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by Michele Yamamoto
Congratulations to the recent Bay Village graduates of 2023!
In the Bay Village Historical Society archives, we have a small collection of photographs (mainly from the 1940s and earlier) of past Bay Village public school buildings, students and faculty. We also house a collection of diplomas, programs, publications and other papers relating to Bay Village Schools up until the present day.
The following photos and diplomas are a sampling of this collection. Please visit the Bay Village Historical Society’s website to see more photos of Bay Village graduates and view the digitized Bay High School yearbooks at www.bayhistorical.com. Enjoy!
Members of the Class of 1948 pose on a car, including Don Friend, standing at bottom left and holding a yearbook. This was the first class during which the new name “Bay High School” was listed on all school materials. FUN FACT: This was also the class with whom former New York Yankees principal owner and Bay resident, George Steinbrenner, was due to graduate, had he stayed in Bay Village for high school. He is listed as having attended at least one class reunion, which may speak to the affinity he had for this class.
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- The 1934 Diploma of Colette Clement
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- Vera Wuebker was a member of the first graduating class in Bay Village in 1927. The high school, then at the corner of Wolf and Cahoon Roads, was known as Parkview High School. Before the Class of 1927, Bay High School students had to attend high schools in neighboring towns.
