Looking Back at Elwood Central School Days

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Elwood Central in the Early 1960s was a Good School.

Posted by Anon on Sunday, January 14, 2018, In : 1960s 

In 1961 and 1962, I attended Form 1 and 2 at this school because the new high school down the road did not have room for the lower levels of secondary schooling. I recall Mr S, who had a tough time at the school. I had no problems with him. I recall the time when the blackboard was cleared of all material on it. I was in the room, but thought that the other students were just cleaning the board from a previous class. There was a lot of stuff on the board when I entered the room before the cla...


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Memories of 1947 to 1954

Posted by LS on Monday, November 21, 2016, In : 1940s 
I started at Elwood Central in 1947 in 'Bubs' as it was called then & went right through to 6th grade.

Things I can remember are...

In the central large room there was the alphabet displayed in large letters , along the wall, with a corresponding object beside it for each letter.     I remember the 'u' vividly with a umbrella drawn in chalk, beside it!  Yes it was slate, chalk and dusters to do your work and later lined paper and pen and ink in Inkwells in your desk.  Selected pupils were 'ink ...
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