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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doc Program for James A. Garfield High School's 2012 Commencement (ddr-densho-104-22)

Akiko (Kato) Kurose listed in program as a member of the Garfield High School class of 1942

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-104-22/

doc Yuriko Domoto Junior High Diploma (ddr-densho-356-683)

Yuriko Domoto Tsukada's Graduation Diploma from Lockwood Junior High School.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-683/

doc Yuriko Domoto 1928 Autograph book (ddr-densho-356-706)

Yuriko Domoto Tsukada's autograph book filled with notes and signatures of classmates from Lockwood Junior High School.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-706/

doc Yuriko Domoto Elementary School Diploma (ddr-densho-356-681)

Yuriko Domoto Tsukada's Graduation Diploma from Lockwood School.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-681/

doc High School Records (ddr-densho-356-684)

Report cards of Yuriko Domoto Tsukada while attending Roosevelt High School.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-684/

doc Primary School Records (ddr-densho-356-680)

Report cards and promotion certificates of Yuriko Domoto Tsukada while attending primary school.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-680/

doc Yuriko Domoto High School Diploma (ddr-densho-356-685)

Yuriko Domoto Tsukada's high school Diploma from Roosevelt High School.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-685/

doc Junior High School Records (ddr-densho-356-682)

Report cards, promotion certificates, and awards of Yuriko Domoto Tsukada while attending junior high school.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-682/

vh Louise Kashino Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-31-6)

Memories of Broadway High School: meeting many new Japanese Americans

For the first hour of this interview, an additional camera crew from KCTS Television was also present.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-31-6/

vh Yukiko Miyake Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-49-11)

Attending school: mispronunciation of Japanese name

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-49-11/

vh Art Abe Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-206-9)

Attending Broadway High School; involvement in sports

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-206-9/

vh Sharon Tanagi Aburano Interview I Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-208-18)

Memories of Bailey Gatzert: the "Good American Citizenship Club"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-208-18/

vh Frank Miyamoto Interview I Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-50-17)

Public schooling in Seattle's prewar Japantown

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-50-17/

vh Ayako Murakami - Masako Murakami Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-63-6)

Attending Bailey Gatzert Elementary School and the Japanese language school in Seattle, Washington

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-63-6/

vh Masao Watanabe Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-103-7)

Attending Central grammar school and Broadway high school, Seattle

At the time this interview was taped, Mr. Watanabe was recovering from a recent series of cancer treatments.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-103-7/

vh Francis Mas Fukuhara Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-9-6)

Separated from friends in high school

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-9-6/

vh Fumiko Uyeda Groves Segment 35 (ddr-densho-1000-10-35)

Schooling in postwar Seattle: a "cosmopolitan" school environment

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-10-35/

vh Fumiko Uyeda Groves Segment 36 (ddr-densho-1000-10-36)

Nisei attitudes toward education following World War II

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-10-36/

vh Takashi Matsui Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-45-10)

Comparing education in the United States and Japan: military focus in Japan

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-45-10/

vh Takashi Matsui Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-45-5)

Comparing education in the United States and Japan

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-45-5/

vh Takashi Matsui Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-45-9)

Returning to the U.S. and attending school

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-45-9/

vh Mae Kanazawa Hara Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-168-3)

Memories of childhood: influence of church, musical background

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-168-3/

vh Henry Miyatake Interview I Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-53-8)

Being younger than fellow classmates

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-53-8/

vh Henry Miyatake Interview I Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-53-6)

Prewar education, being "indoctrinated" at Bailey Gatzert Elementary School in Seattle

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-53-6/

vh Henry Miyatake Interview I Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-53-7)

Standing out from the rest of the class: lactose intolerance

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-53-7/