Loganville Elementary
On Main Street in Loganville was a two room school once known as Loganville Elementary. In one room were grades 1, 2, and 3, in the other rooms were grades 4, 5, and 6. In one corner of the room was a coal stove which the teacher would keep burning to heat the classroom. In the front of the room was a large blackboard. A few feet from that sat a long wooden bench. The teacher would make a few students at a time to the bench to help them with their subjects, while the other students were busy with other work at their desks. Mrs. Brenda Shearer, a teacher at Loganville Springfield, recalls having rading groups. Her group she said were the "bluebirds." The desk were lined up in rose. You could not move the desks because they were screwed into the floor. Outside of the school were the bathrooms since there were no bathroom facilities inside the school.
The teachers at Loganville Elementary were Ms. Yost and Mrs. Mills. Ms. Yost was the teacher for grades 1-3, Mrs. Mills for grades 4-6. Mr. Sam Jamison, the health teacher at Dallastown Middle School, remembers Ms. Yost was strict, but very nice. Since there were different grades in one room, you could listen while the teacher taught the other grade and the next year you would know some of the subjects."
The schedule of the day is as follows: in the morning, before class started, one of the teachers would ring the bell on the room to sound the beginning of the school day and to come into the school. After working in class for awhile, you would have a recess. At recess you could play baseball, or playground ball. For lunch you could go home and eat because everyone lived so close to the school. After lunch you would come back and work for awhile and then you would be allowed another recess. A little later after that you would go home.
"The highlight of the year was May Day", recalled Mrs. Shearer. Everyone participated on May Day. On May Day they had dances around the May Pole and other activites. Every year they would crown a king and queen from the 6th grade. Also each year a picture was taken of the whole school together.
Loganville Elementary the two room school is no longer open as a school. Loganville Elementary School closed in 1954 because of the consolidation of Loganville Elementary, Springfield, and Jacobus Elementary Schools into one school which is presently today Loganville Springfield Elementary School. Today though, it is still standing on Main Street in Loganville.
