High school building - at the back

When we go from the main building to attend an event at the Auditorium, we would use the back stairs and then walk a few meters towards Burnham Park.  We would walk, run, or slide  along pine trees and pine needles and pine roots jutting out at the reddish clay soil which stuck to the shoe soles just after the rain.  On sunny days we sometimes sat at the foot of the tree trunks cushioned by the pine needles, and did our H.E. projects: sewing, crocheting, knitting, or reading, or whatever. We even had an overnight Girl Scout camp there, but moved on to one of the classrooms when it started becoming too cold and damp to sleep outdoors!  Those trees are long gone, and replaced with more annexes and more classrooms.