BAKER HIGH BY CANDLELIGHT
Posted Wednesday, December 22, 2010 04:03 PM

Deby Strong Crain, Baker High class of 1967, left, and Roy Cook, class of 1968, light candles with other school alumni gathered for a candlelight ceremony before demoliton begins on the school early next year.

Frances Frakes Adams, left, Baker High class of 1975; Wayne Cox, class of 1971; and Gwen Fowler Setayesh, class of 1975, look toward their old school as a candlelight ceremony begins in memory of the building that will soon be demolished.

Joyce Dent-Fitzpatrick, Baker High class of 1980, walks with 1971 graduate Wayne Cox and carries a brick from the building that was found in the parking lot. A portion of the east side of the building burned in May 2010.

The old Baker High School graduated its last class of seniors in 1991, and closed its doors in 1999 when Baker Middle School moved to a new facility. The building is scheduled for demolition early next year.

Baker High alumni sing their alma mater by candle during a gathering on the lawn to celebrate their old school.

Baker High alumni from the late 1940s to 1991, the year of the last graduating class, gather for a candlelight ceremony for their beloved school before demolition of the building begins early next year.

Baker High alumni sing their alma mater by candle during a gathering on the lawn to celebrate their old school.