Third Street School - The Past

 
 This is the Third Street School in 1905.    Grade 7 class in 1918 at 3rd Street School.

FACILITY

The Perkasie High School was built in 1905 as a two-year high school and was located at Third and Chestnut Streets in Perkasie, PA. The first section of the high school had eight rooms. Then it was changed to a three-year high school.

 

View of Third Street from Market Street (new school at right) circa 1906.

In 1914 a $24,810 addition was added onto the Third Street side of the building. In the addition on the second floor was a 500-seat auditorium and four classrooms were added.

 

  On the ground floor there was a gymnasium. Up until 1930 the building was used as a high school.

 
 Perkasie High School gym class in 1921.   Perkasie High School Orchestra in auditorium in 1916.
The school was then set up for use by junior high students (grades 7 and 8). Kindergarten classes were also held in this building. In October of 1943 the Perkasie School Board authorized kindergarten classes at the Third and Chestnut Streets building with 23 children enrolling in the morning class and 20 in the afternoon class.

   
1939 gym class of Earl Druckenmiller    Other students watching the action 
Later the Thirdrd Street building was used as an elementary school. In June of 1977 students put all there books into a paper bag and left the school. The school had been sold and became the Chalkboard Apartments Building. Students then attended the new Perkasie Elementary School (now Guth Elementary).

SAFETY

Today school facilities are safer than those of the past. When Third Street opened they had to be very cautious about the building. One set of steps (seen at right) at the rear of the building was the only route to leave the top floor of the building in an emergency. The school had no fire sprinklers to put out a fire. Another safety hazard was the wooden floors throughout the school.

 CURRICULUM

Though many of the same subjects are taught today that were taught in the past, how the curriculum was taught was different than today. The only type of audio-visual media available to teachers were film and film-strip projectors. Most students worked with their workbooks. In contrast, today students participate in hands-on activities and have access to many types of resources,media equipment, and technology.

 

Third Street School- 3rd street entrance

 PERKASIE SCHOOLS  CHESTNUT STREET  SOUTH PERKASIE  ARCH STREET  GUTH- PAST
 3RD STREET- Past   3RD STREET- PRESENT  SELL - PERK H.S.  SOUTH M.S.  GUTH- PRESENT