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Abbie Sawyer: Kindergarten Teacher and Principal (1894-1972)
January 21, 2021

Abbie Sawyer: Kindergarten Teacher and Principal (1894-1972)

"The greatest personal satisfaction I've had is watching these children grow up and develop," said Abbie Sawyer, a long time teacher and later principal who devoted her career to children in the Ames School District. Sawyer is most remembered for starting the first kindergarten class in Ames in the old Central school in 1917, her first year in Ames. In 1952, she retired after 35 years in the Ames school system, and in 1962, an elementary school building was named in her honor.

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