Grammar School Follow-Up

Classmate Joe O'Brien wrote a follow-up to the article on our grammar school days. He has been an electrical engineer for 25 years in the Chicago area. He and his wife, Lisa, live in Lombard, Illinois, with their three children, Steve (8), Kate (6), and Patrick(2).

Hi, Paul.

I have enjoyed your AWHS blog for the last year. About once a month I log in to read it. I especially enjoyed the article with (Ed) Lominsky since I had him as a JV basketball coach and for Algebra.

A comment on your grammar school survey: I attended several Fairfield grammar schools, including Lincoln (K), Assumption (1-4), Stratfield (5,6), and St Emery's (7) prior to AWHS (9-12).

Although I consider myself a Stratfield alum, a few of our AWHS classmates went to St. Emery's School at 838 Kings Highway in Fairfield (John Danko, John Churchill, Mark Hughes, Gabriela Foyto are some of the folks that come to mind). When I was back for the reunion last year I stopped by the school and it has apparently been renamed as part a merger and is now "St. Augustine School at St. Emery's Parish." The school is up the hill behind the church and I always thought it was pretty cool that they had a large gym which Assumption did not have.

Joe O'Brien

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