First day of school in أغر؟´«أ½ through the years
The first day of school can bring excitement or fear. Digging into our archives, we found these pictures from the first day of school (and other school days).
— Compiled by Beth O'Malley, bomalley@post-dispatch.com; originally published in August 2022.
The lunch room at Nottingham School in 1955. Post-Dispatch archive photo
A student cries at her desk on the first day of school at Blair School in 1972.آ Post-Dispatch archive photo
Students at Scruggs School, South Grand Boulevard and Taft Avenue, pose for the camera on the first day of school in 1948. The photo was edited with white paint to outline the students. Post-Dispatch archive photo
Sister Agnes Bernardina, of the congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph, rings the bell on the first day at Holy Angels School, 1040 St. Ange Avenue, in 1956.آ Post-Dispatch archive photo
Patrolman Raymond Casatta holds traffic as students cross Seventh Boulevard at Barry Street on their way to Pestalozzi school on the first day of school in 1954. The school building was torn down in 1961. Post-Dispatch archive photo
Val Ray Pflueger (middle, in the suit and tie), 16, and other students at Cleveland High School were sitting in a classroom on the first day of school in 1944. Val had planned to stop his education after he got a job as an elevator operator in the Cotton Belt Building. He changed his mind after discussing the issue with his parents and a guidance counselor as part of a local and federal effort to keep students in school during the war. Val made more than $95 a month. , he said he wanted to go into aviation mechanics. A 1968 article noted he was an insurance salesman. Post-Dispatch archive photo
Evangeline Juelich coaxes a student from her seat and into a game on the first day of school at the Bryan Mullanphy School on Shaw Boulevard in 1956.آ Post-Dispatch archive photo
Students return to Bryan Hill School, 2128 East Gano Avenue, on the first day in 1963.آ Post-Dispatch archive photo
Students walk to Blair School, 2708 North 22nd Street, on the first day in 1972. The blue lines on the photograph are editing marks. Post-Dispatch archive photo
Students and parents or teachers enter the Blair School, 2708 North 22nd Street, on the first day in 1972.آ Post-Dispatch archive photo
Patt Henderson, 5, isn't sure about going to Madison School on the first day in 1966.آ Post-Dispatch archive photo
Students settle into a classroom in Blair School, 2708 North 22nd Street, on the first day in 1972.آ Post-Dispatch archive photo
Students at Gardenville School, at Kingshighway and Gravois Avenue, go through the lunch line in 1972. Post-Dispatch archive photo
Fourth- and fifth-grade students eat lunch at their desks at Marshall School in أغر؟´«أ½ in 1970. Post-Dispatch archive photo
The original caption on this 1955 photograph says "Thundering herd at Southwest High." Post-Dispatch archive photo
June Tate, 3, a student at the Page Park junior kindergarten in 1969, paints in the classroom. Post-Dispatch archive photo
Students from Ivy Chapel Preschool look at an enlarged X-ray of a human foot during a tour of Cardinal Glennon Memorial Hospital in 1978. Post-Dispatch archive photoآ
Janet Kiefer teachers kindergartners at the Affton-Lindbergh Early Childhood Center how to express imaginary thoughts; here they are sinking in water. Kiefer was a professional storyteller and part of a program on creative dramatics in the schools in 1986. Post-Dispatch archive photo
A third-grader at John M. Dressel School in the Lindbergh School District works on a math worksheet in 1963. Post-Dispatch archive photo
Students at Mary Institute (now MICDS) take an exam with stuffed animals on their desks. "Bringing the animals to foster good luck is a custom among students ... at final examination time" noted the 1959 caption. Post-Dispatch archive image
"I am your teacher this year," said first grade teacher Sarah Sanchez, who introduces herself to Lauren Riley, 6, who is accompanied by her father Lawrence Riley on the first day of school on Monday, Aug. 13, 2018, at North Side Community School. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
Marcus Robinson brings his son Maxwell, 7, to the first day of school on Monday, Aug. 13, 2018, at North Side Community School. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
"She's just a little bit shy and nervous. It's a new school for her," said Lawrence Riley, who stands next to his daughter Lauren, 6, as she meets her first grade teacher Sarah Sanchez on the first day of school on Monday, Aug. 13, 2018, at North Side Community School Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
Beth O'Malley | Post-Dispatch
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