North Smithfield Elementary School

North Smithfield Elementary School is an elementary school in the Primrose section of North Smithfield, Rhode Island, USA (in Providence County).[2]

North Smithfield Elementary School
Location
2214 Providence Pike
North Smithfield, Rhode Island 02896

United States
Information
TypePublic
Established1989
School districtNorth Smithfield School District
PrincipalDiane Jolin
GradesKindergarten to 3
Color(s)Green and Gold
MascotNorthmen
WebsiteNSES website
[1]

History

The current elementary school was constructed in 1989. Local students had received private instruction within the town since colonial times. During the American Revolution (1775–1783), one of North Smithfield's first recorded schools was founded in the home of Elisha Thornton near modern-day Slatersville. In the 1800s many local students attended the private Bushee Academy (Smithfield Union Village Academy) in Union Village. The first school building located near the present school in Primrose, Rhode Island was known as the "Andrews School," originally a one-room wooden school house, first constructed in 1838. The wooden building was replaced by a larger brick building in the early twentieth century, which currently serves as the North Smithfield Superintendent's office, adjacent to the High School and Middle School.[3] Prior to the completion of the 1989 school, North Smithfield students attended Kendall Dean School and Dr. Harry L. Halliwell School and temporarily St. Paul Street School in the late 1980s. In 2019 a large new addition to NSES was completed for additional students from the Halliwell School which closed that year.[4]

See also
  • Schools in Rhode Island

References
  1. Walter Nebiker, The History of North Smithfield (Somersworth, NH: New England History Press, 1976)
  2. "Rhode Island High School Rankings". SchoolDigger. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
  3. Walter Nebiker, The History of North Smithfield (Somersworth, NH: New England History Press, 1976), 133-134
  4. Lauren Clem, "Halliwell School closing after 62 years," Valley Breeze, 6/12/2019

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