My original post attracted the eyes of at least one reader. So, I thought I'd post some more about my years at Willis-Cartwright/Theodore Willis in hopes of attracting some more wandering eyes.
I attended the school from the fall of 1976 through the end of the 1977 school year. In third grade, my teacher was Ms. Pascal. In fourth grade, I had several teachers. My main teacher was Mrs. Hudson. Language arts was with Mrs. Bray. I don't remember the name of my math teacher that year. Mrs. Goldman was the music teacher.
Mrs. Foote was the art teacher. I remember that one day a friend and I were cutting up in her class. She drew circles on the chalk-board, about nose-high, and told us we had to stand with our noses in the circles. Of course, we thought that was pretty funny and probably didn't learn the disciplinary lesson she would have liked.
Prior to starting at Theodore Willis (the 1975-1976 school year), I was bused to George Washington Carver Elementary School in downtown Ft. Worth as part of the city's desegregation plan.
In 1977, I was offered the opportunity to go to North Hi Mount Elementary School, one of Ft. Worth's magnet schools. That lasted only half of a year. My dad was assigned a new duty station at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska.
One of the wilder moments in school in Nebraska came one day when I ended up seeing a school friend from Texas in Nebraska! Michael Espinoza (I think that's the right spelling) wound up on Nebraska when his dad's duty station had been changed to Offutt as well.
Here's a list of friends I remember from the Willis-Cartwright years: Melissa Leighter; Kim Ballard; Denise Brewer; Theresa Torres; Mark Blackmon. Some other friends I remember, but only by first name, were Gene, Rudy, and Chester.
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Mrs Bray! that was my 4th grade teacher ! I remember Mrs. Foote as well.. it's been so long, I guess I was in my last year there, when you started.. We had transferred to Carswell from Alaska..
Ms. Foote had the pet raven. Bizarre! We must have been in the same class- I recognize some classmate names you listed. Where did you post the pics you mentioned?
What was Ms Paschal's daughters name ? Wasn't it Tammy?
I just happened to find this posting. It is quite surreal, because my memories are reflected here
through so many others. I lived in Weaver Ave. for awhile, but after the housing remodel, we moved
to Gen Ramey (directly in front of Willis-Cartwright.
I, too, was bussed to Washington Carver for 2nd grade.
Ms. Foote was my favorite teacher as well, and the Crow she had had always been the
Predominant memory of her.
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