Jackson, Andrew Jackson Elementary School

About Jackson, Andrew Jackson Elementary School

Jackson Elementary School has been an elementary school since 1893, although the building changed names several times. The school was a junior high (1927-1933) and became Galileo Scholastic Academy in 1992. It is Andrew Jackson Language Academy today.

Prior to the construction of the new building in 1988, Jackson School was housed at 820 South Carpenter.

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Ms. Juanita Pena

Tue, 09/20/2011 - 12:04am — Juanitap

I had a wonderful teacher who taught me how to be a good person as well as student she was my 4th grade teacher and then was also my 8th grade teacher her name was Mrs. Baker I wish I could see her now and thank her for being such a great teacher

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"Pinners"

Mon, 12/14/2009 - 4:48am — augustmosco

N.E. corner (where we played pinners).

Augie Mosco

"Pinners" was a ball game the boys used to play at recess and lunch. The game received it's name from the "pinner" of the building (which is the name for the architectural feature, the ledge, that protrudes from one or more sides of a building). We would bounce our rubber ball off the pinner and depending on the angle on which we struck the ledge, it would fly high or low.