Hanover Public Schools
 
History of Hanover Public Schools
 

  Salmond School
 
Originally constructed in 1931, the building sits on the site of one of the original schools for the Town of Hanover (1852). In 1931 the original white clapboard schoolhouse was relocated to another town and the new (current) building was constructed along with the original 400 lb. bell housed in the belfry as a reminder of the original school. The school housed grades 1 through 6 until 1978 when the school district consolidated due to financial reasons and the students were assigned to Cedar school. Two years later the building was leased by a private daycare/preschool center. From 1997 to 2000, the building temporarily became home to the Hanover Schools’ pre-kindergarten and kindergarten classes. Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten students began attending their district schools, Cedar and Center Elementary School, in September 2000 when renovation and addition projects were completed.

As of November 2002, Salmond School became the site of the school administration offices; the hub of the educational and instructional programs; the core resource for educational programs for mandatory professional

  development for staff; the repository of curriculum; the instructional space for in-service and curriculum institute related programs of curriculum development; and the organizational working and meeting place for the Curriculum Council, School Committee, Health Advisory Council, Parent Advisory Council, Strategic Planning Committee, Technology Committee, Healthy Schools Committee, Superintendent Roundtables, and the School Building Needs Committee. The meeting areas and classrooms at Salmond are used by the schools as a site to provide instruction and training related to the educational programs of the schools and by educational study groups and task forces, which are assessing and developing academic resources and programs. Educational organizations and community groups use these facilities. The superintendent of schools, the pupil personnel services administrator, the business manager, the school committee, and all business and administration offices, which do the work and provide the services, related to the educational programs, academic functions, personnel management, facilities, and operation of the schools are at Salmond School.
   
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  Hanover High School
  Hanover High School serves Grades 9 through 12. The building, designed by J. Williams Beal & Sons Architects, was constructed in 1958 with a classroom wing addition in 1962. The building sits on a building lot that abuts the Middle School and Cedar School sites with a combined land area of approximately 101 acres. The Drinkwater River flows across the center of the site.
   
  Hanover Middle School
  Hanover Middle School serves grades 5 through 8. The building was designed by Korflund, Lenormand & Quann, Inc., and was constructed in 1972. Renovations and an addition were completed September 2000.
   
  Cedar School
  The Cedar Elementary School houses approximately 30 classroom spaces where instruction takes place on a daily basis. The school also has a kitchen, cafeteria, staff/volunteer workroom, gymnasium, media center, music classroom, and visual arts classroom. The grounds surrounding the school are enhanced by work of the school beautification committee, a sub group of the PTA. The children have access to 3 developmentally appropriate playgrounds and many open spaces for play and organized games. Each morning, one fourth-grade class follows the tradition of raising the flag in the front of the school and leading the “Pledge of Allegiance” to start the school day.

The building was designed by Perley Gilbert Associates, and was constructed in 1966. Renovations and an addition were completed September 2000.

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  Center School
  Center School serves Pre-Kindergarten to grade 2. The building was designed by J. Williams Beal and Sons Architects, and was constructed in 1953. Renovations and an addition were completed September 2000.
   
  Sylvester School
  Sylvester School, originally designed by J. Williams Beal and Sons Architects, as the Town's high school in 1927, now serves grades 3 and 4. Although the building is not listed on the National Register of Historic Places, it is located in the National Historic District of Hanover Center. The site, at one time, had a one-room schoolhouse located here as well. The building stands virtually the same as originally constructed except for an addition in 1960 when the then new High School was built. The building was converted to a junior high school, later housed fifth and sixth grades, fifth grade only, four grade and one-half of the fifth grade population, and now houses grades three and four. The combined site of Center and Sylvester Schools is approximately thirty-three (33) acres; an aquifer boundary line passes through the center of the site.

Credit: Town of Hanover Website

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