Student Life

Student Life. . Daily lessons revolved around the "three R's:" reading, writing and arithmetic. The Child's World Reader, a basic math book, and a speller were the textbooks used., Class was in session from 8AM through 3PM except in September and October. During those two months children spent the mornings picking cotton in fields owned by the Northern Ohio Cooperage and Lumber Company before they went to school., School days were not all work and no play, as warm weather responsibilities could be fun! Older students were assigned to look after the younger ones at recess, keeping them a safe distance from the river. The children were allowed to play in the old Native American village moat just south of the school. Even after the day was done, the school had an important place in the Sawdust Hill community, providing a location for meetings, musical programs, and recitations., [Caption] Class picture before the school closed in 1948. Sitting on the chairs are teachers Fannie Davis (left) and Roberta Robinson (right).