Ann Lisbeth Seese Private School
From an undated brochure about the school.
The Ann Lisbeth Seese Private School is located in Orlando, Florida. This city, with an altitude of 111 feet and a population of almost 75,000, is the largest inland city in Florida. It is not only important in the citrus industry, but it is one of the older tourist and residential centers. Equidistant from Orlando and Winter Park, this resident and day school was not only founded to give these cities educational advantages ranging from kindergarten through senior high school, but it has extended its advantages to every state and territory, as well as Mexico, England and South America; therefore, its patronage is international.
The school occupies the beautiful Beeman Estate overlooking Lake Sue. This old home in its delightful setting serves as the main dormitory. Its attractive interior, with lovely paintings, beautiful furniture, mirrors, fireplaces and many books, aid the students to adjust themselves easily to boarding school life. A comprehensive health program includes riding, swimming, boating, and tennis. Scholastic achievement has been stressed since the beginning of the school. The instruction is informal but very thorough. Under experienced teachers, the upper school offers a full academic curriculum, and the lower school offers sound training in fundamental subjects –both schools are enriched by music, art, and modern languages.
Established in 1930, this school has from the beginning offered individual programs geared to the needs and interests of each student. It was founded on the principles that individual development is more important than a uniform result from all students; that frustration, delinquency and crime can be reduced by fostering the creative and constructive and so bringing larger and enduring satisfaction into the lives of all students; that education should provide preparation for life which will lead to survival rather than extinction.
Miss Seese was accepted as a member of the women’s club Zonta Orlando-Winter Park in November 1948, under the classification Education: Private, Secondary, High School.
Ann Lisbeth Seese School - Brochure Cover
Undated brochure on the Ann Lisbeth Seese Private School.
Ann Lisbeth Seese School brochure
Featured Image. Undated brochure on the Ann Lisbeth Seese Private School.
Aunt Ann was a great part of our lives as children.
She and Aunt Thelma brought great memories to us as children.
I am the proud owner of the original framed drawing of her school logo.
I did not go to school the, but my brother Sam did, we all loved the experience of her home and their company, her brother Samuel Seese was my beloved grandfather.
My mother was Meredith Seese Ruggieri.
Greetings Vicki! Thank you so much for the wonderful comments about your family’s connection to the Ann Lisbeth Seese Private School! It must have been so amazing to have actually been there when the school was in session! Thank you again, for sharing your memories and family information!
Ann Seese was my great Aunt. My mother and her sisters went to Aunt Ann’s school. My mother would bring us over every other Sunday to visit Aunt Ann and Aunt Thelma, it was a treat to have the whole school yard to ourselves. Wonderful memories.
Thank you for visiting Orlando Memory and sharing your thoughts. How wonderful it must have been to have an Aunt with her own school yard! We hope you will continue to peruse the posts on Orlando Memory and add your memories.
any one out there alive that went to seese high school. I graduated in 1960
She was my Great Aunt. My brother Sam went to school there.
I didn’t go there but lived down the street. Remember the school well. We weren’t allowed to go in but we all swam in the lake together. Fun times. There were a few places that us neighborhood kids could explore in that old school house… the cellar. Spooky but fun.
Karen, thank you for visiting Orlando Memory and sharing your memories! It certainly sounds like you and the students had great times. We hope you will find additional posts that bring back pleasant memories of the past, and continue to share your remembrances.
I guess no one is around from 1960. I used to hang out with fellow student Palmer Boland. Sad to say he passed away January 28 2022. He lived in Gallatin Tenn. I was lucky enough to have talked to him a week before he passed. We always talked about the good times at school. I guess I am the last one left from that year?