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Did anyone go to palnez school in the early 1960's
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pimmithillian
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Date: December 08, 2012 10:44PM
Did anyone go to Palnez school in the early 60's? Do you rember the bunnies? and the May pole and doing the bunny hop?
Re: Did anyone go to palnez school in the early 1960's
Posted by:
BEH
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Date: December 08, 2012 11:02PM
no
Re: Did anyone go to palnez school in the early 1960's
Posted by:
aw come on...
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Date: December 09, 2012 12:44AM
BEH Wrote:
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> no
Someone had to go there. At least one person.
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> no
Someone had to go there. At least one person.
Re: Did anyone go to palnez school in the early 1960's
Posted by:
eesh
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Date: December 09, 2012 12:52AM
pimmithillian Wrote:
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> Did anyone go to Palnez school in the early 60's?
> Do you rember the bunnies? and the May pole and
> doing the bunny hop?
Yes, those brings back fond memories. You remember that one Christmas when we all wondered if our tongues would stick to a frozen flagpole? I remember that one guy was triple dog dared and he got his tongue stuck. They had to call the fire department! ha!
Then there was that other kid who wanted a Red Ryder BB gun for Christmas, all the teachers were like "you'll shoot your eye out!"
Thanks for the memories.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/09/2012 12:59AM by eesh.
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> Did anyone go to Palnez school in the early 60's?
> Do you rember the bunnies? and the May pole and
> doing the bunny hop?
Yes, those brings back fond memories. You remember that one Christmas when we all wondered if our tongues would stick to a frozen flagpole? I remember that one guy was triple dog dared and he got his tongue stuck. They had to call the fire department! ha!
Then there was that other kid who wanted a Red Ryder BB gun for Christmas, all the teachers were like "you'll shoot your eye out!"
Thanks for the memories.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/09/2012 12:59AM by eesh.
Re: Did anyone go to palnez school in the early 1960's
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Sergey Brin
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Date: December 09, 2012 12:59AM
Re: Did anyone go to palnez school in the early 1960's
Posted by:
yeah
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Date: December 09, 2012 01:07AM
i went there in the 1930's
Re: Did anyone go to palnez school in the early 1960's
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Kay
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Date: May 01, 2015 11:07AM
Hi, yes I went there for 1st grade and I do remember the May pole and the pretty pink dress my Mom made for me to wear. That was probably in 1961.
Re: Did anyone go to palnez school in the early 1960's
Posted by:
Robin
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Date: February 02, 2016 10:28AM
I attended 1st grade there in 1962. I remember the May pole and the dress my mom made to where. She later cut the length so I could where it all the time. That was my first year of learning Spanish. Fond memories
Re: Did anyone go to palnez school in the early 1960's
Posted by:
amarkaceto
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Date: February 07, 2016 04:05PM
Yes.
Mrs. Godfrey, Wyett, and Eason were my teachers. (Can you say "Mrs." Today)?
I have some historical documentation and "Kodachromes" of the May Day events.
Pretty strict, traditional education. Inez Fletcher was no-nonsense.
Attended Fall 1959 ~ Spring 1962 (Kintergarden ~ 2nd Grade)
Regards
Mrs. Godfrey, Wyett, and Eason were my teachers. (Can you say "Mrs." Today)?
I have some historical documentation and "Kodachromes" of the May Day events.
Pretty strict, traditional education. Inez Fletcher was no-nonsense.
Attended Fall 1959 ~ Spring 1962 (Kintergarden ~ 2nd Grade)
Regards
Re: Did anyone go to palnez school in the early 1960's
Posted by:
Yes
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Date: February 07, 2016 04:08PM
Yes
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Posted by:
Yes & No
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Date: February 07, 2016 04:09PM
Yes, No, No
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Posted by:
amarkaceto
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Date: February 07, 2016 04:13PM
"Wyatt", sorry for the misspelling.
Re: Did anyone go to palnez school in the early 1960's
Posted by:
jeff spring (gould)
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Date: March 26, 2016 01:02PM
I went to Pal-Nez in '62 or '63...kindergarten. I remember two things: a maypole, which I somehow found a little intimidating, and a girl named Alexis, whom I was convinced I would marry some day. I think I remember crying a lot, too. Oh, and this: I was picked up each morning by an African-American woman driving a van. I learned my first Motown hits in that van!
