Comments on: What’s In A Name: School Edition

By: Julie Bennett

Julie Bennett — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 20:24:04 +0000

we need to stop all of these fights that are going on the school. to many in the high schools and more to come stayin touch

By: John Hayes

John Hayes — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 16:55:19 +0000

This is all so interesting. I was looking for some photos to put in a presentation to our Tech Services folks here in NISD, San Antonio, and I googled my birthplace and then started to look for information about West Junior High. I went to West Junior High for 1 year, 1963. I recall when Kennedy was shot it was announced by my English teacher, shortly after lunch. And I can still recall students in the hallways, in tears. I will never forget that day and West Junior High.
John
San Antonio, Tx

By: ZenPanda

ZenPanda — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 18:20:03 +0000

Ed- West is now an elementary school. I have photos taken recently of all GF schools- past & present.

By: Ed

Ed — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 16:42:41 +0000

I was traveling back in time….surfing the web…and trying to retrace my childhood schools. When my father was transferred to Malmstrom AFB in in 1960 my first school was West Jr. High . There doesn’t seem to be any information about it…or whether it even still exists…Just wondered if anyone here might know..
Thanks,
Ed
Arlington, TX

By: ZenPanda

ZenPanda — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 19:24:44 +0000

You’re right BB- they only kept the building…most of the Paris teachers and administration moved to East as well.
For some reason the GFPS likes to link the old name with the new use or school- i.e. West Elementary, Skyline Center. I’m sure if they find a complete use for the PG building it will become the PG center or PG autocenter.

By: GeeGuy

GeeGuy — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 15:14:42 +0000

We are the Pioneers…
Mighty mighty Pioneers…
Everywhere we goooo…

By: bestbuddie

bestbuddie — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 02:33:53 +0000

I went to Paris years ago, but I thought they closed the building briefly in the 80′s and then reopened it. We were originally the Paris Gibson Pioneers…I was so glad when they changed it to the Paris Panthers. It was so much fun being a cheerleader routing for the mighty Pioneers…doesn’t that just make you shake in your boots? My husband and both kids went to East…youngest was there last year for the merge. They might as well have changed the name to Paris Gibson…they didn’t keep many of East’s traditions…just the building.

By: raxie

raxie — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 20:14:19 +0000

I know what your kids are going through. I was supposed to go to West Jr High like my Mom and my older cousins before me. (I knew West’ fight song when I was in kindergarten.) I never really accepted North. Still don’t know the words to any of their school songs. Sorry, still a sore point to this day.

By: Mark J.

Mark J. — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 19:40:18 +0000

I was part of the last classes at Franklin and the first at West Elementary. As I remember, I was pretty upset about the move but had completely forggen about it by the second year.

By: ZenPanda

ZenPanda — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 13:41:05 +0000

Son#2 attended PGMS for 6 & 7 as well then was transfered to EMS. He hated the first few weeks but got over it by Christmas. I think it was because all his teachers moved with him.
OK- What do you have against the names of things here? LOL
Once upon a time there was a “West” as well. (It became a elementary school in one of the other rounds of school closings)
I think PGMS (or PG jr high as I knew it when I attended it) sounds better than “south”.