A teacher stands in front of the MattieV. School main entrance on Hubbard Street about 1937-38. Joan (Jo-Ann) worked as an Administrative and Teacher's Assistant or "Cadet" for several years following her graduation from Andrew Jackson High School in 1936. Cadets were selected from those graduates who planned to teach and were working their way through college. Joan Thomas was living with her family at DancyT at this time.