Thank you for posting this! I went to this school for 7th grade in 2012-2013. My grandpa was a student and teacher there as well. It was my favorite school, and it had so much history and character to it. So sad to see how bad it has become in the past 10 years since I was a student there. I wish it wouldn't have got this bad and that someone would have made something of it before the water damage. Thanks again, I have always wanted to see how it was since they decided to tear it down.
Thank you for sharing that. I appreciate you checking it out! When I heard it was being demolished, I had to film it because I knew it meant a lot to a lot of people in Philipsburg.
Went there from 2009-2010. Whenever we’d have presentations in the auditorium paint chips would fall off the ceiling and into our laps. And there were some classrooms and hallways where if you put a rubber ball on the floor it would roll hard one direction or another. I had a lot of good memories there and it was a great environment and inspiration for a “haunted middle school” story I wrote when I was 12 lol also the “nuclear fallout shelter” signs that hung up in the hallways were a nice added touch.
This video made me smile alot thinking about the memories in this school my 8th grade class was the last 8th grade to go to this school thank you for posting this and bringing back good memories
Went there 1971-1974. Muddy Lucas was the Principal. I was there when the gym was built and remember the old one. Miss Beres was the hot new art teacher!
This video got me thinking about my old elementary school. I wish I could have explored it after it was shut down. But, it's now part of a college campus and still stands and is being used for a purpose. A rarity for a building so old. While watching your video, I kept imagining the normal day to day that would have been going on and thinking about my Jr. High days. Nothing I'd ever want to re-live though.
This is awesome so glad to get this notification me and my wife will be watching! I never went to this school but my wife did and she said it’s very old and the basement is the creepiest because that’s where the nurses office was and the music room. Spooky spooky
At -- 36 : 25 -- You look down the hallway and see a black figure at the door and it dissapears before you completely pan a way. In the latter part in the auditorium when you were by the left side of the stage panning at the stairs, there's a white dot seen on a seat, you look up from that to the upper part by the door on the right side and it looks like a figure standing there watching you, also looks like figures (probably just light shaddows ) in the lite by sunlight doorway. Sad to see the school go. I wonder how many performances were given there, how many 'honnour students' walked across the stage with their parents proudly watching, how many walked across the stage to pick up their diplomas? It's been 42 yrs since I left John Potter Stevens High School. I went on the satilight maps and saw my 'old' high school and it's way bigger now, and has a stadium which when I went there the school was so new it didn't have one then. Graduation was held at the Edison H.S., in Edison, New Jersey. I played in band & speech and drama in both J.P. Stevens and Edison high😁, plus the American Legion band, & had a music group The Love Tones. I was the only girl in the American Legion band at the time and had waist long hair. We played in a theater were two drunk guys were behind my parents stateing;" Look at the long haired hippy in the Legion..." . Outside they were in the water fountain fighting and still argueing...Duh ! Thanks for the fine job documentmenting the school and the 'ORB' was a good catch. Lots of kids long gone alot of them now from when the 1st school was built there. I wonder when it was that the last 'school bells' rang to signal the next class period, or end of the school day dismissal bell rang, then was sielanced for good. The music was cool, the sielances were cool and the music jump scares were fun too. The use of black and white, felt like that was the scool in past years, then back to colour seemed like present times. What a waste!! The place could have remained a learning center like a trade school, and housed alot of homelesd folks that could have stayed there for short periods of time, long enough to learn a trade and maybe get a GED. Could have taught making clothes and shoes too. But the excuse for a 'gov' is too busy trying to distory America and also now, starve American babys as the baby food is at the BORDER, while American's have empty shelves. Just CRAZY !!! TAKE CARE! 🤘👻💖
Fond memories of going here mid 90s. Doodling on my soles of my sneakers not paying attention. Teenage drama. Gym on the street doing the mile run. School dances. I loved the 90s. It is sad that this school got in this condition and will be torn down.
I was in the last 8th grade class to graduate from this junior high, some papers and projects with my names still on them can be found in class rooms. I've visted it a few times since it was closed.
@@JOEYUNDERGROUND oh nice, that's very cool, place has really gone down hill, when I was last in the school you couldn't even enter the library cause the floors were ballooning from water and there was so much mold and fungus growing on the walls floor and ceiling
I love you videos Joey, you do a great job editing. I'm so glad I seen you after all these years. I was really surprised to see you at the cemetery. I need to get ahold of you but I don't know how. will you get ahold of me or stop at the cemetery I want to talk to you about a tattoo.
