Pickering Middle School: Guidance Dept

Originally kids from Wyoma Square used a chapel on Auburn Street as a school until seventy students moved to a newly built schoolhouse on Boston Street in the year 1770. Miss Nana Pickering was the 1st principal, and the school was named after her in 1884 when an addition was completed. When educational studies developed the idea of a Junior High system, Pickering was the 1st to be built in the city. On December 6, 1917, a cold Tuesday morning, Pickering opened, costing $236, 000 to build and $58, 000 to furnish (A fancy house can cost that much today and $8000 might furnish one room!