P. S. 108 P.S. 108 was built in 1895, designed by James Naughton who designed most of the NY public schools of that era. Built out of brick and Lake Superior sandstone, it was designated as an historic landmark on February 3, 1981. It is also now known as the Sal Abbracciamento school, after a well known local graduate. Schools were particularly overcrowded at the time of construction, with some classes totaling 60-70 students! Frances Abbraciamento visits the school, July 2007
		Public School 108,Linwood and Arlington Avenue Maker: Wm. Fick Dated: 1908 Status: Own (RG) Early 108 image, this same image was used in a P. Miller postcard around the same time. Public School 108,E.N.Y. Maker: Lenox Dated: 1908 Status: Own (BG) Another 1908 image, we have not seen many Lenox cards of East New York.
		Public School 108, Brooklyn N.Y. Maker: LJ Becker Dated: Unk Status: Own (BG) Another rare maker for East New York. Clearly an early card with cobblestone streets. Public School 108,Arlington Ave. and Linwood St. Maker: Brooklyn Eagle Dated: undated Status: Own (RG) This image can be dated near 1910; the tall telegraph pole on the corner appears only in early pictures.
		Public School 108,East New York, Brooklyn Maker: Kraus Dated: 1914 Status: Own (BG) This Kraus card was postmarked in 1914; note the poles are gone. Linwood Street,showing Public School 108,East New York Maker: Art Post Card and Novelty Co. Dated:1930 Status: Own(BG) Though postmarked 1930, it is difficult to place the timing of the image. Our first reaction; "hey, you can see Bill's on the corner!"
	Public School 108, 1935 Leonora Licata sent in this photo of the January 1935 graduating class, which included her father, Mario Licata. He is third from left, in the second row from the top.
		P.S. 108 School song Thanks to my brother Bruce for finding this old songbook on Ebay that had on the very first page the lyrics to the school song. We're guessing the book dates to 1910 or so, I included the page with the weak picture more because it shows the name of Lillian Rapelje at the top, a pretty historic family in East New York.
		P.S. 108, 1930s. From the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. On the left, a picture of a play at P.S. 108 in 1933. On the right, a display of student projects in 1931.
		P.S. 108 Documents, 1935 Leonora also sent over a commendation certificate and her father's diploma from 1935. Note the school is also referred to as the "Arlington School".
		P.S. 108 1941 COurtesy of Tim O'Reilly, the 1941 tax photo shows the school when it was covered in ivy.
		P.S. 108 Documents, 1944 autograph book John Clemente II sent over a scan of a 1944 autograph book. He also included the picture of the school inside- its the same picture they used in my 1968 book, and I believe it dates to the 1930s.
	Public School 108, 1949 Elise (Avella) Feiner sent this 1949 photo of the "Thrift Class", those that participated in the East New York Savings Bank program. She even IDs the class!
	Public School 108 Kindergarten, 1955 Thanks to Bernadette (Nicholson) Gill for this 1955 image. She IDs herself in the 2nd row, third from the right and also IDs site fan Laurie Marino next to her (4th from right.) If you check the picture that follows, you can see it was taken in the same classroom.
	Public School 108, 1955 Donald Hulslander supplies a picture of Class IGC 6-1 from October of 1955, and a key as well: Top: Raymond Olkin, Judith Leshin, Irene Cohen, Vivian Machtay, Mrs. Rhoda Lindner, Emily Eisenberg, Linda Tyne, John Richartz, Joel Gross, Donald Hulslander. Middle: Adeline Fabrizio, Arlene Elfenbein, Michelle Gaffen, Mitchell Bialostozky, Charles Andersen, Michael Nichols, Harriet Fell, Barbara ?, Cora Pastore Bottom: Robert Falco, Nancy Antell, Theresa Livote, Earl Ballard I noted that Donald and a few others appear in 171 pics in years before and after this. Donald provided the explanation, as well as the travel arrangements.
	Webmaster and friend John Boyle, 1962
	Class 4-1, 1962 Richard Moore digs out his class photo from 1962.
		P.S. 108 I.D. Wes Miller contributes a copy of his ID card- I don't even remember these! I like the line 'In case of accident- call priest'!! How about getting a doctor! Richard Moore supplied his 1962 ID which was a little less dramatic.
