Carolyn Allard
Vickie De La Cruz
Rick Buntain
Dale Halleron
Cyril Wantland
Dale Halleron found us on the web and e-mailed us some information: " I went to Shelby School from 1970 to about 1973 or 74, when it was on Mary Street. I stumbled on your website after looking at a house for sale across the street from the old building.
I looked at the history page and since it had so little info, I thought I'd volunteer my part. Attached is my 2nd grade report card, and you are welcome to post it.
I saw an interview from Rick Buntain on your site. That brought back long lost memories. There was this little girl in my class named Toni Buntain that I really had a crush on but was too shy to speak to. I bet I never actually spoke to her the few years I went there. I wonde
if Rick is her older brother?."
We followed up with Mr. Halleron soon, and sent apologies to him for some of our silly questions! But he replied, "I don't mind the silly questions. I've always been kind of silly myself. I got that from my dad. He was always a joker."
Thanks for sharing this report card with us! Click to see a PDF of his 1971-1972 report card.
| Our Questions | His Answers! |
| Did you know a teacher named Mrs. Baker? | I don't think I knew her. It was so long ago she probably wasn't teaching school then. |
| Was Ms. Doyle the computer teacher when you were around? | No. When I went to grade school people didn't have computers at home or in the class room. Computers were way to big and expensive back then. We just used pencil and paper and an old black or green chalk board. |
| Did you have a crush on any of the teachers? | I don't think so, but there was this one little girl I met in the first grade. Typing this makes me wonder where she is almost 40 years later. |
| What year did you graduate? | I left Shelby around 1973 or '74 when my family moved to another neighborhood. I graduated from Southern High School in 1982. |
| Who was your favorite teacher? | I think Mrs. Eldridge was my favorite because she was the first teacher I ever had in the first grade. I would guess she is not teaching there anymore. |
| Did you like Shelby? | I liked Shelby at the old building. Every year they had some kind of carnival or fair that included a Moon Bounce, Cake Walk and lots of other rides and activities. I remember playing kick ball on the playground during recess. The teachers and other children were so interesting and fun to be around I remember looking forward to going to school. |
| Were you a A+ student or a F+ student? | I made A and B grades a lot during my first few school years. Later on I didn't always do so well, but I was never an F student. |
| Were you bad to the bone!? | George Thorogood didn't release that song until I graduated high school (yes I had to Google that date). I was mostly a good kid, but I got in trouble from time to time. I remember getting a pin to wear from the principal that read "We Try Harder" and another that read "Citizenship". I was so proud of those pins. Then a few weeks later I did something bad and was standing in the corner during recess. |
| What was your favorite subject? | I liked science best and still do. I never became an expert in any scientific field, but I still like to watch Modern Marvels or something like it on TV and learn how things work or how they are made. When I was a kid, I took apart plenty of stuff to see how it worked, but could never quite figure out how to put it back together. |
| Were you popular? | I was kind of a shy boy. Maybe that's why I don't know what happened to that little girl in the first grade. I never got her phone number. I did have enough close friends to fill my days outside riding bikes, skates, playing chase, hide and go seek and just about everything else we could find that was fun to do outside. With no computer, video games and only 3 or 4 channels on TV, we spent a lot of time playing outside. Thanks for letting me talk about some old times at my first school. Dale Halleron |