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Teacher Publishes Math Book A3
April 2015 - V. 1
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Wilson Elementary Celebrates 85 Years of Education in Community
A2:
• Senior Snapshots
A3:
• Teaching Mathematics Today • Breakfast of Champions
A4:
• Career Conference • MATHCOUNTS
A5 & A6:
• Feature Photo Pages
A7 & A8:
• Skyward Family Access Information
By Amanda Rombough Information Services Officer Eighty-five years ago, Wilson Elementary was built and has since expanded to meet the needs of the growing district. The school hosted a birthday party for Wilson, bringing in many community members who used to attend the school to see how it has changed, bringing back many memories for them. Wilson was constructed in 1929, however, classes weren’t held there until January 1930, so students went to surrounding schools in the fall. The school accommodated 350 students in 1930, compared to the 375 students today. There was no kindergarten then, so the school served grades one through six with one classroom of each. Today, there are three sections of kindergarten, first grade, and second grade and two sections each of third, fourth, and fifth grades. Originally, the school only had 10 classrooms. In 1955, eight classrooms, the gym and stage were all added. Marsha Ring, a first grade teacher who retired in 2012, had been with the school for 41 years and saw many of the changes that took place over the years. “You see it growing and changing and yet you don’t realize
the changes that there are,” she said. At the time when she stared in 1972, the library was the media center for the entire district and housed all of the movies, projectors, etc. Where the library is housed now, used to be the gym in 1930. The library was first built in 1955 and now students spend an hour a week in the library working on computer skills as well as 21st century technology skills, but still get to check out library books. Other changes made over the years include the music room, which used to be the stage that opened up to the gym. Due to lack of space, the stage was converted to a music room for the vocal, orchestra and band students. Students now utilize the gym for physical education classes, all school assemblies, and lunch. In 1930, students did not receive lunch at school, they walked home for lunch each day. Milk was delivered for a morning snack. In addition, no students were bussed to the school in 1930. Now, students get to choose from a hot lunch during the lunch period or bring their own lunch, and there are about 80 students riding the bus to and from school each day. “It was more of a community, neighborhood school,”
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