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 Girls preparing for commencement (ddr-densho-37-691)

Original WRA caption: Girls at the Hunt High School, Minidoka Relocation Center, prepare for commencement exercises.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-691/

img Home economics class (ddr-densho-37-724)

Original WRA caption: Students in the High School Home Economics Class.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-724/

img Art class (ddr-densho-37-509)

Original WRA caption: Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. An adult art class under the direction of Tokio Ueyama, working in pencil sketch charcoals and oils. Adult art classes are extremely popular at the Amache Center.

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img Carpentry class (ddr-densho-37-671)

Original WRA caption: Adult Education class in carpentry.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-671/

img High school (ddr-densho-37-82)

Original WRA caption: One of the barracks at this center which is used for a high school. As yet the students haven't decided on a name for the school.

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img Ninth grade class (ddr-densho-37-456)

Original WRA caption: Rohwer Relocation Center, McGehee, Arkansas. Mrs. Pearl Bristow, Ninth Grade Teacher. Ninth grade class being held in this Home Room.

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img Grammar school (ddr-densho-37-170)

Original WRA caption: A view in grammer school at this relocation center.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-170/

img Sixth graders exercising (ddr-densho-37-478)

Original WRA caption: Jerome Relocation Center, Dermott, Arkansas. View of 5th and 6th graders going through their exercises on elementary school grounds.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-478/

img Japanese American welding (ddr-densho-37-670)

Original WRA caption: Member of the adult education welding class using portable outfit.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-670/

img Camp high school students (ddr-densho-37-553)

Original WRA caption: Rohwer Relocation Center, McGehee, Arkansas. Changing classes at the temporary high school quarters.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-553/

img Grade school children (ddr-densho-37-377)

Original WRA caption: Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, California. Recess in grade school.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-377/

img Girl weeding in school victory garden (ddr-densho-37-520)

Original WRA caption: Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. Fourth grade girl--Diane Wallace--weeding the school victory garden.

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img School children outside a barrack (ddr-densho-37-201)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-201/

img Elementary school flagpole dedication (ddr-densho-37-718)

Original WRA caption: Dedication of the flag pole at the Stafford Elementary School conducted by the Boy Scouts of the Hunt troop. The Stafford School is one of two elementary schools in the Minidoka Relocation Center.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-718/

img Kindergarten (?) (ddr-densho-37-34)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-34/

img Hunt High School students (ddr-densho-37-17)

Original WRA caption: Students of the Hunt High School at the Minidoka Relocation Center, receive final grades from Miss Jones.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-17/

img Queen of Hunt High School (ddr-densho-37-4)

Original WRA caption: Queen of Hunt High School May Day Festival being crowned by Richard A. Pomeroy, Supt. of Education, is shown with her attendants. The court was chosen by popular vote in a contest sponsored by the student body. Left to right: Pri[n]ce Victor Fujioka, Princess Dorothy Sugawara, Mr. Pomeroy, Queen Betty Aoki, Princess Sue …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-4/

img Nursery school art class (ddr-densho-37-314)

Original WRA caption: Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, California. Art time in the nursery school at this relocation center.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-314/

img School children (ddr-densho-37-199)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-199/

img Fifth-grade boys playing (ddr-densho-37-76)

Original WRA caption: These boys of the low fifth grade, taught by Mrs. Rhoda McGarva, are playing "Cock Fight."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-76/

img Grade school children (ddr-densho-37-376)

Original WRA caption: Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, California. Recess in grade school.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-376/

img Fifth-grade boys playing (ddr-densho-37-75)

Original WRA caption: The boys of the lower fifth grade, taught by Mrs. Rhoda McGarva, shown here are choosing sides for games.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-75/

img Elementary school flagpole dedication (ddr-densho-37-719)

Original WRA caption: Dedication of the flag pole at the Huntville Elementary School conducted by the Boy Scouts of the Hunt troop. The Huntville School is one of two elementary schools in the Minidoka Relocation Center.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-719/

img School buildings (ddr-densho-37-744)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-744/

img Camp classroom (ddr-densho-37-173)

Original WRA caption: Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, California. World History and English, a two hour class taught by Mrs. Hanny Billigmeier.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-173/