I went to Denali for first grade in 1955. My teacher was Miss Rook in Room 47. There must have been a lot of first graders because we were on a double shift. I was on the morning shift.(My brother, in the third grade had a "normal" school day.) I lived in Rogers Park so I rode the school bus. I had no understanding of time back then but it was dark when we got on the bus to go to school and somewhere around or after noon when we came home. I don't remember an ice rink but I do remember a large snow pile that appeared when the playground a was cleared of snow. We played king of the mountain on it. After the snow was gone there was the slide, swings, and monkey bars. Yup I remember Dick, Jane, Sally, Spot and puff: "Run Spot run! Run, run, run!" Reading opened a whole world for me. I have fond memories of Loussac Library on F St. In 1956 Lake Otis School opened so we walked to school; crossing Northern Lights Boulevard and Lake Otis Road (NOT Parkway). No traffic signals, crossing guards, or patrols. It's amazing the memories that surface after 70 (!) years. Oh, and Lake Otis was the Huskies too! The student body chose Huskies over several other Alaska wildlife that first year Lake Otis was open.
I went to Denali for first grade in 1955. My teacher was Miss Rook in Room 47. There must have been a lot of first graders because we were on a double shift. I was on the morning shift.(My brother, in the third grade had a "normal" school day.) I lived in Rogers Park so I rode the school bus. I had no understanding of time back then but it was dark when we got on the bus to go to school and somewhere around or after noon when we came home. I don't remember an ice rink but I do remember a large snow pile that appeared when the playground a was cleared of snow. We played king of the mountain on it. After the snow was gone there was the slide, swings, and monkey bars. Yup I remember Dick, Jane, Sally, Spot and puff: "Run Spot run! Run, run, run!" Reading opened a whole world for me. I have fond memories of Loussac Library on F St. In 1956 Lake Otis School opened so we walked to school; crossing Northern Lights Boulevard and Lake Otis Road (NOT Parkway). No traffic signals, crossing guards, or patrols. It's amazing the memories that surface after 70 (!) years. Oh, and Lake Otis was the Huskies too! The student body chose Huskies over several other Alaska wildlife that first year Lake Otis was open.
I went to Denali in 1992 (K) and then 1996-1999 (4th-6th). Great memories.