First grade in Friday Harbor in 1957…. and the reunion.
Posted May 20, 2009 at 7:53 pm by Ian Byington
The Class of 1969 - in first grade in '57. See who you know!
The FHHS Class of 1969 is pulling together their reunion this year for July 18th. For information, call Wendy Fairweather Picinich at 360-378-4819 ([email protected]) or Jeri Jensen Ahrenius at 360-378-2420
([email protected]).
Wendy passed on the photo above (click here to see a much bigger one!) and tells me that’s the first grade photo for the class, in 1957. I asked her who you might know in the picture – you pick ’em out:
Starting in the bottom row, there’s Wendy Fairweather Picinich, Rob Sandwith
and Patt Leake. Middle row, Jan Murray Anderson, Jeri Jensen Ahrenius, top
row Mike Nash, Jerry Morrill, Kristy Wade, Nick Nash and Janet Franklin.
We ended up with 21 graduating in 1969. I have a senior picture that I’ll
have Dave scan and send. Of the 19 left, 10 of us are still on the island.
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Hi Ian,
That’s my mother, Helen Senior King, who came to Friday Harbor in 1937 to teach school. Over her career, she taught many islanders. She lived with “Grandma” Nash in what is now the Spring Street School. She earned $100 a month. She married my father, John D. King, in 1944.
If you ever need more class pictures, I have an album with a picture from every year she taught here. We went to Bellevue in 1960, where Mother continued teaching until 1974 when she and my Dad returned to Friday Harbor for their retirement.
I’ll have to get her album out because I believe all the children are identified. I just can’t remember this morning.
Jane
Your mother was a wonderful and caring teacher. She taught me how to read and write! (I’m in the middle row, 4th from left.) It’s funny how you never forget the teachers you had in your early years. I’m a teacher now, myself!
I remember Mrs. King’s grade one class of 1957. I am the girl front row left end. My family only lived on the island for about a year and a half before we went back to Canada. Mrs. King was a wonderful teacher who was aware of the needs of each of her students. She was lovely and very kind. I have worked in education for 28 years, mostly, helping children with learning difficulties. My family moved to Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, where I still live.
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