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JOHN
FREDERIC PETTINGALL
John
Frederic Pettingall is highly qualified for his position as coordinator of the
program for gifted children in San Gabriel schools and for his position as principal
of both Jefferson and McKinley Schools in San Gabriel. Himself a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Phi
Kappa Phi, national honorary fraternities, Mr. Pettingall holds a Bachelor of
Science degree and a Master of Science degree; also a Master of Education
degree from the University of Southern California, and took one year of post
graduate work at the University of Iowa and one semester at Claremont
College. He has had close to twenty
years of experience as an educator, teaching elementary school in Burbank for
three and one-half years, then acting as teacher-principal at Roosevelt School
in San Gabriel for one year, and serving first as principal of McKinley School
from 1947 through 1951, and as the first principal of Jefferson School from
1952 until 1961, at which time he became the principal of both schools. They have a combined enrollment of about
eleven hundred students. As coordinator
of the gifted child program he provides teachers with curriculum materials and
guidance in extending the learning of gifted children beyond the normal level
within the classroom. Children who are
above average in music and art attend special classes in these fields.
Born
in Phoenix, Arizona, on June 25, 1917, Mr. Pettingall is the son of the late
Charles Edward Pettingall, an engineer who was born in Portsmouth, Ohio, and
the late Clara E. (Buchart-Smith) Pettingall,
concert vocalist in oratorio and opera.
His maternal grandparents came from England, as did his paternal
grandparents, who settled in Frederick, Maryland. Mr. Pettingall attended elementary school in
Douglas, Arizona, and graduated from Burbank High School in California, and
Pasadena City College, before entering the University of Southern California.
Transcribed by
V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source:
Historical Volume & Reference Works Including Alhambra, Monterey Park,
Rosemead, San Gabriel & Temple City, by Robert P. Studer,
Pages 597-598, Historical Publ., Los Angeles, California. 1962.
© 2013 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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