Re: Did anyone go to palnez school in the early 1960's
Posted by:
Don't do it
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Date: March 27, 2016 06:08PM
pimmithillian Wrote:
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> Did anyone go to Palnez school in the early 60's?
> Do you rember the bunnies? and the May pole and
> doing the bunny hop?
Don't get caught in the Men's room doing that.
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> Did anyone go to Palnez school in the early 60's?
> Do you rember the bunnies? and the May pole and
> doing the bunny hop?
Don't get caught in the Men's room doing that.
Re: Did anyone go to palnez school in the early 1960's
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Deborah Napier
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Date: April 28, 2016 02:35PM
I went to PALNEZ School for 1st and 2nd grades, in 1965 and 1966. I played the auto harp. We performed the May Pole Dance and had a wonderful spring festival every year. Such great memories. After that, Fairfax County public schools, in the new town of Reston, seemed sterile and mean.
Does anyone have photos from PALNEZ in the 1960's
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DEBORAH NAPIER
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Date: April 28, 2016 02:38PM
If you have photos from the early to mid-Sixties of Palnez School in Tyson's, I'd love to hear from you.
Re: Did anyone go to palnez school in the early 1960's
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Amy Marshall-Ruschaupt
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Date: May 01, 2016 10:16AM
Yes, I went to Palnez in the 1960's near Tysons Corner! I have such GREAT Memories......I especially remember the May pole dance and art class:D
Re: Did anyone go to palnez school in the early 1960's
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Dave s
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Date: November 05, 2016 01:10PM
I did in 67, 68
I do recall the may pole. We also did an outside event and sang Up, up and away my beautiful balloon by the fifth dimension.
I do recall the may pole. We also did an outside event and sang Up, up and away my beautiful balloon by the fifth dimension.
Re: Did anyone go to palnez school in the early 1960's
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Nancy L.
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Date: July 18, 2017 04:52PM
I attended Palnez School in the early 70's.
We have Facebook page. Please join us!
We have Facebook page. Please join us!
Re: Did anyone go to palnez school in the early 1960's
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CindyH
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Date: August 07, 2017 09:14PM
What is the name of the FB page? I am having trouble locating it. I attended 1st and 2nd grade there in '67 and '68.
Re: Did anyone go to palnez school in the early 1960's
Posted by:
Robert
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Date: November 20, 2017 01:35PM
I was in first and second grade there academic years 1967-1969. I seem to remember being the "prince" one of the years, for I think the may pole thing?? My partner was a very nice Indian girl I recall.
Has the school been closed? I could not find an address online.
Has the school been closed? I could not find an address online.
Re: Did anyone go to palnez school in the early 1960's
Posted by:
I went there
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Date: November 20, 2017 03:42PM
Teachers would ask kids to pee on each other and film it....
Oh wait never mind, that’s that nigger donte caraway in PG COUNTY
Oh wait never mind, that’s that nigger donte caraway in PG COUNTY
Re: Did anyone go to palnez school in the early 1960's
Posted by:
Cheryl
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Date: March 15, 2018 10:07AM
1959-1960 for first grade. Loved the Maypole dance and the "train" on the tracks.
Re: Did anyone go to palnez school in the early 1960's
Posted by:
Changed the name
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Date: March 15, 2018 01:48PM
The school changed its name to : “northern Virginia training center.” You retard alumni
Re: Did anyone go to palnez school in the early 1960's
Posted by:
Donte carried away
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Date: March 15, 2018 01:50PM
I went there Wrote:
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> Teachers would ask kids to pee on each other and
> film it....
> Oh wait never mind, that’s that nigger donte
> caraway in PG COUNTY
DEOOONTE MOFO!
Damn! He must’ve been valedictorian at Ballou thug charter skooool.
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> Teachers would ask kids to pee on each other and
> film it....
> Oh wait never mind, that’s that nigger donte
> caraway in PG COUNTY
DEOOONTE MOFO!
Damn! He must’ve been valedictorian at Ballou thug charter skooool.
