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Abbot, Lakewood Schools Set Open Houses

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October
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1962
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[image]  OPEN HOUSES SCHEDULED: Two of the city's new elementary schools, T. C. Abbot (top picture) and Lakewood (bottom), will hold open houses from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday. Abbot School, whose dedication is scheduled for 3 p.m. Sunday in the school gymnasium, will also open its doors from 2 to 5 p.m. tomorrow.

Abbot, Lakewood Schools Set Open Houses

Open houses are scheduled tomorrow and Sunday at two of the city’s new elementary schools, T. C. Abbot and Lakewood. Hours for city residents to tour Abbot and Lakewood are from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Abbot will also open its doors from 2 to 5 p.m. tomorrow.

Lakewood School, on Central Blvd., is in Lakewood subdivision on the city's western edge.  Abbot School is located on Sequoia Pkwy, in the Maple Rd.-Miller Ave. area.

A dedication program beginning at 3 p.m. Sunday in Abbot School gymnasium will highlight that's school's open houses.  Supt. Jack Elzay will preside. The Rev. Terry Daly, pastor of Peace Lutheran Church, will give the invocation and benediction. On the program also are the school’s fifth and sixth grade chorus, under the direction of Warren Jaworski, Mayor Cecil O. Creal, and Principal Paul W. Williams.

Presentation of the building will be made to Mrs. Rhea Kish, president of the Ann Arbor Board of Education, by Lee Cochran of Perkins and Will of Chicago, architects for the building.

Abbot School, named after Theophilus C. Abbot, the first principal of Ann Arbor Union School, was opened in September.  Cost of the school was $659,998, including site work.  Major differences in the design of the 20-classroom building as compared with other city schools is the inclusion of three common centrums, around which classrooms are clustered.  The building is divided into four "units" or "clusters" which are placed at two different floor levels to fit the rolling site.  The unusually high percentage of utilized space in the new building lowered the "per pupil cost" below that of other contemporary schools.

The design of the building allows grouping of grades by ages and avoids the usual disturbances of children in classes by other children going to and from gym, library and music classes in the central unit.