Last month I learned that Sister Walter Anne had recently died at 90+ years of age. Some folks who met with her last summer told me they had a wonderful visit remembering the early days of St. Pius X school. As far as I can recall she was the first principal of the school. By the time the class of '64 reached 8th grade she was no longer teaching but I think she was still the principal. I don't really have any personal memories of her, I just remember her tall presence in all the school activities during the first half the sixties. Maybe someone can add a comment if they have any warm memories.
I know that schools no longer have the services of nuns for teaching like they did 50 years ago. I suppose we could have had more strictly trained teachers…but I'm not sure we could have had more dedicated or helpful teachers and therefore any better teachers. It's kind of amazing to think of these women, dedicating themselves to teaching children, without the distractions felt by so many elementary school teachers today.
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