Kids from Central Elementary School in Peru, Indiana

10/01/2025

The 1974 Central Elementary Cross Country team holding a 1st place trophy from their Peru cross country championship.
(1st row-Tim Springer and Mr. Schwartz; 2nd row- Ron Ruth, Danny Ray, Michael Burt and Mike Darling; 3rd row-Wayne Poppe, Adam Shumpert, Lee Ambrose and Jim Day)

06/12/2025

Jama Lidral (Grund)
1976-1977
6th Grade
A student dropped in on us from 50 years ago. Her younger brother is Judge David Grund..
The 3 of us talked about the "good old days" while walking the Nickel-Plate Trail... Such good memories brought back to life.

10/14/2024

How well do you know your Peru grade school nicknames in Miami County for their sporting events?
I NEED:
(a) Colors for Victory and South Peru
(b) Did Grant have colors or a mascot?...Only went to 4th grade

1. Central ________________ (Bulldogs)…….red and black
2. Elmwood ______________ (Eagles) ……green and white
3. Grant _________________ (_________________)
4. Holman _______________ (Wildcats) purple and gold
5. Lincoln _______________ (_____Panthers_____________ )Red and Blue
6. Ridgeview _____________ (Redskins)……red and white
7. South Peru _____________ (Tigers)
8. St. John ________________ (_________________ )…….Blue and white
9. St. Charles football team (Cardinals) and St. Charles basketball team (Panthers) Blue and gold………and red and white
10. Victory ________________ (Vikings)………..

09/25/2024

A few grown-up Central Elementary kids at their PHS Class of 1982 forty year reunion.
(l-r) Beth Sawyer, Greg Loe, Kevin Worl, Tammy Ambrose, Danny Mongosa and Brian Townsend.

06/19/2024

Central School had a newspaper called CENTRAL LIBERTY TIMES in 1988.
The editors of the paper in 1988 were:..Kati Roberts and Lisa Holmes...
The paper sold once a month for 5 CENTS !
(House cleaning and we found this treasure from the past.)
John Julie Schwartz and Julie Schwartz

05/05/2024

Best friends since 1st grade at Central and Bulldog bad boys for life....lol

03/20/2024

03/16/2024

Some grade school memories.....lol

11/26/2023

1970's Central Bulldog basketball players, (l-r) Willie Burt, Danny Mongosa and Mike Burt at Thanksgiving 2023

08/12/2023

Julie Schwartz, John Schwartz, Lisa Liska Frank(6th grade student of mine), and Paul Frank..
BIKE RIDE to Bunker Hill...picnic of cheese, crackers, summer sausage, and fruit). Great to see one of my students from 1973-1974)!

07/25/2023

Central School Boy Scout Troop.
Here's a few more golden oldies from the Schwartz's attic. Photos are from a 1977 winter camping trip at the old Indian Heights Campground on Highway 19, just north of Peru.

04/24/2023

Sadly, I just found out, Debbie Browning, one of our Central Elementary kids passed away last week. Prayers and condolences to her family and friends.

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