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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Gentlemen's Agreement, McKinley High School

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George Tokuda graduation portrait (ddr-densho-383-3)
img George Tokuda graduation portrait (ddr-densho-383-3)
Portrait taken for graduation from Everett High School.
Two women sitting in field with parasol (ddr-densho-383-53)
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".
Floyd Tokuda graduation portrait (ddr-densho-383-2)
img Floyd Tokuda graduation portrait (ddr-densho-383-2)
Portrait taken for graduation from Everett High School.
Four women standing outside house (ddr-densho-383-52)
img Four women standing outside house (ddr-densho-383-52)
Left to right: Hatsue Aoki, Haruye Teramaye, unidentified woman, and Kim Takehara.
Ione McGee and man on a wagon (ddr-densho-383-99)
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".
Three women sitting in field (ddr-densho-383-51)
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.
George Tokuda (ddr-densho-383-387)
img George Tokuda (ddr-densho-383-387)
Portrait taken for graduation from Everett High School.
Yuriko Domoto Junior High Diploma (ddr-densho-356-683)
doc Yuriko Domoto Junior High Diploma (ddr-densho-356-683)
Yuriko Domoto Tsukada's Graduation Diploma from Lockwood Junior High School.
Primary School Records (ddr-densho-356-680)
doc Primary School Records (ddr-densho-356-680)
Report cards and promotion certificates of Yuriko Domoto Tsukada while attending primary school.
High School Records (ddr-densho-356-684)
doc High School Records (ddr-densho-356-684)
Report cards of Yuriko Domoto Tsukada while attending Roosevelt High School.
Yuriko Domoto High School Diploma (ddr-densho-356-685)
doc Yuriko Domoto High School Diploma (ddr-densho-356-685)
Yuriko Domoto Tsukada's high school Diploma from Roosevelt High School.
Yuriko Domoto Elementary School Diploma (ddr-densho-356-681)
doc Yuriko Domoto Elementary School Diploma (ddr-densho-356-681)
Yuriko Domoto Tsukada's Graduation Diploma from Lockwood School.
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