Throwback Thursday: Do You Remember...?

In this weekly series, Enfield Patch publishes a photo of a business or landmark in town that is no longer in existence.

Opened in 1964, Thaddeus Kosciuszko Junior High School was named for a Polish military leader who fought on the American side during the Revolutionary War.

Located in a two-story brick building at 170 Elm Street, the school’s name was undoubtedly quite difficult to spell, prompting the recitation of “Keep Our School Clean If U See Zebras Keep Out” as a means to learn the correct spelling.

“The Big K” closed in 1982, when Enfield school administrators moved ninth-graders into the town’s high schools and shifted all seventh- and eighth-grade students to John F. Kennedy Middle School.

After a brief period of vacancy, the Elm Street building became home to Asnuntuck Community College in 1983.

A Facebook group entitled “Kosciuszko Junior High Alumni Enfield CT” currently has 390 members.

Enfield Patch invites readers to share their memories of this school in the comments section below. We want to hear stories about the teachers, the principals and the students, and of course, we want to know your most memorable experience there.

Do you have a photo of a former Enfield business or landmark? Email it to tim.jensen@patch.com and we’ll feature it in an upcoming column.