Tonight I want to share pictures from a school dedication program that brings back many memories for me.

The dedication took place before I was born, but since I went to the school there it brings back many memories.

Many of my friends will easily recognize this architectural rendering that was on the front cover of the program.

For those of you who don’t, this was the school where I went to Junior and Senior High in Ashland, Kansas.

The new school had an Open House and Dedication on June 1, 1963.

Here is the back cover of the program showing the layout of the school.

My Dad took a job as the maintenance engineer for the school 15 years later when we moved to Ashland. Through the years of helping my Dad at the school I was in every nook and cranny of the buildings.

Here is the classroom wing of the building. This simple diagram brings back so many memories. I can tell you which teacher taught in each of the classrooms. There is only one classroom where I didn’t have a regular class through the six years I went to school there.

You may have seen my posts about Mr. Hill. His classroom was at the top of the picture and is the third from the left.

Remembering Mr. Hill

Mr. Hills Novel List

I am also thinking about why I have this program for the dedication, and I think it is because of an assignment I was working on in classroom number 10.

Here is the activities section. The Gym, Cafetorium and Music Room are all in this section. Also number 11 is the boiler room which is where my Dad spent a lot of time and where I hauled a lot of salt pellets over the years for the water softener.

We called this building the Shop Building. Here is where wood shop and auto shop were taught. Also the Art classroom was in number 19. I have some great memories from Art classes. I still have a few of my Art projects.

The building had undergone a few changes by the time I went to school there with a few modifications to room usage.

While I was in school they also added new locker rooms and a swimming pool and also expanded the library and added on to the Shop Building. Since that time it has stayed pretty much the same.

Steven