		P.S. 108 1961 Richard Moore also sent this shot of the boys in Miss Jane Mosiorowski's 3-1 class, and IDs as follows: "First row, l - r: Matthew Plaskowitz, me, unknown, Bobby Schaefer (from Essex St), Neil Rosenblatt (Arlington Village, I think), Second row, l-r Dennis Friscia (from Fulton Street by Prosperity Cleaners, later Jamaica Ave, my best friend, unknown, unknown, Eddie Johnston , Vinnie Marino (behind Bobby's head), unknown, Matthew Falsetta (from Warwick Street) Third Row, l-r George Petryzka, unknown, Michael Napolitano (Sunnyside Avenue), unknown, Jonathan Messer (Arlington Village), Michael Spring (?) who had very red hair, Richard Fineo (Jerome Street), Dennis (last name?) & Miss Mosiorowski. " That's classmate Richard Fineo from Jerome Street in the 1964 shot on the right.
		"Bill's", Linwood and Arlington 1968 Bill's, the candy store across from 108, contributed heavily to all our future dental problems. Thanks to Richard Moore for finally locating a pic for us, taken during a Memorial Day parade in 1968. Richard also sent in this picture of Angie, the school crossing guard, taken on graduation day in 1964.
	This 1965 shot of the auditorium features my older brother Bruce's 4th grade class performing 'March of the Wooden Soldiers", which they were also to perform at the New York World's Fair.
	Now its younger brother Lou's turn to perform in a 1972 Christmas show, when schools could do Christmas shows. I'm pretty certain this was never performed at the World's Fair. Anthony Liccardo recognized himself as Santa Claus in the shot!
	Class picture, 1967 I'm hoping to find a few more of these. My younger brother Dennis' 1st grade class picture. His teacher, Mrs. Kelly, had me for a student 3 years earlier.
	Class picture, 1967 Some irony; this is my class picture, but I'm not in it! My mother had this photo as well but couldn't find it-this was sent by classmate Dom Most from Italy! Donna (Gordon) Covucci contacted me and supplied the names: Back row: Kenneth Bedell,Nicky Zymbaluk, Robert Soloman, Mike Antonovich, Richard Kuhlman, Larry Payton,Glen Youngelman, Gene Falcone, Robert Lanza Middle Row: James Meglino, Marilyn Stewart,Sharon Harris, Kim Kozack, Denise Murrell, Harriet Gordon, Lorraine Testut, JoAnne Barone, Richard Meseika, Mrs. Hand Front row: Iris Suarez, Donna Gordon, Pamela Idlett, Lorraine Randolph, Florence Gunther,Vanessa Rogers, Kathleen Coletto, Janine Wolfzahn Kneeling: Dom Most, William Harvey, Valentino Herbert .
	Class picture, 1967 My cousin John comes up with another 1967 class pic, his second grade shot. I'm pretty certain the teacher is Mrs. Tobias, who I had in 2nd grade two years earlier. John is the one on the right holding the sign.
	Class 1-7, 1968 From Karen (Baney) Pineda. She identifies herself in the sailor dress but we need help IDing most of the group.
		Class picture, 1967,1968 Dee Gordon sends over both her 2nd grade and 3rd grade pictures from 1967 and 1968.
	P.S. 108, 1968 From Elsie Feiner; "The teacher is Judy Herman, the year 1968. The students are Anthony Robinson, Maurice Bermani, Romeu Hilgenstieler, Mary Apieconek, Marianne Agarienzo, Tulay Kublati, Rose Ann Smith, and Robert Davis" .
	Class 3-6, 1968 My cousin John also comes up with his 1968 class pic with Mr. McMahon. John is second row all the way on the left.
	P.S. 108 Report Card John sends in his 3rd grade report card (cover only!) He reminded me of a funny line I recall from 4th grade in the story below.
	Class 5-6, 1968 Dom Most comes through with our 5th grade class picture. Mr. Averack took over for Mrs. Falk, who went on maternity leave, which also happened to us in 4th grade. Your webmaster is in the second row, second from the left, and I'm going to take a stab at IDing my classmates. .