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Re: Did anyone go to palnez school in the early 1960's
Posted by:
Arnold
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Date: March 15, 2018 03:37PM
If anyone is interested, the former Palnez school was on the site of today's Olive Garden on Leesburg Pike. Th owners and founders of the school were a married couple named Paul and Inez. They opened a school that provided kindergarten instruction in a time when Fairfax County operated only grades 1-6. I think the school was on their residential property.
Re: Did anyone go to palnez school in the early 1960's
Posted by:
Olive Garden
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Date: March 15, 2018 05:40PM
I like Olive Garden better than edumacatin illegals!
Another round of breadsticks and that yummy sausage soup.
Another round of breadsticks and that yummy sausage soup.
Re: Did anyone go to palnez school in the early 1960's
Posted by:
mickeyDC
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Date: March 15, 2018 06:38PM
There is a Facebook closed page for Palnez alums - it is really terrific.
Re: Did anyone go to palnez school in the early 1960's
Posted by:
Hermit
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Date: June 27, 2018 11:42AM
Yes! Wonderful, caring environment. Remembering Mrs. Clark and Mrs. Wyatt, Maypole dances and bringing in peanut butter as emergency food and hiding under the table in kindergarten as part of a drill for what must have been the Cuban Missile Crisis. I too was picked up in a yellow van to be driven to school. Have often wondered whatever happened to former classmates and the school...
Re: Did anyone go to palnez school in the early 1960's
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Mrs Wyatt was a CUNT
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Date: June 27, 2018 02:44PM
Mrs Wyatt was mean to me and I still live with those scars!
She moved my desk away from all the other kids and I sat alone!
Palnez was part of early Scientology schools in this area.
She moved my desk away from all the other kids and I sat alone!
Palnez was part of early Scientology schools in this area.
Re: Did anyone go to palnez school in the early 1960's
Posted by:
Crraig
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Date: July 15, 2018 03:12PM
I did, circa 1959-1961. Ms. Eawsson was my first grade teacher.
Re: Did anyone go to palnez school in the early 1960's
Posted by:
Craig J.
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Date: July 15, 2018 03:14PM
Sorry for the earlier typos. Yes, I do remember being picked up in a VW Bus from my house in Falls Church. And, of course the Maypole dance. I think Carol was the girl I was paired up with for my dance partner.
Re: Did anyone go to palnez school in the early 1960's
Posted by:
Lucy Furr
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Date: July 16, 2018 07:31PM
Cheryl Wrote:
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> 1959-1960 for first grade. Loved the Maypole
> dance and the "train" on the tracks.
First grade at Palnez was the best five years of my life!
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> 1959-1960 for first grade. Loved the Maypole
> dance and the "train" on the tracks.
First grade at Palnez was the best five years of my life!
Re: Did anyone go to palnez school in the early 1960's
Posted by:
Craig J.
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Date: July 25, 2018 12:48PM
D o you remember the name of your first grade teacher?
Re: Did anyone go to palnez school in the early 1960's
Posted by:
Craig J.
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Date: August 17, 2018 01:37PM
Hi Kay! Yes, I went to Palnez the same time.
Re: Did anyone go to palnez school in the early 1960's
Posted by:
Bill Berthrong
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Date: September 15, 2018 09:03AM
Yes, I attended Kindergarten at Palnez. It would have been a little earlier- 1958-1959. I do remember the bunnies..and the great sandbox with some really cool toy trucks and tractors. One of my classmates was Melisa Follin. We lived west of there in Great falls.
Re: Did anyone go to palnez school in the early 1960's
Posted by:
Craig J.
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Date: September 22, 2018 02:09PM
I actually have a class roster with names from first grade, circa 1960.
Re: Did anyone go to palnez school in the early 1960's
Posted by:
BCVUF
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Date: September 22, 2018 05:42PM
Arnold Wrote:
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> If anyone is interested, the former Palnez school
> was on the site of today's Olive Garden on Leesburg Pike.
I don't see any structures on or near that parcel on
South Jefferson Street between 1960 and 1976, by which
time it was paved over and the current Olive Garden
building was present. This is directly across from the airport.
I therefore believe the school was somewhere else.
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> If anyone is interested, the former Palnez school
> was on the site of today's Olive Garden on Leesburg Pike.
