April 30, 1899

Miss Jorissen

We Practiced penmanship. Back then it didn't matter if you got a sentence wrong as long as it was neat...Tim V.

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When you know the answer to a question you have to raise your hand, when the teacher calls on you, you have to stand up and answer the question...Hunter B.

During class we went to the recitation bence. Here we had to read from the books parents had to purchase for our use...Marlee H.

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You always raise your hand and wait to be called on, then you must stand up at your desk... Todd L.

We learned a lot about what happened in school. The teacher of the class lived at one of the students houses. When you entered the classroom you always had to bow to the teacher. It was a lot of fun...Meghan N.

Trying to catch frogs in the pond

We had school in a one room school house. We wore dresses and packed our lunches like they would have. We played with old fashion toys. After lunch we toured the village...Katherine

We used slates instead of paper. Back then the parents bought the slates, chalk and recessitation books...Michael C.

This is what recess must have been like. This is a picture of me and Travis playing marbles. In the classroom we worked on math, and back then there was a lot of math problems...Tayler F.

Mrs. Campbell

At recess we used toys that they used back then. In class we did penmanship, reading, math and spelling. There was a Dunce chair and hat. Dunce means Stupid...Justin S.

Ronnie and Stephanie helping Katherine learn to walk on stilts

Nathan listening very attentively to the teacher