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THE NICKLIN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND NICKLIN LEARNING CENTER YEARBOOK AND PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION – 1988-2015
INTRODUCTION
The Nicklin Avenue Elementary School And Nicklin Learning Center Yearbook And Photograph Collection – 1988-2015 was accessioned into the Piqua Public Library Archives and Special Collections in June 2015 at the time of the closing and impending demolition of the building. The collection is housed in two Hollinger boxes and one 24” x 19” flat box. The boxes contain a total of sixty-seven files. The ownership and rights to the yearbooks and photographs passed to the Piqua Public Library. The materials are available to our patrons for viewing and research. The only know restriction on the use of the materials involves the DVD which accompanies the 2015 photographs and is covered by copyrights owned by the photography company; otherwise there are no restrictions on the use of the materials.
HISTORY
The Nicklin Avenue Elementary School was opened as a kindergarten through sixth grade elementary school in the Piqua City School District. It continued to function in this format until the early 1980’s when the sixth grade classes in the city’s elementary schools were moved to the junior high schools due to over-crowding in the elementary schools. In the summer of 1999 the city’s elementary schools were reorganized as a result of the opening of the new Piqua Junior High School. In this reorganization the Nicklin building became a pre-school and kindergarten building exclusively for the district. This arrangement continued until the summer of 2015 when, with the completion of construction of two kindergarten through third grade buildings and the construction of a fourth through sixth grade building, the remaining elementary buildings were closed and demolished.
SCOPE AND CONTENT
The Nicklin Avenue Elementary School And Nicklin Learning Center Yearbook And Photograph Collection – 1988-2015 is divided into the following series and sub-series:
SERIES I: Yearbooks
SERIES IA: Nicklin Avenue Elementary School Yearbooks [Grades K-5] – Box 1, Files 1-6
SERIES IB: Nicklin Learning Center Yearbooks [Kindergarten] – Box 1, Files 7-21
SERIES II: Class Photographs
SERIES IIA: Nicklin Avenue Elementary School Class Photographs – Box 1, File 22 through Box 2, File 5
SERIES IIB: Nicklin Learning Center Class Photographs – Box 2, Files 6-21
SERIES III: Miscellaneous booklets and Nicklin Elementary Cookbooks – Box 2, Files 22-27
SERIES IV: Nicklin Learning Center large group photographs of morning and afternoon kindergarten students – Box 3, Files 1-15
CONTAINER LIST
BOX 1
SERIES I: Yearbooks
SERIES IA: Nicklin Avenue Elementary School Yearbooks [Grades K-5]
File
1 1993-1994 (2)
2 1994-1995 (2)
3 1995-1996
4 1996-1997 (2)
5 1997-1998 (5)
6 1998-1999 (2)
SERIES IB: Nicklin Learning Center Yearbooks [Kindergarten]
File
7 1999-2000 (8)
8 2000-2001 (6)
9 2001-2002 (5)
10 2002-2003 (2)
11 2003-2004 (5)
12 2004-2005 (2)
13 2005-2006 (5)
14 2006-2007 (3)
15 2007-2008
16 2008-2009 (2)
17 2009-2010 (2)
18 2010-2011 (2)
19 2011-2012 (2)
20 2012-2013
21 2013-2014
BOX 1
SERIES II: Class Photographs
SERIES IIA: Nicklin Avenue Elementary School Class Photographs
File
22 1988-1989 – two classes of each grade from kindergarten through fifth grade [12 photos].
23 1989-1990 – two classes of each grade from kindergarten through fifth grade [12 photos].
24 1990-1991 – two classes of each grade from kindergarten through fifth grade except there are three first grade classes [13 photos].
25 1991-1992 – two classes of each grade from kindergarten through fifth grade except there are three first grade classes [13 photos].
BOX 2
File
1 1992-1993 – two classes of each grade from kindergarten through fifth grade except there are three first grade classes [13 photos].
2 1993-1994 – two classes of each grade from kindergarten through fifth grade except there are three first grade classes [13 photos].
NOTE: The class photos for 1994-1995 are not part of the collection.
3 1995-1996 – one kindergarten class (a.m.) and two classes of each grade from first grade through fifth grade [11 photos].
4 1996-1997 – there is only one first grade class; there are two kindergarten classes and two classes in each grade from second through fifth [11 photos].
NOTE: The class photos for 1997-1998 are not part of the collection.
5 1998-1999 – two classes of each grade from kindergarten through fifth grade [12 photos].
SERIES IIB: Nicklin Learning Center Class Photographs – Note: in the summer of 1999 Nicklin was converted to a Pre-Kindergarten – Kindergarten building and was renamed the Nicklin Learning Center. NOTE: The class photos for 1999-2000 are not part of the collection.
6 2000-2001 – three morning and three afternoon pre-school classes; one morning and one afternoon pre-kindergarten class; seven morning and seven afternoon kindergarten classes and one morning and one afternoon multiple-handicapped class [24 photos].
7 2001-2002 – three morning and three afternoon pre-school classes; one morning and one afternoon pre-kindergarten class; seven morning and seven afternoon kindergarten classes and one morning multiple-handicapped class [23 photos].
8 2002-2003 – three morning and three afternoon pre-school classes; one morning and one afternoon pre-kindergarten class; seven morning and seven afternoon kindergarten classes and one morning and one afternoon multiple-handicapped class [24 photos].
