Posted by B. Lynn Goodwin, a resident of the Danville neighborhood, on Oct 17, 2008 at 8:54 pm

Congratulations to Montair School. I had alumnae/i of Montair in my classes at San Ramon High in the 1970s, back when computers were main frames and no one had e-mail accounts or My Space pages.

Once in a while, I'll run into a former student. Many of them have children of their own. I hope they sometimes remember their teachers--from Montair or any school--as they help their own kids with homework and imagine what the world will be like for their offspring in another fifty years.

B. Lynn Goodwin

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Posted by Kelly Sinon (Mulry), a member of the Montair Elementary School community, on Mar 6, 2009 at 11:44 pm

Oh, I am sorry I missed the carnival. I would have loved to have brought my kids. I went to scchool at Montair in the 70's and it was a great time to be a kid. Someone hit the nail on the head when they said their memories of Montair were of a happy place.

I think I remember most of my teachers... Mrs. Buckley, Mrs. Hanson, Mr. Kelly, Mrs. Mecario, Mrs. Bishop, Mrs. Henzie, Mrs. Pauslitch, Mrs. Vasquez, Mr. Donhert and of course, the school secretary, Mrs. Davis and Principal Mr, Deffenbaugh.

I hope all of them continued in teaching as they made an impact on me, if I can remember all of those names after 30+ years.

Happy Birthday, Montair...

Posted by Susie Walker Gamm, a resident of another community, on Mar 17, 2012 at 11:49 am

Was the previous school on the same campus? I began kinderg in 1959. We had just moved to Danville from Illinois for my dad's job with Kaiser.

Fellow Montairians and I were recently reminiscing on FB about our blankets

in Mrs. Randall's kindergarten. One special child got to be the fairy who

woke everyone from their naps. One child would get to sleep in the cradle!

My first kiss (definitely a quicky) was in a barrel on the kinderg playground.

My other teachers were Mrs. Hogan, Mrs. Burkett, Miss Harrison (who later married teacher Mr. Lowery, much to our titillation), Mrs. Ledger, Mrs. Hartley, and Mrs Bryant. Yes, Mrs. Davis was the ever-present secretary. Mrs Wood seemed pretty old to us. It also seemed weird (at the time) that her sister was principal of Charlotte Wood. I have some very strong, good memories of Montair. I now teach third graders in Gilroy. My dad (age 92 and pretty healthy) lives in Rossmoor, now, and my sister-in-law lives in Alamo. I always miss Danville when I drive through. Many things still stand, but boy, are many things different. I had a great childhood there, roaming the hills, climbing trees, fence-walking, and wading in the creek.