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tionissymbolicoftheroleElmoreLake
Schoolhasplayedintownovertheyears.
“The school is very much the center of
the community,” saidAliceAngney,
superintendent of the Lamoille South
Supervisory Union for 21 years before
retiring last June. “When they put on an
activity, it’s not just the families of stu-
dents who attend. Many of the people
who come out have no connection to the
current class. Sometimes it seems like
most of the town comes out forYoung
Authors’Night.”
Just as the townfolk of Elmore have
supported the school, the students have
formed strong bonds with the surrounding
community. In 2005, the school received a
grant to study its history within the com-
munity, a project the students eagerly
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embraced. “The first teachers at the
school taught first through eighth grade,” ARCHITECTS P.C.
said student Travis Nutting. “I thought
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theywerestudents,”Nuttingsaid.“They
knewalot.Itwasneattomeetthem.”
The school may be small, butAnderson
aims to give her students a global under-
standing of the world around them. “One
thingAnamary does particularly well is
help students understand their place in the
local community and the community-at-
large,”Angney said. “For instance,
they’ve collected school supplies for chil-
dren in Iraq and sent them overseas.”
Anderson also works to build commu-
nity within the classroom, where a bul-
letin board bears a sign with the school’s
mantra: We work together to build com-
munity. Welcome to the Elmore School.
“It’s a small classroom where the stu-
dents take care of each other,” said Jessica
Dambach, mother of first-grader Lexy
Dambach. “She’s great at community-
building. She helps them foster a sense of
respect and appreciation for each other.”
NOTONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL
Whilethenumberofremainingone-room
schoolhousesmaybedwindling,someof
theirapproachestoeducationaregaining
popularity.Nationwide,there’satrend
towardhavingstudentsstaywithone
teacherfortwoorthreeyears.Other
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