Unit 4, Lesson 8: What did schools look like in the Bryn Mawr area between the early 1900s and 1943? Main Menu What did schools look like in the Bryn Mawr area between the early 1900s and 1943? Segregation in California Reasons for Segregating Mexican Children The Bryn Mawr School What was it like to be taught in these schools? Desegregating Bryn Mawr School Our Bryn Mawr Elementary School Activity Learn More https://llaphs.wixsite.com/lomalindahistory/>

Moving to Mission School

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Mexican American students were allowed to attend Mission School, but moving schools was not easy on the students. Although the rules had changed, many of the Mexican American students were bullied because the other students believed in stereotypes. Fred Ramos was a student at Mission School and remembers the many insults aimed at the new students’ hygiene. Ramos remembers the bullies stating “Wash your hands. How come you are brown?” and “You Mexican kids go back to where you came from.” These statements made the new students feel unwelcome. Although the transition was very difficult Mission School provided the Mexican American students with a better education. The work of Rey, Cruz, and Davis led to the diversity we have at Bryn Mawr Elementary today. 

6. Compare the two photographs. The first photo is from the segregated Bryn Mawr School and the second one was taken at Mission School after Mexican American students were allowed to attend.

 

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