Education

Schools were quickly organized in the concentration camps, but they suffered from crude facilities and lack of teaching materials. Instruction was given for nursery through high school, and adult education was offered. Trained teachers were in short supply, however, and uncertified Japanese Americans with college degrees often filled in. The War Relocation Authority (WRA) deliberately emphasized Americanization in the education program. Some found it painfully ironic to watch incarcerated youth recite the Pledge of Allegiance.

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img Flag ceremony (ddr-densho-113-14)

These children are watching a flag ceremony near the elementary school in Minidoka concentration camp.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-113-14/

doc Hunt High School commencement program (ddr-densho-13-18)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-13-18/

doc Invitation to Hunt High School commencement ball (ddr-densho-13-20)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-13-20/

doc Hunt High School senior prom invitation (ddr-densho-13-19)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-13-19/

img Two Heart Mountain concentration camp teachers (ddr-densho-152-27)

(L to R): Mae Hirano Nishimoto, Margaret Bliss Beasley.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-152-27/

img Fourth grade class and teacher (ddr-densho-152-22)

Evelyn Dell with her fourth grade students. Original caption: Close up view of teacher and pupils. Girl marked is, according to I.Q. test, smartest in class. Her I.Q. is 122. She's Ethel Tanaka; father is a dentist.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-152-22/

img End of school celebration (ddr-densho-152-33)

Japanese Americans watch the last day of school celebration.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-152-33/

img Heart Mountain concentration camp teachers (ddr-densho-152-15)

Teachers from Block 25 stand in front of a bus.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-152-15/

img End of school celebration (ddr-densho-152-32)

Third grade girls perform in the last day of school celebration.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-152-32/

img Fourth grade students (ddr-densho-152-20)

A group of fourth grade students outside the Heart Mountain Elementary School building. Original caption: Mutsu Shimada, Melvin Kani, Kenneth Aratani, Franklin Kawanami.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-152-20/

img Heart Mountain concentration camp teachers (ddr-densho-152-21)

Teachers from Block 25 summer school.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-152-21/

img Two teachers and a student (ddr-densho-152-23)

Two Heart Mountain Elementary School teachers with a nisei student. Original caption: "Margaret Bliss Beasley, a third grade girl, and Kay Kumai."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-152-23/

img First grade class and teacher (ddr-densho-152-37)

Heart Mountain Elementary School first grade class with teacher, Mrs. Christiansen.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-152-37/

img First grade students and teacher (ddr-densho-152-13)

Original caption: "Wanda Watson and several of her first graders."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-152-13/

img Fourth grade students (ddr-densho-152-19)

A group of fourth grade students outside the Heart Mountain Elementary School building.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-152-19/

img End of school celebration (ddr-densho-152-30)

Members of the third grade class perform in the last day of school celebration.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-152-30/

img Fourth grade class (ddr-densho-152-16)

Fourth grade class with teacher, Evelyn Dell, pose in front of the Heart Mountain Elementary School building.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-152-16/

img Evelyn Dell in front of school building (ddr-densho-152-3)

Evelyn Dell stands in front of the Heart Mountain Elementary School building where she worked as a fourth grade teacher.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-152-3/

img Fourth grade boys (ddr-densho-152-18)

Fourth grade boys from Heart Mountain Elementary School play outside. Original caption: "Fourth grade boys. X = James Koshiyama scored high on I.Q. test. Scores 111. He's both small and young for grade 4."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-152-18/

img Elementary school boys (ddr-densho-152-5)

Boys from Evelyn Dell's fourth grade class play outside. (Written on back): "Boys from my room. Norman is the nicest boy - very intelligent and so well mannered."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-152-5/