MOVING UP, IN, AND ON
CATHEDRAL SCHOOL FACULTY AND STAFF ON THE MOVE
ROB KERMAN’S MEMORIES THAT WON’T FADE
ON FREE PARKING For the first few years, we had an outdoor parking lot where the Cathedral Plaza is located. All the teachers got free parking there, and that is where parents did the pick up and drop off for CSB boys. ON ORGAN PLAYING I have been playing for school chapel for all these years, but I have never had time to practice on the Cathedral organ!
ON THE CATHEDRAL BOY What I like the most about Cathedral is the boys, of course! It has been so much fun to work with such smart and creative boys. I am
ON LENGTH OF SERVICE I have been at Cathedral 29 years, and I have been a teacher for 45 years. Burns Jones is the fourth headmaster I have worked with at Cathedral. At present, the only teacher that has been at CSB longer than I have is Mr. Breen.
ON WHAT HAPPENED IN THE CLASSROOM When I started at Cathedral there was one teacher for each classroom and no assistant teachers, and in the Upper School there was only one classroom for each grade. Later they built walls to divide the Upper School classrooms so they could have two classrooms per grade. We used to eat lunch in the classroom at our desks (everyone brought lunch from home), and then we had to wipe down the desks and let them dry while we were at recess. And there used to be window drapes in all the classrooms. All the Lower School tech classes used to be in my second grade classroom. We had 14 Apple IIe computers in the room, along with all the student desks.
proud of every one of them, past and present. ON WHAT TO REALLY REMEMBER And remember what I always say: “Smile when you say that!”
ON WHY FAMOUS PEOPLE CAN’T STAY AWAY FROM CATHEDRAL Once Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the famous human rights leader from South Africa, came and led school chapel. He spoke in his native language, which included clicking sounds. Princess Michael of Kent, part of the royal family of Great Britain, paid a visit to Cathedral. Everyone learned the proper way to bow to British royalty so we could welcome her properly. Another time, the Dalai Lama was coming to speak at Grace Cathedral, and our block was completely mobbed with people during the school day. There were even some folks up in the trees! But after all that, the Dali Lama didn’t come because he was too tired. But he sent one of his main helpers to deliver a message of peace. I remember I got to sit directly behind the actor Richard Gere.
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