Public schools

Nisei (second-generation) children attended public schools alongside children of other races, although schools in Nihonmachi (Japantown) neighborhoods were overwhelmingly Japanese ethnically. Since Japanese was usually spoken at home, many Nisei learned to speak English in public school. In Seattle, people fondly remember the Bailey Gatzert elementary school whose white principal remained in touch with her students after they were taken to the camps. The Japanese Americans who would have graduated from high school and college in spring 1942 were removed to camps before they could complete the year and attend commencement.

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img University of Washington co-eds (ddr-densho-353-260)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-353-260/

img Pacific School graduating class of 1931 (ddr-densho-353-253)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-353-253/

img University of Washington choral group (ddr-densho-353-254)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-353-254/

img Pacific School students and teachers (ddr-densho-353-252)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-353-252/

img Bellevue grade school students (ddr-densho-353-249)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-353-249/

img Rainier Public School students (ddr-densho-353-258)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-353-258/

img University of Washington Fuyo Kai (ddr-densho-353-251)

Fuyo Kai was the University's Japanese women's club.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-353-251/

img Broadway high school (ddr-densho-353-266)

The school was located on Broadway and Pine.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-353-266/

img Washington School students and teachers (ddr-densho-353-256)

The school was located on 18th Avenue S.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-353-256/

img Central School orchestra (ddr-densho-353-259)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-353-259/

img Washington School students and teachers (ddr-densho-353-261)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-353-261/

img University of Washington intercollegiate advance (ddr-densho-353-265)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-353-265/

img University of Washington Japanese students' club (ddr-densho-353-250)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-353-250/

img George Tokuda graduation portrait (ddr-densho-383-3)

Portrait taken for graduation from Everett High School.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-3/

img Two women sitting in field with parasol (ddr-densho-383-53)

Left to right: Kim Takehara and Hatsue Aoki.Written on album page below photograph: "Kim, Hats".

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-53/

img Floyd Tokuda graduation portrait (ddr-densho-383-2)

Portrait taken for graduation from Everett High School.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-2/

img Four women standing outside house (ddr-densho-383-52)

Left to right: Hatsue Aoki, Haruye Teramaye, unidentified woman, and Kim Takehara.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-52/

img Ione McGee and man on a wagon (ddr-densho-383-99)

Ione McGee was the schoolteacher in Mukilteo in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Written on album page below photograph: "Miss McGee".

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-99/

img Three women sitting in field (ddr-densho-383-51)

Left to right: Haruye Teramaye, Hatsue Aoki, and Kim Takehara. Written on album page below photograph: "Inseparable three". The three attended Broadway High School together in Seattle.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-51/