the grade back then. I don't know why the school had A-B grades. Guess 1/2 years.
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Quick response while dashing by...
I know Broad Street School well from 1961 to the end.
Classmates.com, as I recall, has a couple earlier Broad Street School students.
I remember that stage and auditorium like it was yesterday.
BTW, the "A" and "B" distinguished the teacher. Most grades had two teachers and two separate classes in those years.
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Re: Broad Street School
« Reply #2 on: Oct 4th, 2008, 6:26pm » |
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For athletes and fans a downside of the A-B system was that seniors in 12A at the beginning of the school year graduated at the end of January. That included basketball players and at times it could totally disrupt a team.
A classic example was the South High team of 1941, one of the finest ever produced in this area. The player considered the least valuable graduated in January and was replaced by Ara Parseghian, who later gained fame as Notre Dame football coach. The team was never good after mid-year graduation and lost in the first round of the tournament.
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slyborg
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Re: Broad Street School
« Reply #3 on: Jan 28th, 2009, 2:04pm » |
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I went to DeWitt School, the replacement for Broad Street School.
The Broad Street School cornerstone, a big sandstone block with the school name carved in it, was the centerpiece of the DeWitt School courtyard.
I always thought it was odd that DeWitt "faced" quiet Falls Avenue, with a big porch entry that was rarely used, while it presented its "back" to busy Broad Boulevard.
My third grade teacher, Mrs. Jane Reynolds, married to CFHS band director R.O. Reynolds, used to tell stories of the opening of DeWitt School....Broad Street School was still standing, where the DeWitt parking lot is now, facing Broad Boulevard. One morning, when the new school was ready, the teachers and students lined up one classroom at a time, carried their books across the playground and relocated to DeWitt.
Mrs. Reynolds had her old upright green piano moved over from the Broad Street School...even though by the 1970s, we had a separate music room and music teacher, Mrs. Reynolds still liked to occasionally break out old song books and we'd start the day with a song or two with her at the piano..."My Counrty Tis of Thee," or "Tra La La Boom De Yay," or, "Let's Go Fly a Kite." These old songs were catchier and easier to sing than the stuff they made us sing in music class.
Even though we were one of the newer school buildings in the city, we always lacked a real playground...I guess maybe they ran out of money? It was basically a huge bare asphalt playground, with a few swing sets and sliding boards left over from the Broad Street school...
In the early 80s, they finally upgraded the playground, but as a kid, we would walk over to Grant School if we wanted a real playground with grassy ball fields, a big sandbox, and real playground equipment.
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