Guyton and Ives student 1955-63
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Originally Posted by
Hermod
Nope, I was a student in DPS 1944-1954 when they were the best school system in the state and one of the best in the nation.
Yep, you are quite right, Hermod. At Ives and Guyton [[and I attended a couple of other elementary schools as well), I received quality education, including violin lessons from the inimitable Mrs. Cubby. I had outstanding teachers: Bill Weitschat, Ewarest Wisniewski, a Miss VisMara in 3rd grade at Ives. I had an outstanding science teacher, Mr. Hermann. A wonderful, wonderful principal, Ethel Torbett. Art, auditorium [[for speech and drama), ballet lessons [[free, after school activity in one of the school's gyms), Girl Scout meetings [[also in a classroom). I was a hall and bathroom monitor, and wore an armband to show my 'authority." My dad was difficult and my principal was often called upon to protect me. You can see that I studied my English lessons well. I won spelling bees. I loved being selected to clean the blackboard at the end of the day. Mr. Weitschat not only read chapter books to us so that we would have some "down" time, he told us stories and gave us information that was enlightening and brought the textbook stuff to life. When I kept asking to be moved closer and closer to the front of Mr. Wisniewski's 7th grade class, he asked me what was up. I could no longer see well. He instructed me to tell my parents, and I got glasses. Mrs. Tisdale in 8th grade was there for us when President Kennedy was assassinated. She calmed us, told us what had happened, made us understand the implications. I am very very sad for Detroit's schools, once some of the best you'd find anywhere.