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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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High school students (ddr-fom-1-521)
img High school students (ddr-fom-1-521)
Photograph used for a school annual.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-521/
Students cleaning and preparing an area for rye grass (ddr-fom-1-908)
img Students cleaning and preparing an area for rye grass (ddr-fom-1-908)
WRA caption on reverse: "Hunt High School students clean and rake areas between classroom barrack buildings preparatory to planting rye-grass."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-908/
Class photo (ddr-fom-1-505)
img Class photo (ddr-fom-1-505)
Photograph used for a school annual.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-505/
Class photo on the steps of an auditorium (ddr-fom-1-483)
img Class photo on the steps of an auditorium (ddr-fom-1-483)
Photograph used for a school annual.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-483/
Students working on the school garden (ddr-fom-1-832)
img Students working on the school garden (ddr-fom-1-832)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-832/
Class photo on the steps of an auditorium (ddr-fom-1-480)
img Class photo on the steps of an auditorium (ddr-fom-1-480)
Photograph used for a school annual.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-480/
High school students (ddr-fom-1-498)
img High school students (ddr-fom-1-498)
Photograph used for a school annual.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-498/
Class photo in an auditorium (ddr-fom-1-484)
img Class photo in an auditorium (ddr-fom-1-484)
Photograph used for a school annual.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-484/
High school students (ddr-fom-1-549)
img High school students (ddr-fom-1-549)
Photograph used for a school annual.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-549/
Field of vegetables planted by students (ddr-fom-1-909)
img Field of vegetables planted by students (ddr-fom-1-909)
WRA caption on reverse: "A garden of table vegetables planted by the high school students of Hunt High School."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-909/
School bell on top of a barracks (ddr-fom-1-550)
img School bell on top of a barracks (ddr-fom-1-550)
Photograph used for a school annual.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-550/
High school students (ddr-fom-1-518)
img High school students (ddr-fom-1-518)
Photograph used for a school annual.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-518/
Class photo on the steps of an auditorium (ddr-fom-1-481)
img Class photo on the steps of an auditorium (ddr-fom-1-481)
Photograph used for a school annual.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-481/
Class photo on the steps of an auditorium (ddr-fom-1-499)
img Class photo on the steps of an auditorium (ddr-fom-1-499)
Photograph used for a school annual.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-499/
High school students (ddr-fom-1-551)
img High school students (ddr-fom-1-551)
Photograph used for a school annual.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-551/
Class photo on the steps of an auditorium (ddr-fom-1-500)
img Class photo on the steps of an auditorium (ddr-fom-1-500)
Photograph used for a school annual.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-500/
Nurse aid and attendants classroom (ddr-fom-1-850)
img Nurse aid and attendants classroom (ddr-fom-1-850)
WRA caption on reverse: "Hospital series / Nurse aid and attendants class room."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-850/
Class photo (ddr-fom-1-494)
img Class photo (ddr-fom-1-494)
Photograph used for a school annual.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-494/
High school students doing acrobatics (ddr-fom-1-538)
img High school students doing acrobatics (ddr-fom-1-538)
Photograph used for a school annual.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-538/
English language class (ddr-fom-1-627)
img English language class (ddr-fom-1-627)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-627/
Class photo (ddr-fom-1-508)
img Class photo (ddr-fom-1-508)
Photograph used for a school annual.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-508/
High school formal dinner (ddr-fom-1-479)
img High school formal dinner (ddr-fom-1-479)
Perhaps a graduation ceremony. Photograph used for a school annual.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-479/
Children in the library (ddr-fom-1-824)
img Children in the library (ddr-fom-1-824)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-824/
High school students (ddr-fom-1-523)
img High school students (ddr-fom-1-523)
Photograph used for a school annual.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-523/
Minidoka High School students seated on an auditorium stage (ddr-fom-1-477)
img Minidoka High School students seated on an auditorium stage (ddr-fom-1-477)
Perhaps a graduation ceremony. Photograph used for a school annual.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-477/
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