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Garnett Elementary School

Photo © 2020 David Bulit, Garnett Elementary School - Gary, Indiana

Garnett Elementary School, although small and modest, is widely known as the elementary school Michael Jackson first attended at the age of six with some of his siblings, located just two blocks away from his childhood home. It was at Garnett Elementary that Michael sang “Climb Ev’ry Mountain” with his mother, father, and grandfather in