Original Location of Poitiers American High School

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Poitiers American High School occupied this location in a facility built as a wartime hospital during the 1950's. Several hundred American youth who were military dependents (primarily US Army) attended this Department of Defense High School. Many of us still have fond memories of our school years in Poitiers, the military caserne near Notre Dame des Dunes, and the bus rides to our home locations throughout southern France.
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Coordinates:   46°34'46"N   0°23'6"E

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  • i went to high school here 1963-1966. I made lifetime friends and received a better education than I could have gotten anywhere else. I lived in Chinon and lived in the dorm.
  • I agreed with you Jeani, I graduated 1961. I'm very proud of the all the friends I made their. I lived in La Rochelle and lived in the dorm from sunday to friday after school. I'd never forget those places, friends and teachers.
  • I went to the dorm for 9th grade from Chinon. The school closed the next year and I went to the dorm in Orleans, where we didn't go home for the weekends as I recall. I tried to start a Facebook page for Poitiers but I doubt I did it correctly.
  • hi freddy, long time no hear from. i also lived in chinon and attended poitier for that last year. loved the bus ride, the dorm and the many many wonderful kids, outstanding times.
  • I went to elementary and jr. High there from when it first opened until 1960
  • I went to the elementary school there in 1959 and 60. 5th grade in Mr Soha's class
  • I lived 75 miles East of Angouleme, France, and took the train every Sunday from Angouleme North about a 150 miles to Poitiers to the dorm high school. I did that through the last semester of my sophomore year, and all through my junior year. My step-dad got orders for Zweibrucken, Germany. I traveled 60 miles 'round trip to Kaiserslautern Amer. High School where I graduated in '65 from a class of 500.
  • I remember you and your parents, Jack and Ida.
  • I lived near Saumur on the weekends and in the dorm at Poitier during the weeks of 1963-64. I have such fond memories of my teachers and classmates. My father retired in 1964 and we returned to San Francisco.
  • Fred, Paul Attaway here. I attended Poitiers for a year while living in Bordeaux.
  • I went to Poitiers High School in '58-59. I think this was the first year for this high school. Rode the bus from Chinon on sundays and home on fridays. Went to Chateroux High School the previous two years. Tom Rogers
  • Paul you were at Poitiers in 1966 as was I, I was the only senior in the dorm commuted from Chinon. Where are you now
  • I remember you, John, I live in League City, Texas, and work at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, AL. I was a freshman at Poitiers. Some of my fondest memories are of France and Poitiers.
  • Hi Paul. Remember you well. We went to Le Mans together with your dad and brother? I stayed at your place in Bordeaux one weekend too.
  • Fred, We went to Le Mans with John Kyte and someone else. My Dad was not there and I don't have a brother. I thought the fourth person was from Chinon too. My parents expected us home fairly soon after Le Mans. We toured about for another week and my Mother was livid. Fun times.
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