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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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/

vh Kay Matsuoka Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-48-7)

High school memories: sports and activities

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-48-7/

vh Kay Matsuoka Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-48-3)

Childhood memories: working on the family farm, attending school, and receiving training in Japanese culture and customs

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-48-3/

vh Kay Matsuoka Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-48-9)

Denied the honor of being commencement speaker because of Japanese ancestry; accepting discrimination, "shikata ga nai"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-48-9/

vh Shigeko Sese Uno Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-98-5)

Bailey Gatzert Elementary School, performances at the Nippon Kan Theatre

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-98-5/

vh Lawson I. Sakai Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-472-4)

Attending school, description of students

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-472-4/

vh Kunio Otani Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-75-7)

Sports and social activities in high school

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-75-7/

vh Kunio Otani Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-75-3)

Learning English in school after growing up speaking Japanese

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-75-3/

vh Shosuke Sasaki Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-78-7)

Schooling and growing up in prewar Seattle

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-78-7/

vh Shosuke Sasaki Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-78-8)

Attending Broadway High School in Seattle

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-78-8/

vh Yosh Nakagawa Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-172-14)

Attending elementary school

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-172-14/

vh Emery Brooks Andrews Interview Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-155-20)

Attending Bailey Gatzert elementary school after the war

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-155-20/

vh George Yoshida Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-132-6)

Bailey Gatzert Elementary School: becoming more "Americanized," learning to play the harmonica in music class

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-132-6/

vh Takashi Matsui Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1008-4-3)

Comparing education in the United States and Japan

Members of the National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS) arranged for and conducted this interview in conjunction with Densho.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1008-4-3/

vh George Morihiro Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-182-10)

Attending Fife High School, ethnic diversity of students

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-182-10/

vh George Morihiro Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-182-11)

Memories of high school: student body treasurer, interracial dating

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-182-11/

vh Peggie Nishimura Bain Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-170-8)

Making a salutatorian speech at grammar school graduation

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-170-8/

vh Hiro Nishimura Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-237-5)

Getting in trouble in school

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-237-5/

vh Tad Sato Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-82-5)

Memories of Ada Mahon, principal at Bailey Gatzert School in Seattle

Due to technical difficulties, this interview has audio problems in its second half.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-82-5/