Absolutely bro! I really appreciate it. It was definitely awesome seeing you too. Randy has my phone number if you wanna call or text me. If not I'll stop up to the cemetery soon. I appreciate the support bro.
@@JOEYUNDERGROUND we need to go to one of these places together that would be awesome. I'll get your number and text you. I never thought of seeing if Randy had it.
6:17 there’s steps off to the right of the glass doors almost directly under that big light on the side of the building. I had a bully that pushed me down those steps when I went there during my 7th grade year in…I think 1995.
@@JOEYUNDERGROUND Thanks. I tried to ignore him. All the teachers knew about it. That’s not the only thing he did to me. He would steal my lunch, push me into lockers and walls, punch me and threaten me on a daily basis. This went on for about half of the year. It just boiled over one day and he pushed me into a wall on my way outside to wait for my bus to go home. I couldn’t take it anymore. All the teachers turned a blind eye to everything he was doing. So on that day he pushed me into that wall, I put my stuff down and we got in a fist fight. Only then did the teachers care. The computer teacher came over and, I’m not sure where he took that kid but he took me outside where the principal was. The principal was going to give me 4 hours detention for basically defending myself. My dad called the school in a fury. Telling the principal how I was being bullied daily and nobody did anything about it even though they knew what was going on. The outcome was that I was excused from serving the 4 hours detention. The principal said “just don’t do it again”. I thought “are you serious? What did you or anybody else on the staff do to help me? I had to take matters into my own hands not because I wanted to but because I had to”. That kid didn’t bully me after that. Although at lunch one day, he looked at me and, in a angry cocky voice, said “how bout a rematch!”. That’s the last time I remember seeing him. I don’t know nor care what happened to him.
Thats insane! Sadly it happens way too much and I guess it always did and always will. Too many angry/insecure kids out there that love to spread misery. They don't realize that it affects some people forever. Then again maybe they are so screwed up that they want it to. Sorry you had to deal with that but at least you defended yourself and it stopped. Too many sick people out there that enjoy torturing others. Those same people are tortured souls to be able to project their sickness onto people who don't deserve it.
It's not unusual in my experience for people to do that as a prank or for photo shoots in hospitals but in this case it definitely looked real. What made me realize it was fake was the fact that the footprints were patternized in a way where you could tell it was purposely done. The blood was definitely overdone but it was definitely a good attempt.
@@JOEYUNDERGROUND feels typical for the town too. It's sad because back when I went there, most of the kids were actually decent. They grew up to be decent human beings. Now...all they see is something they can destroy. Memories remain, but if this is how this building has been treated, better to just demolish it
Sadly it seems to be the same story no matter where I film. I don't understand it. I've been exploring abandonment since I was about 7 years old. Starting with an abandoned house in my neighborhood and I've never had to destroy them. I just like to explore them. I started documenting them only 5 years ago for the sole purpose of what once was. After this place is gone the next generation will care less.
I've been wanting to go inside before they demolish it. Would be a good video haha. I have heard they were wanting to save the gym for money. But obviously that's millions they would need for rest of it
in 3rd grade my friends broke into this school and somone called the cops on us while i was out side keeping watch💀 but we all ended up with getting charged lmao.
Thank you for posting this! I went to this school for 7th grade in 2012-2013. My grandpa was a student and teacher there as well. It was my favorite school, and it had so much history and character to it. So sad to see how bad it has become in the past 10 years since I was a student there. I wish it wouldn't have got this bad and that someone would have made something of it before the water damage. Thanks again, I have always wanted to see how it was since they decided to tear it down.
Thank you for sharing that. I appreciate you checking it out! When I heard it was being demolished, I had to film it because I knew it meant a lot to a lot of people in Philipsburg.
Lately your grandpa was my home room and typing teacher my sophomore year 1955-56
@@JOEYUNDERGROUND It was taking down 2 mouths agoi wall pass it every day not know it was so nice inside
Went there from 2009-2010. Whenever we’d have presentations in the auditorium paint chips would fall off the ceiling and into our laps. And there were some classrooms and hallways where if you put a rubber ball on the floor it would roll hard one direction or another. I had a lot of good memories there and it was a great environment and inspiration for a “haunted middle school” story I wrote when I was 12 lol also the “nuclear fallout shelter” signs that hung up in the hallways were a nice added touch.
Thats crazy! Thank you for sharing!
Thanks for this video! I spent the best years of my life in this building and made countless memories here. Sad to see it in this condition
Thank you for watching it. I'm glad it's reaching people who spent time there.
This video made me smile alot thinking about the memories in this school my 8th grade class was the last 8th grade to go to this school thank you for posting this and bringing back good memories
Thank you and also thanks for checking it out.
