Lots of work being done on the entrances and exits to the school, as well as the temporary parking that was put in place last year between the rear of the George H Morse house and the school, but no visible demolition of the building itself. School ended on June 18 and they went right to work.
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Offer Made For Beacon School-This Day in Norwood History-October 22, 1942
Offer Made For Beacon School-This Day in Norwood History-October 22, 1942
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Board Authorizes Borrowing For Peabody School-This Day in Norwood History-January 24, 1941
Joint Meeting Agrees To Go Forward With Project Construction of the Henry O. Peabody Trade School for Girls, to be in addition to the Norwood Senior High School, will soon be ready to go forward as it is reported that last Friday’s joint meeting of the selectmen, finance committee, school committee, and building committee for…
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Judge Halloran Presents Norwood Plan For Peabody School For Girls At Hearing-This Day In Norwood History-November 19, 1938
Court Takes Under Advisement With Two Other Proposals Judge James A. Halloran presented the Norwood Plan for the H. O. Peabody School for girls on behalf of special town committee on the plan at the hearing held on Monday in Suffolk Probate Court. Two other plans, one from Simmons College, were presented for the court’s…
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Discuss Adding Fire Alarms To Schools at School Committee Meeting-This Day in Norwood History-June 12, 1937
June 12, 1937-The Norwood School Committee met last night and Mr. L. D. Lynch reported the results of a conference regarding the installation of fire alarms in each of the school buildings
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Closing of the Everett School Causes Overcrowding Emergency-This Day In Norwood History-November 3, 1923
Closing of the Everett School Causes Overcrowding Emergency-This Day In Norwood History-November 3, 1923
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New Balch School Ready-This Day in Norwood History-September 2, 1913
SCHOOLS OF NORWOOD. New Balch Building to Open Tomorrow—Assignment of 12 New Teachers in Various Districts. NORWOOD, Sept 2—The public schools of Norwood open next Wednesday for the Fall term. This date is earlier than usual in this town. The work on the new Balch School Building has proceeded so far that the building is…
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Norwood Votes For New Balch School, Buys Lots For Common & Town Hall Purposes-This Day In Norwood History-December 21, 1912
BUILDING TO COST $57,000. Norwood Votes to Have a 12-Room Building—Two Lots Purchased for a Public Park. NORWOOD. Dec 21—At a special town meeting last evening in Village Hall it was voted to build a 12-room schoolhouse in the Balch district, at a cost not to exceed $57,000. The sum of $150 was transferred from…
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New Eight-Room Schoolhouse, Fire Station, Ordered-This Day In Norwood History-November 2, 1905
New Eight-Room Schoolhouse, Fire Station, Ordered This Day In Norwood History-November 2, 1905
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The New North Schoolhouse-August 14, 1903
Rising proudly on Christian Hill, the new North Schoolhouse features 400,000 bricks laid by local contractors Spear & Smith and stands as a testament to Norwood labor and enterprise.
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Back to School in 1899: Norwood’s Growing Classrooms
🎒 Back to School in 1899: Norwood’s Growing Classrooms As summer faded into crisp September mornings in 1899, the children of Norwood returned to school with slate boards in hand, stiff collars buttoned, and minds ready for learning. The town’s classrooms—modest yet ambitious—were undergoing a quiet transformation, reflecting broader shifts in American education at the…
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