Welcome to the Apple Valley School!
For many of our Social Studies classes for the remaining of the school year, we will step back in time to the 1800s. During this time Pioneer children were done helping their parents get settled on new land and they needed a place to learn. This is how the one-room schoolhouse began.
Did you know that students of all ages (from ages 4-19) were all in one class together?
Did you know that at first, there could only be male teachers because people believed that only they could discipline the students?
Did you know that when females were allowed to become teachers, they were not allowed to get married?
Did you know that teachers did not have their own houses, and sometimes ended up living with their students?
Did you know that when students didn't behave, a teacher made them sit on a stool in the corner wearing a dunce cap?
Soon you will be given a new name and a new identity. Will you be Marla, age 13, from the Lee family? They work at the general store. Will you be Robert, age 12, from the Jefferson family? They are a free African American family.
No matter what identity you get, you will be required to earn a certain number of points in order to graduate from the Apple Valley school. How will you get points? Check out some examples! An official Apple Valley School chart will follow soon.
Arriving at school on time +5 points
Completing homework on time +5 points
Keeping hands and face clean +5 points
Calling out without raising your hand -10 points
Fighting -25 points
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