I don't see any structures on or near that parcel on
South Jefferson Street between 1960 and 1976, by which
time it was paved over and the current Olive Garden
building was present. This is directly across from the airport.
I therefore believe the school was somewhere else.
Re: Did anyone go to palnez school in the early 1960's
Posted by:
Correction
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Date: September 22, 2018 08:37PM
^^^
Wrong part of Leesburg Pike...the area you are talking about sounds like Bailey's Crossroads...
Palnez was in Tysons Corner, on Leesburg Pike
Wrong part of Leesburg Pike...the area you are talking about sounds like Bailey's Crossroads...
Palnez was in Tysons Corner, on Leesburg Pike
Re: Did anyone go to palnez school in the early 1960's
Posted by:
6JJE9
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Date: September 22, 2018 09:29PM
You should have said "Rusty Scupper", not Olive Garden...
:)
:)
Re: Did anyone go to palnez school in the early 1960's
Posted by:
Mark Anderson
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Date: October 01, 2018 12:30PM
I went to Palnez 67-69.
K - Mrs. Brennan
1st - Mrs. Eason
2nd - Mrs. Strange
I remember an awesome playground and the Mayfair. I still have movies of all of them. I have the program from the 69 Mayfair and the class picture from 69 if anyone is interested!!
K - Mrs. Brennan
1st - Mrs. Eason
2nd - Mrs. Strange
I remember an awesome playground and the Mayfair. I still have movies of all of them. I have the program from the 69 Mayfair and the class picture from 69 if anyone is interested!!
Re: Did anyone go to palnez school in the early 1960's
Posted by:
Craig J.
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Date: October 02, 2018 09:16AM
I had Mrs. Eason for first grade but that was around 1960.
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Posted by:
Lisa olson
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Date: December 02, 2018 07:09PM
I was there in 1960. Only went 1 year. My last name was CARL then
Re: Did anyone go to palnez school in the early 1960's
Posted by:
Debbie B.
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Date: January 15, 2019 05:11PM
I was there in second grade, 1960-61.I remember very little, just Mrs. Fletcher, and the Maypole dancing, and the school song -- Palnez, we love our Palnez, and we love our green and white!
Re: Did anyone go to palnez school in the early 1960's
Posted by:
Craig J.
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Date: January 20, 2019 09:26AM
I remember the same things! I only went to K and 1st grade there.....then Haycock Elem for 2-6. My dad took home movies at the Maypole dance.
Re: Did anyone go to palnez school in the early 1960's
Posted by:
Suzanne nelson
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Date: January 22, 2019 07:09AM
I think I did.
Re: Did anyone go to palnez school in the early 1960's
Posted by:
Deborah Napier
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Date: March 10, 2019 06:13PM
Does anyone have photos for the years 1965-1966 1st Grade with Mrs. Binns and/or 2nd grade 1966-1967 with Mrs. Strange ? If you have May Pole dance photos this would be ideal !
Please post to the Palnez School Facebook page.
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Please post to the Palnez School Facebook page.
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Re: Did anyone go to palnez school in the early 1960's
Posted by:
Deborah
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Date: March 10, 2019 06:14PM
Can you get photos or videos from the home movies ? That would be really cool to see today
Re: Did anyone go to palnez school in the early 1960's
Posted by:
Valerie Williams Richardson
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Date: October 17, 2019 10:18AM
I stumbled on this thread because I went to Palnez and wondered what is there now (I no longer live in Virginia). I went to kindergarten-first grade in 1963-64 and remember the Maypole, and the song "Winchester Cathedral." I also remember construction starting on Tysons Corner with a big hole in the ground and lots of yellow construction equipment.
I don't remember my teachers, but my first-grade teacher was very mean. I was the slowest in my class, and she would make fun of me and a boy who was also slow. Luckily I ended up with a wonderfully nurturing teacher in second grade who encouraged me and helped me progress.
I've now been working at an Ivy League university for 25+ years, so maybe I owe my start to Palnez?
--Valerie
I don't remember my teachers, but my first-grade teacher was very mean. I was the slowest in my class, and she would make fun of me and a boy who was also slow. Luckily I ended up with a wonderfully nurturing teacher in second grade who encouraged me and helped me progress.
