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• I also went to Sancta Maria. This was in the early 60s. I remember several incidents there. One of the nuns told me to draw an airplane. I have never seen one so could not draw. I was scolded. Another time was when we had to tell the time looking at the big clock on the classroom. Prior to that, I had never even seen a clock. All I wanted to do was go home. Then I went to St. Joseph College. How time flies! Drop me a line.

  By  Antique Silhouettes, at June 22, 2007 9:59 PM  

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• A proud Kindergarten grad of 1971! My sisters and I all attended Sancta Maria for kindergarten and moved on to St. Maurs. I loved my kindergarten teachers. I still remember the enrollment interview with Sister I don't remember her name. My father took me and I sat down nervously across from her, as she asked me questions.
  
  Is it just me or is the world getting smaller?
  
  Would love to connect with others who attended Sancta Maria. I'll look for you in the yearbook!
  
  reislingloversd@yahoo.com

  By  Maxine, at August 28, 2007 10:50 PM  

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• Wow,
  Didn't beleive I'd find much Sancta Maria attendees outside the group group of friends I personally know!
  I was looking up about St. Joseph's because I just found out they closed too in 2000. Then, on their alumni site they talked of Sancta Maria (natsukashii).
  
  I transferred from a Japanese Catholic kindergarten in Yokosuka to Sancta Maria (1st grade) in 1970. I lived less than 5 minutes walk from that school and went there my whole elementary school.
  
  I know what you mean by the mean (pun) Japanese nuns! I remember one of the first days in school, I needed to go potty during class but the nun-teacher won't let me. Of course being only 5 yrs old and couldn't hold it, I had an accident...surprising thing is that they had all these underwears ready for the kids to change into, of course they were anticipating accidents (and it did happen every so often too). They trained little kids like potty training dogs, I guess.
  Another thing I remember was that they won't let any kids go out to the playground until everybody finished eating. I was notoriously slow and took me the whole lunch break most days to finish my meal, so my poor classmates had to stay inside and play half the time. Sorry all (:P)
  
  Actually, some nuns were really nice though. I remember Sister Victoria from 3rd grade, she loved birds a lot and had them in our classroom. And the classes were so small after a while you know everybody in school, after a few years, you made tight friendships.
  
  In the early 70s it seemed you only had temporary foreign kids or mixed Japanese kids who were also in the entertainment world like singers, models and actressses. I knew many of them who were, those one-sans liked me a lot because I was a tiny little runt.
  
  That school's been gone since around 1978 or 1980 or something.I went to YIS after that which was a whole new environment. Reading your blog brought me some fond (and not so fond) memories of that school.

  By  virtualchiaki@yahoo.co.jp, at October 18, 2007 5:12 AM  

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• Wow - Sancta Maria?! I went to 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade there, from 1970-1973, with Sister Elizabeth, Sister Trinity, and Sister Victoria... back when we lived in Grant Heights. I can remember having to change shoes each day when getting to school, having to "freeze" when the first bell sounded, and eating popcicles on the school bus ride home.
  
  I also remember playing with these little, round or rectangular card thingies with pictures of Ultra Man or monsters on them. What were those things?
  
  How about the calisthenics to start the day? Or the frog exercises in PE?

  By  degillette, at January 24, 2008 5:40 PM  

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• I went to Sancta Maria in 1966 I was there for six months in the 5 grade. I also remember Mother Elisabeth and Mother Principal.The schoolsystem was completely different from the danish I was used to. I still keep my yearbook from 1966

  By  Anonymous, at February 05, 2008 3:08 AM  

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