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Oral history interview with Jane Daniels and Polly McDonald, XXXX
Oral history interview with Jane Daniels and Polly McDonald, XXXX
Call Number
OH2005-V
Date
2014
Description
Jane Daniels was principal of Whittier Elementary School from 1976 to 1982. Polly McDonald became the secretary for the school in 1979. She continued in that role for many years, but she also became the school historian and eventually began a Whittier Historians Club for fourth-grade students, which continues to this day. The women relate the history of the school, which opened in January 1883 as the Pine Street School, was renamed the Whittier School in honor of John Greenleaf Whittier in 1903, and is now the Whittier International Baccalaureate Primary Years Program School. They talk about some of the school-wide projects that were carried out in relation to the school's centennial celebration in 1982, the artist-in-residence program of that same era, the IB program and how it has changed education for the students, and the projects carried out by the Whittier HIstorians Club.
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Oral history interview with Mary Kate Rejouis, 2015
Oral history interview with Mary Kate Rejouis, 2015
Call Number
OH2009-V
Date
2015
Description
Mary Kate Rejouis, an ordained priest and rector of St. Aidan's Episcopal Church in Boulder, grew up in the Whittier neighborhood and was a student at Whittier Elementary School in the 1970s. She describes her years there with great affection and respect for the things it taught her - academically and in terms of values. She also talks about her years at Casey Junior High School; the close-knit nature of the Whittier neighborhood; the place of religion in her life, including her mission and experiences as priest at St. Aidan's; and other aspects of Boulder's history and culture - including the annual Bolder Boulder race.
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