West Athens School, Grade A5
Here's a photo of my final semester class at West Athens Elementary School in Los Angeles before moving to Orange County that Summer. Oddly, this was the only time I recall that class photos were taken at this school. This was the only elementary school that I had attended, from Kindergarten through 5th Grade, until moving.
I’ve placed some notes on the image regarding some of my classmates. There are some I had as classmates for several years.
Los Angeles City Schools utilized a 'split-session' system in which the Grade levels were divided into semesters which were denoted as 'A' and 'B' sessions. For example the first semester of First Grade for a given student was called 'B1'. The following semester for the same student would be 'A1.' A student might begin a grade level either in January or September. At any given time there were both 'B' and 'A' semesters being taught for any given grade.
Though it indicates “Grade 5 - 6”, this was my A5 class, i.e. the second semester of 5th Grade. There were no 6th Graders in this class. My sister at the time was in level B8, the first half of 8th Grade. That was at Henry Clay Junior High, also in Los Angeles.
Because we moved to Orange County during the Summer of 1966 right after I completed 5th Grade, I was naturally enrolled in the 6th Grade come September. But because there was no split-session schedule where we moved, there was no second half of 8th Grade into which my sister could be enrolled. Thus, she advanced half of a semester ahead into 9th Grade at Oxford Jr. High in Cypress.
West Athens School, Grade A5
Here's a photo of my final semester class at West Athens Elementary School in Los Angeles before moving to Orange County that Summer. Oddly, this was the only time I recall that class photos were taken at this school. This was the only elementary school that I had attended, from Kindergarten through 5th Grade, until moving.
I’ve placed some notes on the image regarding some of my classmates. There are some I had as classmates for several years.
Los Angeles City Schools utilized a 'split-session' system in which the Grade levels were divided into semesters which were denoted as 'A' and 'B' sessions. For example the first semester of First Grade for a given student was called 'B1'. The following semester for the same student would be 'A1.' A student might begin a grade level either in January or September. At any given time there were both 'B' and 'A' semesters being taught for any given grade.
Though it indicates “Grade 5 - 6”, this was my A5 class, i.e. the second semester of 5th Grade. There were no 6th Graders in this class. My sister at the time was in level B8, the first half of 8th Grade. That was at Henry Clay Junior High, also in Los Angeles.
Because we moved to Orange County during the Summer of 1966 right after I completed 5th Grade, I was naturally enrolled in the 6th Grade come September. But because there was no split-session schedule where we moved, there was no second half of 8th Grade into which my sister could be enrolled. Thus, she advanced half of a semester ahead into 9th Grade at Oxford Jr. High in Cypress.