Category Archives: School histories

Remembering Shearwater

Posted on July 22, 2018 by

UPDATE of January 2, 2019:  The Decatur Annex building is on NE 77th Street at the corner of 43rd Ave NE, at the southern end of what is now Decatur School.  The little white wood-frame Annex is the last building … Continue reading →

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Wedgwood’s Nathan Eckstein Middle School

Posted on May 13, 2017 by

In 1919 the Seattle School Board established a new program of “intermediate education” for grades 7, 8 and 9.  Up until that time, elementary schools went through the eighth grade and high school was four years.  One of the main … Continue reading →

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The Mock Family and Maple Leaf School

Posted on April 7, 2015 by

During the hot-weather week of August 12, 1910, The Seattle Daily Times newspaper carried reports of fires across the State of Washington, and one fire which struck closer to home, to the northeast just outside of the Seattle City limits. … Continue reading →

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Wilson’s Exposition Heights

Posted on March 30, 2015 by

The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, a world’s-fair event, attracted people to Seattle even before the fair’s opening date of June 1, 1909.  When news of the Exposition plans became known in 1906, people from all over the USA began coming to Seattle … Continue reading →

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School Day Memories: November 22, 1963

Posted on November 22, 2013 by

November 22, 1963 is remembered as a turning point in the lives of Baby Boomers who grew up in the 1950s and 1960s. Young, vital John F. Kennedy, the first US President to be born in the twentieth century, was … Continue reading →

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Names in the Neighborhood: from Decatur to Thornton Creek

Posted on March 2, 2013 by

Author’s note: This article is about the name of a school in the Wedgwood neighborhood.  If you are looking for the creek named after John Thornton, go here.   For an outline of the history of the Thornton Creek watershed and … Continue reading →

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Oriental Gardens in Meadowbrook

Posted on January 27, 2013 by

A massive earthquake struck the city of San Francisco in the early morning hours of April 18, 1906.  But worse than the damage caused by the earthquake itself were the fires which raged through the city for three days afterward. … Continue reading →

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