QUIET DELL —
Kids today. Two words are all it takes to bring to mind a familiar refrain commonly associated with old-timers and walking uphill in the snow with the wolves nipping at your heels.
Google, a popular indicator of what people think, has “kids today are not what they used to be” as its second suggested search for the phrase “kids are,” a list populated by the most common searches.
Talking to teachers presents a different perspective. Maybe it’s not the kids who have changed, but the communities. A good community can mean just as much to an education as the teachers.
So when talking to folks from Quiet Dell Elementary School, teachers or students, it’s no surprise that the first thing they remember is the community.
“It was such a close-knit community,” said Monica Adams, a kindergarten aide at White Hall Elementary and former student at Quiet Dell. Her family moved to the area in the late ’60s, and Adams has fond memories of almost all aspects of the school.
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Quiet Dell Elementary School is remembered by many as the hub of a close-knit community, and the school featured many things that would seem strange in today’s learning environment. For example, back then students were taught in combined classrooms that catered to multiple grade levels. SUBMITTED PHOTOS
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