I've now been working at an Ivy League university for 25+ years, so maybe I owe my start to Palnez?
--Valerie
Re: Did anyone go to palnez school in the early 1960's
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Date: October 23, 2019 01:35PM
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Re: Did anyone go to palnez school in the early 1960's
Posted by:
10Victoria57
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Date: November 14, 2020 07:26PM
Yes, I went there from, I believe 1961-62, in first grade. My teacher was Mrs. Johnson she was horrible! She slapped me across my face because I was talking and threatened to demote me from the reading group I was in (I don't remember the name) to the Superman reading group (that one I remember!). I also remember being picked up in the morning by a micro bus and taken back home in the afternoon. I remember taking the train ride into DC and going to the zoo. I remember telling my mother that I did not want to go back to that school. At the graduation, old lady Johnson had poison ivy, so no one could shake her hand. Served her right! I then went to Lemon Road Elementary and rolled down the big hill in the back of the school on my way home.
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Date: November 21, 2020 04:39AM
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roberta gail nichols
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Date: December 07, 2020 04:02AM
I believe I was one of the first students at Palnez. We only had about 6 or 7 in our kindergarten class and it was held In the old Fletcher home before there modern brick rambler was build as well as their school building. The year I was there was 1946.
The Fletcher's daughter Margaret was sick with the measles during our school year and I remember her peeking out of her room at us but of course she was in quarantine.
In about 1964, my two daughters went to Palnez for several years and I became a bus driver who drove one of the little yellow buses which were Econolines. I subsequently became a teacher of 4-year olds and Margaret Fletcher was also a teacher.
The Fletcher's daughter Margaret was sick with the measles during our school year and I remember her peeking out of her room at us but of course she was in quarantine.
In about 1964, my two daughters went to Palnez for several years and I became a bus driver who drove one of the little yellow buses which were Econolines. I subsequently became a teacher of 4-year olds and Margaret Fletcher was also a teacher.
Re: Did anyone go to palnez school in the early 1960's
Posted by:
Tom Dukes
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Date: May 21, 2021 04:44PM
I did.Kindergarten and first grade.My kindergarten teacher invited the whole class to her wedding.
Re: Did anyone go to palnez school in the early 1960's
Posted by:
Barb
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Date: August 19, 2021 10:38PM
I went to Pal Nez the same years as you. I have a twin. We both attended. Our mother made our Maypole dresses of purple gingham. We danced an early settlers square dance using brooms to sweep. I have movies from my parents. Small world.
Re: Did anyone go to palnez school in the early 1960's
Posted by:
Tim Hoxie
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Date: January 02, 2022 12:56PM
I did. Kindergarten. Probably 1964-66. Went on to first grade at public school.
I recall the same stuff. A little bus. And the Maypole.
In CA for many years now. I wondered what became of the school
I recall the same stuff. A little bus. And the Maypole.
In CA for many years now. I wondered what became of the school
Re: Did anyone go to palnez school in the early 1960's
Posted by:
Hermit
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Date: January 29, 2022 08:38AM
Yes, I attended Nursery School(apparently in the Fletcher home?), kindergarten, 1st grade with Mrs. Clark, and 2nd grade with Mrs. Wyatt.
I remember our kindergarten class being asked to bring in food (think I brought peanut butter) for possible emergency use and learning to hide under the tables -part of drill practice during the Cuban Missile crisis? One of the twins in my class served as Maypole king year we were in 2nd grade. Oh yes - and of course the yellow van which picked me up and dropped me back at home...
I remember our kindergarten class being asked to bring in food (think I brought peanut butter) for possible emergency use and learning to hide under the tables -part of drill practice during the Cuban Missile crisis? One of the twins in my class served as Maypole king year we were in 2nd grade. Oh yes - and of course the yellow van which picked me up and dropped me back at home...
Re: Did anyone go to palnez school in the early 1960's
Posted by:
Prudence
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Date: April 04, 2022 03:01AM
Yes. Went to kindergarten at Paul Nez school. Tysons Corner Mall is where it used to be.
Re: Did anyone go to palnez school in the early 1960's
Posted by:
typicalguy
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Date: April 04, 2022 06:15AM
How many years later was it you noticed us typical creepy guys trying to look up your dress and see your panties?
