After 63 years, Palisades High English teacher closes the book
After 63 years, Palisades High English teacher closes the bookRose Gilbert, who retired three weeks ago at 94, achieved celebrity status for being the oldest full-time teacher in the L.A. Unified School District. A drama classroom has been named in her honor.
By Louis Sahagun
The boisterous applause of hundreds of admirers echoed through Palisades Charter High School’s newly refurbished drama classroom on Saturday as Rose Gilbert steadied herself in a walker and made her way to a ribbon-cutting ceremony at its entrance.
The diminutive English teacher of 63 years smiled at the crush of people around her, many of them former students from 18 to 66 years of age, and said: “Gilbert Hall is now open.”
In recent years, Gilbert, who retired three weeks ago at age 94, achieved celebrity status for being the oldest full-