Photos: Peg Sterns, 1928 Technical High School graduate, returns to Springfield school

SPRINGFIELD-- Peg Sterns, a graduate from the Technical High School class of 1928 in Springfield, took a trip back to her alma mater on Monday.

 

At 105-years-old, she still remembers much about the school even if only the facade and front steps remain on Elliot Street.

 

The former school, opened in 1905 and closed in 1986, is now home to the Springfield Data Center.

 

Sterns, a resident at the Life Care Center in Wilbraham, was joined by Senior Executive Director Dennis Lopata of the center during her visit with another Technical grad, Congressman Richard E. Neal, D-Mass.

 

When asked about her time at Tech, Sterns commented, "We had a big class but not in comparison with anything today. Thirty girls and 90 boys."

 

She attended tenth, eleventh and twelfth grades from 1926-28.

 

Sterns grew up on Underwood Street off of Franklin Street and used to walk to school.

 

Asked if she had any boyfriends back then, she replied, "I had a couple who walked me home from school and carried my books, but I would not consider them boyfriends."

She added "The road out front is much nicer than it was back then."

 

Neal presented Sterns with a black and orange Tech hat during the visit and listened as she recalled details of her time at the school, as clear as if they happened yesterday.

 

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