Re: Did anyone go to palnez school in the early 1960's
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Conni
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Date: August 02, 2022 01:57PM
I attended first grade in 1958. My birthday was a couple of weeks late to enroll in public school with my age group. I remember a lot about it. The "evening gown" for the Maypole dance and I still have the "majorette/ soldier" costume we wore for the tap dance routine. I learned some Spanish there, too. The first grade was in the owner's brick rambler home (lower level) and the kindergarten was in the bungalow type house next door. I don't know if any photos exist, but I will look.
Re: Did anyone go to palnez school in the early 1960's
Posted by:
MikeKren
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Date: August 24, 2022 03:26AM
I went to Palnez 66-67 kindergarten with Miss Norwood, 67-68 first grade with Mrs. Clark. I remember the granddaughter of Inez was in my class, Debbie Fletcher, if I remember correctly. I was the prince of the Maypole dance in spring 68, but I was so sad that I had to wear white, I wanted to wear the nifty red white and blue uncle sam costumes the class wore, and dance to the broadway song "step to the rear" from that year's broadway hit. I remember from the playground watching Tyson's be built, and Inez telling my mom how sad she was to be soon selling the school, I think she retired to Florida.
If there's a facebook group, let me know, I'd love to join!
If there's a facebook group, let me know, I'd love to join!
Re: Did anyone go to palnez school in the early 1960's
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Leslie Schindler
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Date: January 01, 2023 01:26AM
Hello! I went to Palnez in 1960-61. I remember the maypole dance and how they dressed us up like brides and grooms and we danced to Love and Marriage! My teacher I think was Mrs Clark and I’d hold her hand st lunch. We put our milk money in a globe money box and took the milk from a fridge. Lyn K was a student I remember, and my neighbour Deavah Knott. I remember a Spanish spelling bee-type competition with flashcards and how I bombed out by thinking it was “brother”, the word I didn’t know, and the winning boy got it with”papa”. I remember a rabbit lady coming one day who gave out all these rabbit things, lastly a real white rabbit! Thanks for the memories. Leslie Schindler
Oh! And teal silver dollar awards for reading books and attendance. A treasure beyond my wildest dreams!
Oh! And teal silver dollar awards for reading books and attendance. A treasure beyond my wildest dreams!
Re: Did anyone go to palnez school in the early 1960's
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Catherine Payne Roseman
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Date: May 05, 2023 10:13AM
Yes! I went to Pal-Nez for Kindergaten ‘63-‘64 school year! Don’t remember much though.
Re: Did anyone go to palnez school in the early 1960's
Posted by:
Kelly Aylor
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Date: June 06, 2023 04:17PM
I went there in the later 1960’s
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Posted by:
NancyJ
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Date: September 11, 2023 09:00PM
I went to Palnez. I don't remember any bunnies, but I remember the maypole & the roller coaster.
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NancyJ
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Date: September 11, 2023 09:21PM
I was at Palnez 1961-63 for 1st & 2nd grades; my late-in-year birthday meant I couldn't start 1st grade at public school until '62. I rather think that's why Palnez got started -- for students like me with late birthdays. My teachers were Mrs. Lang (1st grade) & Mrs. Wyatt (2nd grade). One of my teachers (won't say which), kept a yard-long paddle that was painted with scenes from "George Washington & the Cherry Tree" painted along its length in red & black. Did she use it? Oh, yes she did, sometimes with a preliminary drop-trou. Did she use it on me? Hell no! I remember the missile crisis drills. For that spring festival, whatever they called it, my 1st grade class danced to "A White Sport Coat and a Pink Carnation" with the girls all wearing long pink dresses. Only the 2nd graders got to wind the maypole. We wore green & white dresses; I don't remember what the guys wore. After Palnez, which went only as far as 2nd grade, I was sent to Dunn Loring. The Palnez building's been gone for years now, with the site all covered over with Tyson's Corner Center.I wish I knew what happened to the little "roller coaster!"
Re: Did anyone go to palnez school in the early 1960's
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NancyJ
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Date: September 11, 2023 09:45PM
Yes, I had one of those pink dresses in 1961 for the 1st grade dance. The song was Marty Robbins' "A White Sport Coat & a Pink Carnation."