my elementary school...

Most of you know that I spent most of my life growing up in Monticello. But, I lived in Little Rock for 3 yrs as a baby, and then from the age of 3-9 yrs in North Little Rock. Last weekend, Clay and I had a wedding at Fellowship Bible North, in North Little Rock. Clay googled the directions, and as we pulled into the drive, I said, "hey, this is where my old school is!" I have been by it a few times in the past years, but I never noticed the church was beside it. So, while I was outside taking pics of the church, I snapped a pic of my old school. I started here in Kindergarten, and attended to the middle of 4th grade. I have a lot of memories here, but one of the biggest memories I have, is the 4th-6th grade classes did not have air conditioning! I can remember sitting there with water at our desk, fanning away, and being so miserable. I just think about this time of year, and how bad it would be for the poor kids to try to concentrate on learning in this heat! WOW!

I should have taken a picture of the swings on this playground. They were so cool, and I can remember the race to see who got there first every recess. Those old metal swings, are still there! They had handles and you would pull the handles in, and that would make the swing go. I think they may have some similar at the Bradley County park. Anyway, I can remember how much fun they were, and also a few kids getting knocked out by them..don't you know that hurt!

On another note, when I was working at the nursing home, I was visiting with one of my favorite residents there, and we got to sharing stories, and she told me that she used to live in NLR, and she worked at that school in the cafeteria, and I think she worked there around the time that I attended! I thought that was pretty cool!