Winn Brook School

Here are some Winn Brook pictures. You can click these to enlarge them, but some are pretty big!

These pictures are from Natalie Pascoe, Anne Shea Oliveri, and Wheaties Hughes. We don't seem to have any pictures from the 5th or sixth grade! Anyone got them? Also, some names are missing. If you can identify anyone let me know and I'll add them.

Winn Brook First Grade 1947-1948

1st grade 1st row - 1- Joanne Piazza; 2- Miriam Wasser;3- Gail Brown 4- Zenda Monserotti; 5- Mary Lou Hanrahan; 6- Marcia Willson 2nd row - 1- David Meecham; 2- Peter Vasil; 3- Bill Laverty; 4- ?; 5- Myron Beylick; 6- ? 3rd row - Teacher- Ms. Enright- 1- Bob Hughes; 2- John Butterworth; 3- Paul Gill; 4- Robert Gibson; 5- Victor Stokes (picture from Bob Hughes)

1st row - 1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4- Patty Bauman, 5- Ellen Furry, 6- Anne Shea, 7- Marcia Russell, 8- Roberta Fitzmaurice, 9- Nancy Cochrane. 2nd row - 1- Brother Smith, 2- Jimmy White, 3- Bill Clark, 4- John Donovan, 5- Dot Stoneman, 6- George Mercer, 7-?, 8-?. 3rd row - Teacher ?, 2-?, 3- Peter Mollica, 4- Bob Glazier, 5- Mark Colby, 6-?, 7- Jeff Mick, 8- Russell Backer, 9- Peter Larkin (picture from Anne Shea)

Winn Brook Second Grade 1948-1949

2nd grade 1st row - 1-Myron Beylick; 2- Roberta Fitzmaurice; 3- John Michaels; 4- Natalie Pascoe; 5- David Phillips; 6- Mary Lou Hanrahan; 7- Paul McCarthy; 8- Martha Parks; 9- Jim White; 10- Susan Dennison; 11- Victor Stokes; 2nd row - 1- Peter Larkin; 2- Miriam Wasser; 3-Zenda Monserotti; 4- Dot Stoneman; 5- Bob Hughes; 6- Brother Smith; 7- Robert Glazier; 8- Bill Clark; 9- Mason Flint; 10- Jeane Brown; 11- Nancy Cochran; 12- Brenda McGowen; 13- Peter Vasil 3rd row - Teacher - Ms. Hennessy - 1- John Butterworth; 2- Robert Bromley; 3- Joe Santoro; 4- Bob Johnston; 5- Bob Gibson; 6- Marcia Russell; 7- Ellen Furry; 8- Vic Taylor; 9- Bill Laverty; 10- Mark Colby; Assistant - Miss Cree (picture from Natalie Pascoe)

1st row- 1- Paul Haley, 2-?, 3- Peter Mollica, 4- Anne Shea, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8- Marsha Willson, 9- Patsy Viglirolo, 10-?, 11- Paul Katz. 2nd row- 1-?, 2- Janet Putnam, 3- Ivan Getting, 4-?, 5- George Mercer, 6- John Dwyer, 7- Russell Backer, 8-?, 9- Jeff Mick, 10- Joanne Piazza. 3rd row- Teacher-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4- Ralph Mercer, 5-?, 6- Gail Brown, 7- Judy Lamar, 8-?, 9-?, 10- John Giles, 11- John Donovan, 12- ?. (picture from Anne Shea)

Winn Brook Third Grade 1949-1950

3rd grade 1st row - 1- Bob Hughes; 2- Peter Vasil; 3- Myron Beylick; 4- Mary Lou Hanrahan; 5- Roberta Fitzmaurice; 6- Peter Mollica; 7- Mary Slaton; 8- Natilie Pascoe; 9- Ivan Getting; 10- Robert Glazier; 11- Paul McCarthy 2nd row - Teacher - Ms. McClain - 1- Zenda Monserotti 2- Mason Flint; 3- Russell Backer; 4- John Butterworth; 5- Robert Kelsh; 6- Cynthia Hintlian; 7- Paul Gill; 8- Mark Colby; 9- David Meechem; 10- Miriam Wasser 3rd row - 1- Vic Taylor; 2- John Donovan; 3- Bob Johnston; 4- Dot Stoneman; 5- Marcia Russell; 6- Lois Howlett; 7- Bill Laverty; 8- Ken Hedberg; 9- David Meecham (picture from Bob Hughes)

