Silverhill: A good place to learn

According to “A History of Silverhill Elementary School” written by Carl E. Johnson, Esther Anderson was asked to conduct a school in the summer in a barn for eight or nine children back in 1898.

The original classroom quickly became too small, so a two-room schoolhouse was built with donated labor in 1905.

Fast forward to 2008. Today, some 441 children from Pre-K to Grade 6 spend August through May at Silverhill Elementary. The school now has 22 home room teachers and 11 other teachers. Catherine A. Rogers is now the principal. She is beginning her 12th year at Silverhill, so she’s seen some of the students she greeted then graduate.

Silverhill: A good place to learn