Kindergarten

These sound so 60's.

What about being able to e-mail Grandma, text a BFF or understand a 'file transfer protocol'?

What does courteous mean.

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History

One of the last phases to face the Dearborn Public School system, in the post-war era was the building of the Louis W. Howe School on Oakwood Boulevard in September 1955. Designed by Jahr-Anderson Associates of Detroit, the building featured a walk-through classroom system instead of long corridors or hallways. It was intended to relieve overcrowding in Snow School as well as Ten Eyck School, around which, the Oakwood Hospital was beginning to be built. With the declining enrollment of the 1970's the Superintendent, Anthony Witham became involved in the selection of schools to be closed. Howe was one suggested first, however, after a school board meeting, it was left open. By 1978, however, the enrollment had declined to the point of its closure. The building is now used as a facility for the mild-mentally disabled by the Dearborn Public Schools.
Howe was named in honor of Louis W. Howe, one of Dearborn's pioneers. Louis Howe, was the son of Elba Howe, a station agent for the Michigan Central Railroad in Dearbornville, and the communities first undertaker. Born in 1873, in Dearborn, he served as township clerk and treasurer and then village clerk and treasurer after the incorporation of the Village. He was personally responsible for conducting the 1900 census in Dearborn and served on the school board from 1918 to 1924, was a charter member of the Dearborn Rotary Club and served as a Master of the Masonic Lodge. Howe followed his father, serving as a volunteer fire chief, an insurance salesman, and a funeral director. His wife, Jennie Clark, was the daughter of William Clark, by whom the Clark School was named.


http://waynecountyhistory.com/dbnschools.html

Motivation

When I joined 'Classmates', I had always thought that the elementary years, not my high school years, were by far the best years of my educational life. Therefore, I had always wanted to start a blog to help remember those years. However, it wasn't until Tim Gabriel sent me a couple of photos that I finally became motivated to actually begin.

Howe Tribute

There is but a few days go by without thinking of the school days at Howe or those I shared the days with. I start this blog as a tribute to that simpler time in life that often brings a childhood grin or grimace to my face. If you attended Howe School, please forward comments or photos.