	P.S. 108, 1970s Thanks to former 108 classmate Glenn Youngelman for this shot from the early 70s of the corner.
	Class picture, 1972 My brother Lou, front row far left, finally coughs up his first grade picture in 1972. What a small class! I noted that this picture was shot in the basement, where the cafeteria was (though we always went home for lunch). Lou recalls that he used to play with Eugene Ng (third from right, second row) in his family's laundromat right near Charlie Wilder's on Fulton Street. Anthony Liccardo takes a stab at some IDs
		Note my brother's kindergarten teacher above; Elise (Avella) Feiner is Mrs. Avella's daughter and she has sent in a trove of memories. On the left, her mother teaching kindergarten in 1968, and on the right the class prepares for Halloween in 1972.
		Two more from Elise; that's Mrs. Avella in the hallway during what appears to be a book fair, and on the right in the school office in 1976.
	Class 4-3, Mr. Goldstein, 1971 From Karen (Baney) Pineda. She takes a stab IDing some classmates, we need some help. "Back row: Clifford, Eugene, Michael, Edward, Luke, Avery Johnson, Steven, Robert. Third row: Donald, Joseph G., Josephine B., Molise, Jayne, Janet, Patricia Gerges, William. Second row: Angela, Lorraine, Josephine, Delvorah, Diane, Brenda, Edna, Susanne and Karen Baney (seems I always get that end seat) Front on floor: Craig, Joseph Hernandez, Ralph, Nicholas.
	Class 5-3, Mrs. Quirk, 1972 Also from Karen (Baney) Pineda- "Back row: Mrs. Gaddy (teacher's aid), Diane, Julie, Linda, Patricia Gerges, Jeannette, Lucrecia, Grace, Wanda Bossa, Sonia. Third row: John Paula, Karen Baney, Josephine, Kenneth Keenan, Toni, Carmen, Delvorah, Vivian. Second row: Roger, Ralph, William, Joseph B., Luke, Chris, Joseph Hernandez. Front row: George Castro, Craig, Avery Johnson, George Vasquez (or Velasquez) and Amando.
	Class 5-4, 1972 Stella Mostacciuolo, the younger sister of my classmate Dominic, not only sent in this 1972 class picture and key but held a reunion in June 2008! You can find some reunion pix on the Reunions page.
		Class picture, 1973,1974 My youngest brother Gary finally comes up with his class pictures. On the left, 1973 kindergarten with Mrs. Adolph. On the right, his 1974 first grade pic with Mrs. Goldenberg.
		Class 2-204 Picture, 1976 From Mike Abney (4th from left, top row). He was friends with my brother Gary (2nd row, 1st on left). The teacher was Mrs. Waldman. On the right, the third grade pic with Mrs. Friedman.
	Class picture, 1975 As mentioned above, Elise (Avella) Feiner is the daughter of Mrs. Avella. She found the site and has sent in a bunch of pix including this shot of her mother's 1st grade class in 1975.
		Class picture, 1976,1977 Two more from Elise, of her mother's first grade classes in 1976 and 1977.
		Class picture, 1977,1978 Again, from my brother Gary. 4th grade class with Mr. Vincent on the left and 5th grade class with Mrs. Ferrara on the right.
		Class Play, circa 1977 My brother Gary and his class performing a play in the auditorium around 1977.
		Class 6-1, 1977 and Class 6-1, 1979 From brothers Lou and Gary. Mrs. Alter was the 6-1 teacher in 1979. Anthony Liccardo attempts to ID his classmates from 1977.
		Graduation, 1977 I'm sure my brother Lou hates the picture, but it features then Principal Mr. Satinoff with him on graduation.
		My brother Gary has his own embarassing graduation contribution; a class t-shirt from 1980.
	2005 The school today, cleaned up very nicely. Note the tops of the chimneys are gone, no record of when they were removed.
Some articles on the school from the Brooklyn Eagle Online site Feb 4, 1895 "Two New Public Schools" October 11, 1895 "Nearly 4,000 Pupils Barred"-Article on overcrowding and new schools December 12, 1895 "Opening of the New School in the 26th Ward" April 18, 1896 -"New Bell for 108"

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