Looking forward to seeing this definitely appreciate your one of the kind aspect of things
It's probably my favorite one as of yet.
Went there 1971-1974. Muddy Lucas was the Principal. I was there when the gym was built and remember the old one. Miss Beres was the hot new art teacher!
This video got me thinking about my old elementary school. I wish I could have explored it after it was shut down. But, it's now part of a college campus and still stands and is being used for a purpose. A rarity for a building so old.
While watching your video, I kept imagining the normal day to day that would have been going on and thinking about my Jr. High days. Nothing I'd ever want to re-live though.
Always a good thing when a building is reused. I definitely agree that I wouldn't want to relive the Jr high days lol.
This is awesome so glad to get this notification me and my wife will be watching! I never went to this school but my wife did and she said it’s very old and the basement is the creepiest because that’s where the nurses office was and the music room. Spooky spooky
Awesome! Glad you guys are going to check it out
My mom graduated there in 1958,I always wanted to visit that school.She moved to Jersey a year later.Her name was Patricia carter then.
Thank you for sharing that and thank you for checking out my video.
"Hey ! Let's Ditch Class before they Tear it Down !"
(Thanks for the video)
I use to go here and it is a shame to see this so bad . I’m crying as your walking through my old school .
I'm glad this reached you. I wanted to film it in it's entirety so that people could see it one more time. Thank you for watching and reaching out.
At -- 36 : 25 -- You look down the hallway and see a black figure at the door and it dissapears before you completely pan a way.
In the latter part in the auditorium when you were by the left side of the stage panning at the stairs, there's a white dot seen on a seat, you look up from that to the upper part by the door on the right side and it looks like a figure standing there watching you, also looks like figures (probably just light shaddows ) in the lite by sunlight doorway.
Sad to see the school go. I wonder how many performances were given there, how many 'honnour students' walked across the stage with their parents proudly watching, how many walked across the stage to pick up their diplomas?
It's been 42 yrs since I left John Potter Stevens High School. I went on the satilight maps and saw my 'old' high school and it's way bigger now, and has a stadium which when I went there the school was so new it didn't have one then. Graduation was held at the Edison H.S., in Edison, New Jersey.
I played in band & speech and drama in both J.P. Stevens and Edison high😁, plus the American Legion band, & had a music group The Love Tones.
I was the only girl in the American Legion band at the time and had waist long hair. We played in a theater were two drunk guys were behind my parents stateing;" Look at the long haired hippy in the Legion..." . Outside they were in the water fountain fighting and still argueing...Duh !
Thanks for the fine job documentmenting the school and the 'ORB' was a good catch. Lots of kids long gone alot of them now from when the 1st school was built there.
I wonder when it was that the last 'school bells' rang to signal the next class period, or end of the school day dismissal bell rang, then was sielanced for good.
The music was cool, the sielances were cool and the music jump scares were fun too. The use of black and white, felt like that was the scool in past years, then back to colour seemed like present times.
What a waste!! The place could have remained a learning center like a trade school, and housed alot of homelesd folks that could have stayed there for short periods of time, long enough to learn a trade and maybe get a GED. Could have taught making clothes and shoes too.
But the excuse for a 'gov' is too busy trying to distory America and also now, starve American babys as the baby food is at the BORDER, while American's have empty shelves.
Just CRAZY !!! TAKE CARE! 🤘👻💖
They closed the school because of lead paint and asbestos.
That’s his channel icon at 36:25. It almost spooked me, too.
My 2 cousins went there n some of my other family members went there it’s a shame this school is getting demolished
Fond memories of going here mid 90s. Doodling on my soles of my sneakers not paying attention. Teenage drama. Gym on the street doing the mile run. School dances. I loved the 90s. It is sad that this school got in this condition and will be torn down.
Thank you for sharing. I agree, it's definitely sad to see these places go after the history that took place.
I was in the last 8th grade class to graduate from this junior high, some papers and projects with my names still on them can be found in class rooms. I've visted it a few times since it was closed.
Thats wild. Definitely neat to hear that.
@@JOEYUNDERGROUND yeah, when did you visit and record? And did the borough allow it or do you pull a little sneaky on em? 😅
@@austonframer9215 I had permission from the borough and filmed about 2 months ago.
@@JOEYUNDERGROUND oh nice, that's very cool, place has really gone down hill, when I was last in the school you couldn't even enter the library cause the floors were ballooning from water and there was so much mold and fungus growing on the walls floor and ceiling
Yeah it definitely doesn't take long once the roof goes
I love you videos Joey, you do a great job editing. I'm so glad I seen you after all these years. I was really surprised to see you at the cemetery. I need to get ahold of you but I don't know how. will you get ahold of me or stop at the cemetery I want to talk to you about a tattoo.