1st row - 1 - Peter Larkin, 2- John Michaels, 3 - Brenda McGowen, 4 - Nancy Cochrane, 5 - Janet Putnam, 6 - John Dwyer, 7 - Joanne Piazza, 8 - Jeanne Brown, 9 - Anne Shea, 10 - Paul Katz, 11 - Jimmy White. 2nd row- Teacher Miss Jack, 2- David Tilsley, Patsy Viglirolo, 3-?, 4- Mary Lou Hanrahan, 5- Irene Scarfo, 6- Bill Clark, 7-?, 8- Martha Parks, 9- Marsha Willson, 10- Paul Haley, 11- George Mercer. 3rd row- 1- Peter Vasil, 2- Robert Gibson, 3-?, 4- Robert Bromley, 5- Judy Lamar, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?, 10- Jeff Mick(picture from Anne Shea)

Winn Brook Fourth Grade 1950-1951

1st row - 1- John Michaels; 2- Paul Katz; 3- Joanne Piazza; 4- Jeanne Brown; 5- Marcia Willson; 6- Barbara King; 7- Mary Bradley; 8- Anne Shea; 9- Janet Putnam; 10- George Mercer 2nd row - Teacher - Ms. Mahoney 1- David Young; 2- Peter Larkin; 3- Russell Baker; 4- Dotty Stoneman; 5- Elaine Soloman; 6- Zenda Monsaratti; 7- Mary Slaton; 8- David Meechem; 9 - Bob Hughes; 10- Ken Hedberg 3rd row - Robert Gibson; 2- Paul Gill; 3- Bill Laverty; 4- Ralph Mercer; 5- John Giles; 6- Vic Taylor; 7- Karl Marcus; 8- George Hayes; 9- Mason Flint; 10- John Butterworth (picture from Bob Hughes)

Winn Brook Fifth Grade 1951-1952

Row 1 - Mark Kantor; Pete Larkin; Patrick Viglirolo; Bill Clark; Anne Shea; Joanne Piazza; Irene Scarfo; Elaine Soloman; Myron Beylick; John Dyer; Ivan Getting
Row 2 - David Meechem; Russell Backer; Robert Gibson; Cynthia Hintlian; Brenda McGowan; Barbara King; Miriam Wasser; Gail Brown; Dotty Stoneman; George Hayes; Robert Shawl; Bob Hughes
Row 3 - Karl Marcus; Robert Johnston; Ralph Mercer; Edna Cohen; John Giles; Marcia Russell; John Viren; Ellen Furry; Richard Sheehey (picture from Bob Hughes)

Winn Brook Sixth Grade 1952-1953

Row 1 - Jeanne Brown; Pete Larkin; Joanne Piazza; John Dyer; Paul Katz; Janet Putnam; Myron Beylick; Martha Parks
Row 2 - Jeffery Mick; Peter Mollica; Edna Cohen; Gary Richardson; Marcia Willson; Robert Gibson; Miriam Wasser; David Lewis; Nancy Sylvester
Row 3 - Bob Bromley; Ellen Furry; Ralph Mercer; Judy Lamar; John Giles; Edith True; John Butterworth; Irene Scarfo (picture from Bob Hughes)

Here is some history on Winn Brook Schools, submitted by Bob Hughes:

In 1928 the town acquired eight acres of farmland bordering the Winn Brook for school,park, or recreational purposes. $13,000.00 was appropriated for this purpose. In 1935 the Winn Brook School was built on this site with Miss Eva Burns as the 1st principal. There were initially 314 pupils in grades K-6, 10 teachers and one janitor. In 1952 the principal became Mr. Robert L. Blaney. He served in this capacity until 1988. Some our 1959 BHS classmates entered kindergarten in 1946 and completed 6th grade in 1952. The school became overcrowded with the emergence of World War 2's children into the public school system, and an addition was added in 1958. Our teachers were talanted, dedicated, and unified to provide their pupils with the very best fundamental educations available. Their efforts resulted in the remarkable contributions of Winn Brook graduates to the achievements of the Class of '59 at BHS.