Have you ever wondered in the back of your mind where are the people who used to be your class mates in elementary and jr high school? I want to start a blog on "where are they now" . You can post what you remember about the school, the teachers, councelors, and friends.
I'll start with my memories of Pattengill Elementary, located at 8411 Northfield, Detroit, MI 48204 between Maplewood and Spokane.
My name is Alberta Hadley,( Floyd) back then. I graduate 1971. I lived on Vancouver Street, right off of Beechwood. I now live in Florida. The teachers that stand out in my mind are of course my kindergarten teacher Mrs Vanderberg. I remember the wooden floor in the huge room, the coat room which connected to the ajoining room. Those were fond memories. The other teachers who stand out in my mind are the gym teachers Mr Love and Mr Hate. There were 2 gyms, the larger one was located in the basement and the small gym was the cafeteria. The tables let up into the wall to clear the room. I also remember the math teacher Mr Lowey. He use to pick his nose all the time (yuck)!
Are you having flashbacks yet? Remember the candy store across from the school. Man, how many trips did we take there? And there was another candy store behind the school, I can't remember the side street it was on. That one we use to sneek off of the playground during recess to go to. Wow, the memories are just flooding back.
Some of the classmates I remember are:
Sherry Hill
Cassandra Clayborn
Marilyn Coleman
Marion Barber
Barbara Allen
Greg Schuman
I have an old graduation picture of my graduating class. I will post it when I dig it out.
You all come and share your memories with me
Wow what a cool blog! I also attended Pattengill Elementary in 1982 & 1983 for 2nd & 3rd grade. I lived on Ivanhoe between Beechwood & Ironwood. I totally remember Ms. Vanderberg! What I also remember about the school is my 2nd grade teacher Ms. Harrington and my 3rd grade teacher Mrs. Kochis. Mrs. Harrington used to yell at the class alot. In the 3rd grade there was a boy named Jeremiah that used to like me and chase me after school everyday..ha ha. Yes, I remember the tables that retracted into the wall! I also remember picture day in the 2nd grade, because my classmate, Famika Green wore the same dress except mine was blue and hers was pink. I think I got my dress from Kingsway (blast from the past). I also remember going to the corner store daily on the corner of Northfield & Ivanhoe.
ReplyDeleteClassmates I remember are:
Stacey Robinson
Famika Green
Jeremiah (last name I forget)
Latoinette Jones & her twin brother
Let's all come together an give a reunion for everyone that stayed between joy rd.an fireman let's do this.
ReplyDeleteMy name is tracy Pittman
ReplyDeleteYes Tracy I remember you and Tracy Vicks or Tracy bruford on linsdale
DeleteI lived on 5150 Hillsboro as a small child. I remember going to this school. I don't remember alot of kids but I do remember the store across the street that we used to stop at for candy. I remember the the pool that used to come in the neighborhood on a truck. I lived on Linsdale as well for a while before we moved to Decatur off west Chicago and orangelawn. My peoples family name was Boyd. I visit Detroit every chance I get although tge area is very different and tge school is no longer there. I cherish my memories of my childhood in Detroit under Mayor Coleman Young.
DeleteI attended Pattongill during the 80's and my favorite teacher was Miss.Reed and gym teacher Mr.Barber. I remember the red shirt with the white owl on it lol. Back down memory lane..
ReplyDeleteI went there to in the middle seventies, I remember mean ass ms.colman, pretty ms.simpson, jazzy ms.summers, big booty ms.gregory, cool mr.stout, the golfer gym teacher mr.love, momma ogotree the crosswalk guard, mean ass mr.campbell, y'all remember when a parent came up to the school and whooped Mr. Campbell butt? Dam I can go on and on y'all. Dam!
ReplyDeleteDam y'all pattengill, the city destroyed a historical site but, not the memories. Hey y'all do you remember the big fight on the playground with Richard love against the new bully in the school ( Hollis ) somebody can't remember his last name, any that playground fight looked it could fill up a third of Olympia statium, lunch time fights was the shit, Mr. Williams came out and broke up the fight. My email address is nhlw9548@gmail.com
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