School children sit and stand with their teacher for a class photo. Bottom row, eighth from the left is Tom Martin. Bruce Beckley is in the top row, fourth from the right.
Photographer's notations: Westside Schools Registration 9-2-65, L. Vereye, Jo Mackey School, PTA Officers '65. Some photos from this set were previously online with the digital ID pho022079.
Jo Mackey Sixth Grade Center (North Las Vegas, Nev.)
Description provided with image: "Jefferson Street School-North Las Vegas, Nevada. Mrs. Garnett Prescott and her students wave good-bye as the school closes its doors. It will not re-open in the fall."
Oral history interviews of Westside School alumni conducted by Claytee D. White on March 20, March 29, April 27, and June 22, 2010 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project.
Alumni of the Historic Westside School of Las Vegas, also known as the Las Vegas Grammar School, gathered in 2010 to celebrate the official registration of the school as a historic site in the city. These alumni discussed their education, what they remember of the school, their teachers, and what life was like in Las Vegas at that time.
The individuals interviewed are: Jackie Y. Brantley, Eugene Buford, Margaret (Addison) Coleman, Regina Cone, Shirley Edmond, Frank Harris, Otis Harris, Tisha Harris, Willie B. (Jones) Jackson, Jerry Neal, Sadie Marie Prentiss, Calvin Wallace Jr., Nathaniel Whaley, and Cleophis Williams.