Published In:
Ann Arbor News, May 31, 1963
Caption:
FUN ON THE MOUNDS: Students At John Allen Elementary School have a trial run on a new feature of the school's playground. The mounds, just recently sodded, will provide an area for the youngsters to run and play the popular game, "King of the Mountain." The mounds were created out of dirt piles left after the new addition was completed at the school. It's to be expected sledders will try them out in the wintertime too.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, January 8, 1964
Caption:
A LITTLE UNITED NATIONS: Nineteen foreign students attending John Allen Elementary School give the school international flavor this year. Here (from left) Hans Damman of Newfoundland, Suheyl Erdemir of Turkey, Brigitte Elste of Germany, Shoko Sakuraba of Japan, Orly Lavon of Israel, Cem Doker of Turkey, Richard Mycroft of England, Astrid Myskya of Norway and Masisoun Hamadeh of Syria pose with the world map in the school lobby noting homelands.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, April 23, 1979
Caption:
There is a new member of Abbot Elementary School who has come to stay. It has been christened Abbotsaurus, or "Abby" for short. The 20-by-6-foot papier mache dinosaur is the creation of the school's two third grade classes, taught by June Anderson and Betty Lardas. The pupils got involved in the project as part of a unit on dinosaurs and spent about two weeks working on it.