Photo Record
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Metadata
Title |
1993 Scotch Elementary School Classroom |
Object Name |
Digital, Photograph |
Description |
Image of a photograph. A classroom full of seventeen students, three adults, and desks. "THE LIFE CYCLE OF THE FROG" is diagrammed on the wall opposite the camera. All students and two adults gather and face one adult who reads from a book and sits with his back toward the blackboard wall. A projector stands near the edge of the blackboard. |
Date |
1993 |
Year Range from |
1993 |
Year Range to |
1993 |
Subjects |
Classrooms Schools Students Teachers |
Collection |
Greater West Bloomfield Historical Society |
Catalog Number |
2023.1.421 |
Accession number |
2023.1.421 |
Place |
Scotch Elementary School, 5959 Commerce Rd #1, West Bloomfield Township, MI 48324 |
Provenance |
This photo was part of the research for the "Our School History" project and was used in the final panel. Scotch #1, 1850-1869; Scotch #2, 1869-1926; Scotch #3, 1926-1989; Scotch #4 1989- . Settlers to the area, mostly hailing from Scotland, built the first "Scotch Settlement" school, a simple log cabin, c. 1850, on land owned by Angus McCallum. In 1869, as the local population grew, the School Board of District #2 (Scotch) voted to build a new wooden, one-room school on land purchased from the James Greer farm, kitty-corner to the log school. This one-room school served the needs of the community for about 75 years. Parent involvement has been a strength of the Scotch community since the founding of the first school in the mid-1800s. Favorite PTA/PTO activities have included Hot Dog Day, Carnival, and FunDRun. The third Scotch School was built directly behind the wooden school in 1926. This brick school initially had just two classrooms, but several additions over the years added more classrooms, a gymnasium, a lunchroom, and offices. By the late 1980s, the student population had outgrown the school. Voters approved a bond issue to build a new elementary school on 17 acres across Commerce Road from the brick school. Though other names were considered, the School Board elected to retain the "Scotch" name to preserve the legacy of the early settlers. After elementary instruction moved to the new Scotch School in 1989, West Bloomfield School District Administration and Community Services relocated to the old brick building. Scotch earned the National Blue Ribbon Award in 1990. In 2013, the bell that presumably hung above the one-room schoolhouse was brought out of storage and installed on a tower outside the school. |
Search Terms |
1993 Classroom Fourth Scotch School Scotch Elementary School West Bloomfield |