Living Family Archive

McKinley grade school

Stories set here

From Kindergarten Tears to a Published SketchRobert recalls crying on his first day of kindergarten until Iris came for him, attending several schools after a move, and graduating in 1955. He remembers junior high plays, working on scenery and props, taking art classes, and having a log cabin sketch published in Illinois Junior Historian. He reports good grades and continued learning through classes, workshops, seminars, and the school of “hard knocks.”

Events here

1942
Kindergarten at McKinley
Robert was told he cried on his first day and Iris came and got him.

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