9 2003-2004 – one morning and one afternoon pre-school class; one morning pre-kindergarten class; nine morning and nine afternoon kindergarten classes and one morning and one afternoon multiple-handicapped class [23 photos].
10 2004-2005 – two morning and two afternoon pre-school classes; eight morning and eight afternoon kindergarten classes; one all-day kindergarten and one morning and one afternoon multiple-handicapped class [23 photos].
11 2005-2006 – two morning and two afternoon pre-school classes; nine morning and eight afternoon kindergarten classes [21 photos].
12 2006-2007 – two morning and two afternoon pre-school classes; six morning and six afternoon kindergarten classes and three all-day kindergarten classes [19 photos].
13 2007-2008 – two morning and two afternoon pre-school classes; five morning and five afternoon kindergarten classes and three all-day kindergarten classes [17 photos].
14 2008-2009 – three morning and two afternoon pre-school classes; nine morning and six afternoon kindergarten classes (three of the morning kindergarten classes may have been all-day classes) [20 photos].
15 2009-2010 –six morning and six afternoon kindergarten classes and five all-day kindergarten classes [17 photos].
16 2010-2011 – six morning and six afternoon kindergarten classes and six all-day kindergarten classes [18 photos].
17 2011-2012 – five morning and five afternoon kindergarten classes and six all-day kindergarten classes [16 photos].
18 2012-2013 – two morning and two afternoon kindergarten classes and eight all-day kindergarten classes [12 photos bound together in a plastic binder].
19 2012-2013 – two morning and two afternoon kindergarten classes and ten all-day kindergarten classes [14 photos bound together in a plastic binder].
20 2014-2015 – one morning and two afternoon kindergarten classes and ten all-day kindergarten classes [13 photos].
21 Lifetouch ImageStream Administrative Software CD from Lifetouch National School Studios Inc. containing pictures of school administrators, staff and students taken on both Picture Day and Retake Day during the 2014-2015 school year. The pictures on this disk are individual school pictures.
SERIES III: Miscellaneous booklets and Nicklin Elementary Cookbooks
File
22 Ready for Kindergarten – a twelve page booklet published by Piqua City Schools with an introduction by W. F. Horner, Superintendent of Schools – c. 1967
23 Let’s go to School – a twelve page booklet published by Piqua City Schools with an introduction by W. F. Horner, Superintendent of Schools – c. 1967
24 Live and Learn and Pass it on, the Nicklin Elementary Version! – a twenty-four page booklet of quotations from Nicklin Elementary Students that all begin with the words “I’ve Learned.” Published by Nicklin Elementary School c. 1992.
25 Live and Learn and Pass it On, written by the Fifth Graders 1997-1998 of Nicklin Elementary School. A twenty-four page booklet of sayings that all begin with the words, “I have learned.”
26 Nicklin Avenue School Staff Cookbook, c. 1997 – containing pictures of staff members and their recipes.
27 Nicklin Elementary School’s Cookbook, c. 1998 – containing recipes submitted by the students and their parents.
SERIES IV: Nicklin Learning Center large group photographs of morning and afternoon kindergarten students.
BOX 3
File
1 1999-2000 – one photo of morning students and one photo of afternoon students – photos are 24” x 10” – this was the first year for Nicklin Learning Center.
NOTE: the photographs for 2000-2001 and 2001-2002 are not part of the collection.
2 2002-2003 – one photo of morning students and one photo of afternoon students – photos are 20” x 10”
3 2003-2004 – one photo of morning students and one photo of afternoon students – photos are 20” x 10”
4 2004-2005 – one photo of morning students and one photo of afternoon students – photos are 20” x 10”
5 2005-2006 – one photo of morning students and one photo of afternoon students – photos are 20” x 10”
6 2006-2007 – one photo of morning students and one photo of afternoon students – photos are 20” x 10”
7 2007-2008 – one photo of morning students and one photo of afternoon students – photos are 20” x 10”
8 2008-2009 – one photo of morning students and one photo of afternoon students – photos are 20” x 10”
9 2009-2010 – one photo of morning students and one photo of afternoon students – photos are 20” x 10”
10 2010-2011 – one photo of morning students and one photo of afternoon students – photos are 20” x 10”
11 2011-2012 – one photo of morning students and one photo of afternoon students – photos are 20” x 10”
12 2012-2013 – one photo of morning students and one photo of afternoon students – photos are 20” x 10”
13 2013-2014 – one photo of morning students and one photo of afternoon students – photos are 20” x 10”
14 2014-2015 – one photo of morning students and one photo of afternoon students – photos are 20” x 10” – NOTE: this was the last class at the Nicklin Learning Center. In June 2015 the building was closed and demolished.
15 Nicklin Learning Center Staff – 2009-2010 – the photo is 14” x 10” – Staff Members in the photograph are: Row 1 – Mrs. Anderson, Principal; Mrs. Widney; Mrs. Morgan; Mrs. Davis; Mrs. Patrizio. Row 2 – Mrs. Baumhauer; Mrs. Wilges; Mrs. Berning; Mrs. Scott; Mrs. Hopkins. Row 3 – Mrs. Zimpher; Mrs. Boggs; Mrs. Burkhardt; Mrs. Krouskop-Smith; Ms. Wehrman