Introduction School Family Community Interviews Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

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Classroom in the 1950s.
Courtesy of Menlo Park School Archives.

This project was sponsored in part by the Arizona State Museum Rio Nuevo School Partnership, which supports student exploration of local history and cultural heritage. Because of its proximity to the Rio Nuevo development area, Menlo Park Elementary was invited to become a Partnership school in August 2001. The Partnership is an educational component of the City of Tucson’s Rio Nuevo project, which is searching for Tucson’s historical roots as it plans for the City’s future. Through the efforts of Desert Archaeology, Inc., Tucson’s past is being uncovered and interpreted; through the Partnership, local students are invited to witness and participate as a city embraces its past to define and create a better future.

This project was supported by a generous grant from the Arizona Humanities Council.

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Detail of drawing by Magda Mankel

The editors would like to extend a special thanks to the following individuals and organizations for their invaluable assistance and guidance on this project:

Menlo Park School
Patricia McElroy,
Menlo Park Principal
Bill Rivas, Sandra Camacho, and Carlos Diaz-Todd,
Menlo Park Teachers
Teresa Guerrero,
Family Liaison
Rio Nuevo Partnership
Diana Hadley, Historian
Mac Hudson,
Creative Writing Mentor
Ted Ramirez, El Cantado
Arizona Historical Society
Irma Moreno, Docent
The Center for
Desert Archaeology
Doug Gann, Archaeologist
Menlo Park Neighborhood
Association
Matt Perri, President
Menlo Park Parent
Teacher Organization
Barbara Salazar,
PTO President
Graphic Design Consulting
Kimi Eisele,
Calendar Design
Arizona State Museum
Beth DeWitt,
Project Coordinator
Susan Luebbermann,
Photographer
Sandy Scott and Erica Nunn,
Volunteers
Kathryn Brock,
Web Design and Development
Matthew Lewis,
Web Development Assistant
Laura LePere, Webmaster