With Johnson Elementary School ending its 75-year run at the end of this school year, memories of the Natick institution are being collected for posterity and to help celebrate its legacy.
The deadline for submitting stories, memories, photos, and taking part in interviews has been extended to Jan. 31. Reach out to Charleen Belcher (cbelcher@natickps.org), Librarian at the Johnson Elementary School, with information or questions.
Information might be shared with the public in various ways, such as an online timeline and a Morse Institute Library display.
A brief history of Johnson can be found on the Natick Public Schools website.
There’s hope of a community celebration, most likely in June.
Johnson School was my favorite school! It was my very first school. Before long and my mother volunteered in the office of the school, making copies of things and using the mimeograph machine. Once she was there, I remember I asked to go to the bathroom alot because I wanted to see my Mom and feel secure. I lost my first tooth while there and I remember Angie White as the crossing guard for a very long time. I will always hold Johnson school very close to my heart