These are photographs of all of the schools I ever attended. I am so lucky to have some pictures to share from my recent trip home...because of winter vacations, the schools were vacant; this is how I have manipulated them to fit into the frames of my memory.
K-3, St. Stephen's School
The church.
My first grade classroom. Just down the stairs there, I peed my pants the one and only time in school.
These are the steps where M. Schmidt taught me what stand-alone middle fingers meant one day in the first grade.
The church still has weekly masses, but the parish school no longer operates.
3-5, Woodstock School
Such a short time was spent here, but I have many memories and had impressionable teachers.
The front lobby.
The soccer field.
I walked out of these doors every afternoon and set out for home.
6-8, Kellogg Middle School
I hold this school dearly to my heart. It wasn't a pretty place to be or an easy place to be; it was tough cookies. This is the place you forget to mention when you say where you come from. Word is that it is slated for closure in a couple of years, and this breaks my heart. I have secret blogging plans to keep it alive with some memories. So, look out for them.
The annex!
The first time I walked up these stairs, I felt brand new.
Goodbye.
9-12, Cleveland High School
I didn't spend a lot of time with my camera here, but I loved this school. Out ten years this year! Gulpedly-gulp.
BS, University of Oregon, 2001
I heart the U of O. Here then is the Knight Library on campus.
And the PLC/13th Avenue.
MA, University of South Florida, 2006
And so I've come full circle - here's where I end.
Phew.
8 comments:
I was just at my old high school the other night to sign up for night pottery classes and the first thing that came to mind when I walked through the doors was,"Oh it smells the same!" They were working on the sound system so I got to hear the old bell ringing-it was so odd because I hadn't been back since I graduated ten years ago!
awww madge, i sooo enjoyed the ride down memorylane :) beats me how you managed to unearth all these campus photos!
ooh, wanted to let you know that we share yet another similarity. i too, peed in my pants in the first grade. the one and only time. i'd raised my hand to ask for permission to go, but the teacher had the nerve to tell me to wait. uh yeah, whatever man... i showed her...
What a beautiful place!
i totally wasn't expecting to see photos from Eugene today... nice!
the Knight Library reminds me of good times at nerd camp.
hooray for nerd camp!
---MB
ps. good to have you back!
You went to schools that are so fun to look at!
The only attractive achools I've attended are UT and ACC Rio Grande. Maybe St. Mary's, but I was only there for Pre-K.
Jealous.
Oh, I love this!
I look forward to some stories to go with the images.
madge, your posts make me so happy! i love learning all about your past and (not-so)secret urinations.
your memory posts are so inspriring!
This is rather touching indeed.
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