HomeMy WebLinkAboutRolfe School District No. 2Throw Back Thursday - Rolfe School District No. 2
DISTRICT #2 - (Rolfe) located on the east side of VanDorn Road north of State Route
79. The school closed on July 1, 1956 with the consolidation of schools into the Ithaca
City School District. It was moved to South VanDorn Road sometime around 1960 and
is part of a private home. Teachers: Mrs. Susie Allen, Mrs. Fred Caswell, Mrs. Cook,
Louise King Curry, Miss Elliott, Carlton Fowler, Nina Linton, Warena Stone Ramsey,
Genevieve Hamilton Stone, Mary Freese Ward, Bud White, Rena White.
Memories of One Room School House By Eunice Beardsley (1923-2008) From 1929
to 1936 I had the same teacher Warena Ramsey. She taught all 8 grades and every
subject. At Christmas we would decorate the school using twisted red and green crepe
paper. Placing it went from corner to corner of the room. We put crepe paper bells at the
windows. Each of us had to recite Christmas poems and we put on a play. We did this
besides our schooling. Our parents were invited to our program – they sat on the desks
and in the larger seats, and we stood up. We drew a child’s name for a gift and we
always gave our teacher a big gift. One year we gave Mrs. Ramsey a brush, comb and
mirror set. I received a book of a few pages with black and white drawings with a brush
included. We would dip the paint brush in clear water and fill in the lines, the picture
came out in color. We enjoyed popcorn balls and got a candy cane. We always looked
forward to this each year. We invite readers to share their memories of the Rolfe School
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