"Far above Tacony's waters, Stands our noble school..."
Mascher Street entrance to Olney High West.
The main doors.
Corner of Mascher and Duncannon.
Olney High West, Front and Mascher.
Members of Leadership Philadelphia with Olney High East Principal Newton Brown. Two alumni on the right. Keep an eye on that woman's left hand.
Olney High East Principal Newton Brown. Although there are only 1500 students in the building (we had 3600), it houses two completely separate schools, each with its own administration and faculty. Only sports teams are shared.
Shelly Leaphart-Williams and Mark Blass.
Members of Leadership Philadelphia.
The office, now Olney High East office.
Wall of Fame.
Joint lobby. Olney East and Olney West still field unified sports teams.
The new face of education - body scans and x-rays.
Where the kids pick up food in the cafeteria.
Olney East (I think) cafeteria.
Mural in the new gymnasium. We didn't have this new gym back in the day.
The new gym. I didn't have the guts to go in the boys locker room which was already fetid 49 years ago.
A newer part of the school.
My guides - two National Honor Society members - said that she is "the best science teacher in the school."
Science class.
You can't access the fifth floor any more. Or was this an old detention cell?
You can just see my National Honor Society guides at the edges of the frame.
Dare ya to walk down to the next floor.
The bearded guy is a math teacher.
Counseling office, Olney East
More face of modern education. At least it keeps the cell-makers employed.
Main office.
Health Sciences curriculum classroom.
This is Olney High West. You can tell by the students' white shirts (Olney High East kids wear blue shirts).
Speed it up, Mr. Nitsche. My bladder's about to burst.
Almost unchanged after 49 years; oh a bit more graffiti scratched into the seats.
For most of us, our last view of Olney.
The last view most of us ever saw at Olney High School.
My last view of Olney.
