Strawberry Point School Through the Years

Check out this wonderful welcome video put together by a Strawberry parent for Auction Night 2008. It will be on display at tonight’s event. If you don’t get teary watching this video, you might have to check to see if you still have a heart.

Staff Photos Page

A new Staff Photos Page has been added to the Alumni Section to compliment the Class Photos Page. We realize this photo below is actually from the 60’s but we were unable to locate the 1969-70 staff photo which would also include Rita Abrams. If you have the 1969-70 staff photo or photos from any of the other missing years please contact Michael (michael.dk @ comcast.net) for inclusion on this blog. We’ll be very grateful. Thanks!

SPS Staff from 1968-69

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Miss Abrams & The 4th Grade Class

In celebration of the 70’s we’re going to be looking back at some of the more notable events from that decade. Some of you may know of or have heard the Mill Valley song by Miss Abrams and the fourth grade class. In 1970, Rita Abrams, a kindergarten teacher at our very own Strawberry Point School, wrote a song for her students to sing with her. Through a series of events, the song, entitled “Mill Valley” and sung by Rita and the then-third grade class of Strawberry Point School, was recorded and became a nationwide hit. (When the album was released, the kids were in fourth grade and the title was changed.) It was a national phenomenon with Miss Abrams and the kids touring across the country and making appearances on television and radio. You can read about it at the Rita Abrams Page.