Submitted by: peter
Im a: Former Student
Date: 17/04/2008
I am 54 in 2008. I remember Mrs. Rooseman from kindergarden and we had a student teach named Miss Martini (who was hot - so we thought at 5 y.o.) and she came back to be a second grade teacher. Mrs. Saunders was my first grade teacher and she helped me and a young girl to both skip 2nd grade. My 3rd grade teacher I think was Mrs. Greenwood. Mr. Heinz was my 4th grade teacher. He was an S.O.B. I *still* remember his need to dominate us and have students write "their 499s". Page 499 of the dictionary had the world "quiet" and you had to transcribe it verbatim as punishment. If you were really bad, you had to do the word "It". What a schmuck he was. Mrs. Epstein was 5th and she was very cool. That was my best year. I can't remember my 6th grade teach, but I do remember telling her how much I disliked her class on the very last day after I got my report card.
Mrs. Saunders changed my life. Her attention in first grade really made a difference in my self-confidence and ability to acheive. I went back to Washington when I was accepted to college to tell her that.
The other thing I remember vividly is what a privilege it was to be a crossing guard. You were then allowed to ride your bike to school.
I remember the numerous "air raid drills" and "fire drills" we did in the building and walking down those rickety stairs.
Submitted by: Marc
Im a: Former Student
Date: 02/04/2008
I just came across Karl's review and wanted to add my own. From 1962 to 1968, I attended Washington School (K-5th). A year before that, I recall a year of "pre-school" in the big recreation building on the corner of Main and Florence in Boltwood Park. Florence was then a through street between Main and Lee.
Mrs. Rooseman was my kindergarten teacher and Mrs. Saunders, I believe, for 1st grade. Can't recall names of others now. I do vaguely remember the general store (Turk's) that Karl wrote of. But as my family lived on Dewey (between Lee and Greenleaf), the market I remember best was the very tiny "convenience" store on Greenleaf near Dewey. There were glass-front candy cases in the middle of the store and a popsicle freezer in the back. We would buy (often from redeeming found soda bottles) candy in early summer evenings and then play softball on the field on the Washington School grounds.
I have a faint recollection of the old winding staircase that Karl described. My fifth-grade class was in the new part of the school, I recall. There were crossing guards, I believe, at the Florence and Lee intersection. I briefly visited the neighborhood in 1995 but I would like to be able to walk through the school again one day. I will soon be 51.
Submitted by: karl
Im a: Former Student
Date: 08/01/2008
I attended from 1957-63, Kindergarden through 6th grade. Robert Crown park was Boltwood park at that time. I have remembered Washington for 50 years as a wonderful experience. My Kindergarden teacher was Mrs. Elizabeth Taussig, and I also had Mrs's. Bell, Schumam, Epstein among those I remember. We played kickball, dodgeball, basketball at gym. The Evanston bus was a nickel and the apartment building accross the street on Main at the cross walk was Turk's general store, where we bought candy, gum and school supplies. Turk was in his 70's in the 1950's and would be about 125 if alive today. Mrs. Sheridan was the crossing guard. I especially remember the winding staircase in the original back part of the building which must have gone back to the early 1900's. It was great going to Washington. I hope to tour it again once more. I'm 56 now.
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