ROBERT S. PAYNE SCHOOL! PICTURES FROM OPEN HOUSE NOV. 2013!
I WENT TO ROBERT S. PAYNE SCHOOL FROM THE SECOND GRADE TO THE SEVENTH GRADE! DURING A RECENT OPEN HOUSE, I TOOK A FEW SHOTS AND MET THE STAFF WHO IS IN CHARGE OF THE SCHOOL NOW! THE SCHOOL IS A LOT DIFFERENT, FOR THE GOOD AND DESIGNED FOR GREATER EDUCATION FOR ALL STUDENTS! I WAS THERE FROM 1957-1964. I STILL REMEMBER MY TEACHERS: SECOND GRADE-REGINA LEA THIRD GRADE-DOROTHY MEADE FOURTH GRADE-MARY PULLEN FIFTH GRADE-ALMA IRVINE SIXTH GRADE-DELPHIA SLAUGHTER SEVENTH GRADE-J. W. STROUD
Robert s Payne staff around 1961!
BELOW ARE A FEW PICTURES, AS I TAKE YOU DOWN MEMORY LANE AND SHOW YOU WHAT PAYNE SCHOOL LOOKS LIKE NOW!
This is the 12th St. side of Payne School! Our playground which was almost all around the building is now the teachers parking lot! The large playground now is located across the street, between 13th. and 14th!
Here is Principal John Blakely, and then Assistant Principal Monica Hendricks! In 2014, Monica was promoted to Principal of Bass Elementary school! Monica is classmate Professor Hermina Walthall Hendrick's daughter in law!
The auditorium, viewed from the balcony!!
The auditorium, viewed from the balcony!
The auditorium! The seats have been redone, and the walls now have a beautiful paint job!
Auditorium!
The gym! Remember playing sideline basketball?
Upstairs there was a indoor track for running. It is now a flat floor, and the spiral staircase leads downstairs!
Remember the clinic? Nurse Smith would weigh all the students and get their height. She would also check your head with a black-light!
Payne school only goes to the fifth grade now! This was my seventh grade classroom, Mr. Stroud! I was in this classroom when President Kennedy was killed!
What I would have given for a computer room!!
Payne has a lot of "studyhalls!"
What was a hall is now a library!
Here is Pat Anderson, library helper!
Remember the Cafeteria?
Remember those outdoor spaces all around Payne? Now they are a small play area accessable by a door!
LOOKING THROUGH MY MOM’S SCRAPBOOK, I FOUND THIS TREASURE! THIS IS THE ACHIEVEMENT DAY PROGRAM FOR AN EVENT JUNE 2ND, 1961! FOR THOSE STUDENTS WHO WENT TO PAYNE SCHOOL WITH ME, YOU SHOULD REMEMBER THESE PROGRAMS EVERY YEAR! I AM SURE THAT THERE ARE MORE PROGRAMS SOMEWHERE…GEE….MOM KEPT EVERYTHING!
Achievement Day-1961! All Honor Roll and Perfect Attendance students were awarded!
Achievement Day-1961
Achievement Day-1961
Achievement Day-1961....someone we all know and love is listed here!
Achievement Day-1961
Achievement Day-1961.....someone we all know and love is listed here too??
Achievement Day-1961
Mr. Martin, Mrs. Frances Baldwin, Mrs. Barnett-principal, Mrs. Scott, Mrs. Cora Berry, at a May-day celebration in 1956?
Robert s Payne staff around 1961!