Absolutely bro! I really appreciate it. It was definitely awesome seeing you too. Randy has my phone number if you wanna call or text me. If not I'll stop up to the cemetery soon. I appreciate the support bro.
@@JOEYUNDERGROUND we need to go to one of these places together that would be awesome. I'll get your number and text you. I never thought of seeing if Randy had it.
@@gregbrumbaugh4531 right on! Yeah bro get ahold of me.
What is the last song in the end of the video I watched some of the others in philipsburg pretty cool
Thank you! They are beats I made at the end.
They actually just tore this down… I’m currently in 7th grade in the new Jr high
Thank you for the update! I was wondering when it was going to happen and I haven't been in the area since filming.
6:17 there’s steps off to the right of the glass doors almost directly under that big light on the side of the building. I had a bully that pushed me down those steps when I went there during my 7th grade year in…I think 1995.
Geez! I'm sorry to hear that.
@@JOEYUNDERGROUND Thanks. I tried to ignore him. All the teachers knew about it. That’s not the only thing he did to me. He would steal my lunch, push me into lockers and walls, punch me and threaten me on a daily basis. This went on for about half of the year. It just boiled over one day and he pushed me into a wall on my way outside to wait for my bus to go home. I couldn’t take it anymore. All the teachers turned a blind eye to everything he was doing. So on that day he pushed me into that wall, I put my stuff down and we got in a fist fight. Only then did the teachers care. The computer teacher came over and, I’m not sure where he took that kid but he took me outside where the principal was. The principal was going to give me 4 hours detention for basically defending myself. My dad called the school in a fury. Telling the principal how I was being bullied daily and nobody did anything about it even though they knew what was going on. The outcome was that I was excused from serving the 4 hours detention. The principal said “just don’t do it again”. I thought “are you serious? What did you or anybody else on the staff do to help me? I had to take matters into my own hands not because I wanted to but because I had to”. That kid didn’t bully me after that. Although at lunch one day, he looked at me and, in a angry cocky voice, said “how bout a rematch!”. That’s the last time I remember seeing him. I don’t know nor care what happened to him.
Thats insane! Sadly it happens way too much and I guess it always did and always will. Too many angry/insecure kids out there that love to spread misery. They don't realize that it affects some people forever. Then again maybe they are so screwed up that they want it to. Sorry you had to deal with that but at least you defended yourself and it stopped. Too many sick people out there that enjoy torturing others. Those same people are tortured souls to be able to project their sickness onto people who don't deserve it.
very cool
Thank you sir!
I can remember the last time I saw Tracy Stetler .
Beautiful lab furniture even in the homec/cooking room
Agreed
What is all the blood from? I went to school here and i am curious as to what happened?
It was fake to my knowledge. Looked like a prank.
Woner what the blood was from entering into the gym as well as in the gym
I'm pretty certain it was a prank.
When was this demolished?
It's supposed 2 be torn down...duh
Is this in philipsburg pa 😯
I gotta admit, the blood stains and footprints entering the gym are extremely creepy, as if it's fresh.
It's not unusual in my experience for people to do that as a prank or for photo shoots in hospitals but in this case it definitely looked real. What made me realize it was fake was the fact that the footprints were patternized in a way where you could tell it was purposely done. The blood was definitely overdone but it was definitely a good attempt.
@@JOEYUNDERGROUND feels typical for the town too. It's sad because back when I went there, most of the kids were actually decent. They grew up to be decent human beings. Now...all they see is something they can destroy. Memories remain, but if this is how this building has been treated, better to just demolish it
Sadly it seems to be the same story no matter where I film. I don't understand it. I've been exploring abandonment since I was about 7 years old. Starting with an abandoned house in my neighborhood and I've never had to destroy them. I just like to explore them. I started documenting them only 5 years ago for the sole purpose of what once was. After this place is gone the next generation will care less.
looks like real life
When's date for demolition?
Not sure but any day. They may have started already
I've been wanting to go inside before they demolish it. Would be a good video haha. I have heard they were wanting to save the gym for money. But obviously that's millions they would need for rest of it
I'll never crack my back as well as I have in those chairs lol
in 3rd grade my friends broke into this school and somone called the cops on us while i was out side keeping watch💀 but we all ended up with getting charged lmao.
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Mispronounced “Osceola” like 100 times…
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