While digging out the school photos, I stumbled upon a remarkably complete (all save 1st Grade) set of grade school report cards.
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Dad's signatures were remarkably legible (for him),
other years, mom signed my report cards "Mrs. William Russell" |
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| The A+ were sources of pride, the B+ were affronts. Not really sure what happened in social studies that year, I pulled straight A's in 7th grade. I imagine my cockiness and inability to study / bear down (never having had to learn those skills) occasionally rubbed some teacher the wrong way. Pretty sure mom and dad did not buy the "C+ Above Average" argument. Amused by the McDonald's stamps, I think we got a free burger or something. |
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| We had a custom of signing report card covers (kind of quaint, note the local ads) and I've retained just two of these - 5th grade and 8th grade. 5th grade had a lot more signatures (albeit a lot less legible), I think, knowing my family was headed to Massachusetts that summer, and I would not be accompanying my classmates to York Catholic High, I was already checking out a bit. My friends David Luck and Tom Brady signed though, and references to Groucho / Marx Brothers. |
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And while I have these out, a canonical list of my grade school homeroom teachers:
- Kindergarten (East York) - Mrs. Virginia Klein
- 1st Grade - Miss Lonsdorf
- 2nd Grade - Mrs. Gerard Roventini / Principal - Sr. Justina Marie
- 3rd Grade - Mrs. Donald Kroft / Principal - Sr. Justina Marie
- 4th Grade - Sr. Patricia / Principal - Sr. Justina Marie
- 5th Grade - Mrs. Danner / Principal - Sr. Lorraine
- 6th Grade - Mrs. McNeil / Principal - Sr. Lorraine
- 7th Grade - Sr. Martha / Principal - Sr. Gordon Marie
- 8th Grade - Sr. Alice / Principal - Sr. Gordon Marie
Apparently I never knew any of my lay teachers' first names, since I only see last names (and in the early years, their husband's name)
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