I had the distinct pleasure of being raised at  USNS Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico and attending school on the base  from  First Grade through Ninth Grade (1946-1955), after which I attended  a  Puerto Rican boarding  school for Tenth Grade and the USNS San Juan  High  School for the first semester of Eleventh Grade. My father was the  base  engineer and we lived on the base from 1944 until Feb 1957. I  remember  those years very fondly and remember the names of many of the  students who  were close to my age. I would love to share my recollections,  thoughts and  photographs of my friends, the school and the base with anybody who  may be  interested.      Here's a few tidbits of information about the school at  Roosevelt  Roads. When I attended First Grade in 1946-1947, the classes were  taught in  Spanish by Puerto Rican teachers  (except for the English class)  because  the majority of  children were those of Puerto Rican civilian  workers. This  changed by the time I began Second Grade because the military men  began  bringing their families with them to Roosevelt Roads. During most of  my  school years there, First  thru  Third Grades were located in a  single room  at one end of our two school buildings, and were taught all subjects  by a  single teacher. Likewise, Fourth thru Sixth Grades were taught in  another  room by one teacher. When I attended Seventh and Eighth Grades, all  seven  of us sat around a single large table and were taught all subjects  by one  teacher. By the time I reached Ninth Grade, the school didn't have  an  official High School. I took correspondence courses through the Univ  of  Nebraska Extension Division along with the rest of my classmates  (approx  seven). We left Puerto Rico half-way through my Eleventh Grade and  Roosevelt Roads officially opened its first High School (with live  teachers) the following school year (Sep 57). One of my long-time  friends,  Bob Hare, was the first and only Senior to graduate from Roosevelt  Roads  High School in 1958 (obviously first in his class). I joined the  Navy in  1961 and retired 21 years later. I spent ten of those years overseas  with  my family and saw the overseas military school system grow  significantly. I  consider myself very fortunate to have been raised in the older  small-school environment at Roosevelt Roads.      Please let me know more about your Historical Society. I will be  very  happy to contribute information, photos, etc.  Thank you. 

 Bob Ahbol