1920
JANUARY 22, 1920
A robber at Lowell accidentally left a photograph behind when he stole some money from the desks of the teachers and principal.
SEPTEMBER 3, 1920
Teacher list for the 1920-21 school year.
OCTOBER 2, 1920
Principal Garretson joins the children by exhibiting his own garden produce at the school fair.
1921
APRIL 26, 1921
The motion picture The Pinch Hitter (1917) will be shown to students, as well as a film about animals and another depicting scenery.
MAY 1, 1921
An article about the school hot lunch program that is now in most Tacoma schools.
SEPTEMBER 2, 1921
The teacher list for the 1921-22 school year.
1922
JANUARY 29, 1922
The lunch program is very successful.
MAY 28, 1922
Lowell boys participate in a parade.
SEPTEMBER 1, 1922
The teacher list for the 1922-23 school year.
1923
FEBRUARY 25, 1923
Tacoma schools set up banks for their students, to help teach them about how banks work as well as how to save money.
1924
JUNE 15, 1924
Caption: Miss Anna B. Quigley and her 6A pupils at the Lowell School who have held the past semester the savings banner given by the Educational Thrift Service with headquarters in New York. Each Tuesday is banking day in Tacoma public schools and each week Miss Quiqley’s room had the greatest percentage of depositors at Lowell. Miss Quigley’s classes for two years have won the banner every week with the exception of one banking day and this semester’s class held it without surrendering it.
SEPTEMBER 6, 1924
Teacher list for the 1924-25 school year.
DECEMBER 28, 1924
Students put together and perform a Christmas program.
1925
MAY 11, 1925
Lowell is burglarized again.
“At the Lowell school, North 13th street and Yakima avenue, entrance was made via a window, it was found by W. H. Tackley, janitor. Finding the principal’s room locked, the burglar used a stool to get through the transome. The souvenirs [a passkey and pencil holder] were left here by the eccentric prowler.”
MAY 17, 1925
Principal Garretson (out of 3,500 teachers in the state) is chosen as one of 11 delegates to represent the Washington Educational Association at the National Education Association assembly in Indianapolis.
DECEMBER 17, 1925
Students perform a Christmas program.
1926
APRIL 17, 1926
Principal Garretson and his wife entertain Lowell faculty at a bridge party at their house.
NOVEMBER 28, 1926
Principal Garretson is elected head of Auburn Savings & Loan association. He will assume this position in addition to his duties as the principal of Lowell.
1927
SEPTEMBER 2, 1927
Teacher list for the 1927-28 school year.
SEPTEMBER 3, 1927
Yakima avenue, looking northwest. Lowell can be seen on the left.
1928
JANUARY 10, 1928
Lowell Elementary School, as seen from Yakima Ave on January 10, 1928.
MAY 2, 1928
A six-year-old child is injured after being hit by a car while crossing N. I street on her way to school.
MAY 25, 1928
Policemen teach school children about safety.
MAY 27, 1928
Miss Osmond, longtime teacher at Lowell, retires.
JUNE 7, 1928
Principal Garretson fails to be reelected as Principal for the next school year and is placed on the retirement list.
“In submitting his recommendations relative to the teaching crops for the coming school year, Supt. eGiger [sic] requested the placing of the four principals and one teacher on the retired list as having taught the required number of years for participation in the retirement fund. The request was made, Mr. Geiger said, “for the best interest of the schools.”
AUGUST 23, 1928
The school board reverses course and decides to vote to keep Garretson as principal of Lowell.
AUGUST 31, 1928
Teacher list for the 1928-29 school year.
1929
APRIL 28, 1929
Fifth-grade Lowell students will put on a play called “Lift High Our Emblem.”
AUGUST 30, 1929
Teacher list for the 1929-30 school year.
SEPTEMBER 8, 1929
The names of faculty for the upcoming 1929-30 school year are announced.
472 pupils are enrolled at Lowell so far for this school year.
SEPTEMBER 15, 1929
Miss Baker, a teacher at Lowell currently in Europe, writes to her students about Holland and her experiences there.
NOVEMBER 1, 1929
The PTA discusses books for children. It also plans to fund-raise in order to purchase slides for their lantern.
NOVEMBER 3, 1929
Various Lowell updates
DECEMBER 15, 1929
Lowell students put on their annual Christmas celebration.
DECEMBER 19, 1929
A review of the Christmas program.
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