Welcome to the Farragut School Alumni Forum

[Paul Vasold]

Welcome to the Farragut School Alumni Forum.

Thanks to Marv Kusmierz, able steward of the Bay-Journal and a classmate of mine from Farragut Elementary and later Central High School, we have a place to share our memories of Farragut School, a place to share our knowledge of its history, and even a place to discuss the future of old Farragut School, for the building still stands and so do we.

I ‘graduated’ from Farragut in 1956. At that time, Miss Edna O’Brien was the principal and Mrs. Helen Hier was our 8th grade teacher.

For many of the years I went to Farragut, there were two classes at each grade level. In the 8th grade in 1955-56, Mr. Nick Sipus taught the other 8th grade class.

In the 7th grade in 1954-55, I was in Miss Emma Jane Sartain’s class and Mr. Mason Koffman taught the other 7th grade class.

You can see photos of Mrs. Hier’s 1955-56 8th grade class and Miss Sartain’s 1954-55 7th grade class on the Farragut School Alumni page in the Bay-Journal.

As we go along, more photos from our years at Farragut will appear there. If you are an alumnus, I hope you’ll share your memories and photos of your years at Farragut with all of us too.

Very little has been written about the history of Farragut School, so we have a unique opportunity here to write our own history. I’ll start it off with this message, with more to follow, and look to you for help in this, our little memory-sharing exercise.

Paul Vasold

Visit the Farragut School Alumni web page at:
bay-journal.com/to/farragut/index.html

[B-J Forum Admin]

Great start Paul.

I added the link to the group's web page on the bottom of your welcome message.

Your memory about specific teachers is much better than mine. Heck, I didn't even remember the Farragut touch football team winning a trophy?

The group pictures of the classes and the team brought back some good memories.

[rickurband]

Paul, I remember Vic Lockwood as an 8th grade teacher, but not Nick Sipus. Maybe its a sign of my age.

Rick Urband

[Paul Vasold]

Rick,

You're right, Vic Lockwood taught the other 8th grade class in 1955-56.

Nick Sipus' name is on my Farragut basketball certificate from the 1956 season and I picked up his name from that.

As a sign of MY age, I actually don't remember either one of them

[johnbrady]

Hello Paul. I attended Farragut in the kindergarten with your sister Trudy. Our teacher then was Miss Vivien. Let's see... I believe that was '50-'51 school year.