Title:
A great school in a less-than-perfect building
Author:
Carol W. Kimball
Subjects:
Mystic Academy from 1950 to 1957
Academy Point, senior living community
Academy Point, senior living community
Object ID:
Kim08-019b
Object Name:
Scrapbook
Category:
8: Communication Artifact
Subcategory:
Documentary Artifact
Publisher:
The Day
Publication Place:
New London, CT
Pubication Date:
12/13/2000
Collection:
Carol W. Kimball
Summary:
State of the art when it was built in 1910, Mystic Academy's building was not an ideal building for educational purposes when Carol Kimball taught there from 1950 to 1957. All bathrooms were in the basement and the fire escape was a metal stairs outside the building's west wall. Desks and chairs were fastened to the floor and heights were adjustable only with the help of the janitor. There was no running water on the second floor. Class sizes were 36 to 45 pupils but memories of the school, including the hot lunches provided by Dorothy MacDougall's crew, are happy ones. The school has become Academy Point, a senior living community.
People:
Brown, Dorothy
MacDougall, Dorothy
MacDougall, Dorothy
Search Terms:
Mystic Academy
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Academy Point
senior living community
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Academy Point
senior living community