About Bright, Orville T. Bright Elementary School

The school opened as South Deering School in 1912 and was renamed to Marsh School, Branch - Deering from 1915-1922.

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Shared Stories

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What ever happened to Mrs. Cole, Mrs Fineburg, Mrs. Obannon, the lunch lady, mean Mrs. Clapper and Rutheford?

Had the greatest teacher ever...Mrs. Cole for 6th grade in 1978.  Id do anything to find her.  She changed my life.

Crazy growing up in that school.  It seemed so big then.  Its like a million years ago....well close anyway lol.

mr. benuelos

man i remeber mr. benuelos he use to be my 2 or 3 grad teacher. i remeber doin a spellin game and we had tables. who ever spelt the word he gave us won something. well our word was fifty and i spelt it our table went crazy we won. lol. then i had transfered and went to marsh around 5th grade and i think i was in 7th grade and he showed up there. i was so suprised.

I remember those Bright School Teachers

I enjoyed Ms. Elizabeth Knoth and her famous drum she used to keep the students in rhythm from skipping to galloping.  Does anyone remember the school librarian Ms. McCormick, Ms. Fineberg or Mr. Strike?! I enjoyed Mr. Lister's science class and Mr. Garrett always talked about the Korean war. 

Honor Roll

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Bernie Tafoya

Covering Obama's speech at Invesco Field 8/28/08

Bernie Tafoya

Achievement: 
Journalist
CPS Schools Attended: 
O.T. Bright Elementary

Alumni News

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Golden Apple Teaching Awards Announced - Winners Include Teachers at Otis, Bright, and Ruiz

CPS Teachers @ Ruiz, Otis & Bright win Golden Apple Awards http://bit.ly/sV05V Thank you to all of our teachers making it happen for CPS students.