Russell High School

Class of 1957

Interesting Information
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GRAMMAR SCHOOL PICTURES

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	Most of our Class of ’57 classmates would have been in the first grade in 1945-1946, second grade in 1946-1947, third grade in 1947-1948, etc. In addition, there was a private kindergarten at Central Park that we would have attended in 1944-1945.
	There were six grammar schools in East Point during these years: Central Park, Church Street, Harris Street, Jere A. Wells, Marion Smith and Colonel Hills.
	Jere A. Wells was constructed in 1948-1949 as a replacement for Colonel Hills. Most of the Colonial Hills kids went to Harris Street during the construction. The 4^th grade class picture with most of the Colonial Hills kids was taken at Harris Street School in May 1949.
	There were a large number of kids (25-35) that went to Church Street in the first grade then transferred to Central Park in the second grade. This move was made to provide space for an enlarged cafeteria.
	Church Street only included four grades. After completing the fourth grade we went to Central Park for the 5^th – 7^th grades. Apparently, we were the first group during the 1940’s to attend Church Street for four grades. The Russell High Class of 1956 and earlier classes only went to Church Street through the third grade.
	Our 1952-1953 Russell High Pointer has 334 eighth grade pictures. It is reasonable to assume there were about the same number of kids in the seventh grade. The seventh grade pictures have between 20 and 38 kids in each picture. Most have 27-31 kids. Therefore, there were probably 12 or possibly 13 seventh grade pictures.
	Some classmates had the same teachers more than one year. For example, some of the Colonial Hills kids had Ms. Wise for three or four consecutive years.
	At least one class at Marion Smith combined two grades into one class. Ms. Salem taught a combined 6^th and 7^th grade class that included some of our Class of 1957 classmates and also some of the Class of 1958 kids.