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. |
1939 gym class of Earl Druckenmiller | Other students watching the action |
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 |