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 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 Public 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
Coun cil, 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 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
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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
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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 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
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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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James C.
Waterman, at age 20,
designed this Hanover Town
Seal (below), which was
simplified and is used today
as the Official Seal of the
Town (below). Waterman
received a letter of
appreciation and
congratulations from the
Board of Selectmen, which is
now framed with the original
seal and displayed at the
Stetson House.
Hanover's
early economy was based on
agriculture and lumbering.
The lumber was used for
house building and
shipbuilding while other
early industries included
grist mills and iron forges.
By the 18th century, the
town had made itself a very
self-sufficient community on
a sturdy agricultural and
industrial foundation, with
a wealth of water power
resources and a shipbuilding
complex on the North River.
Hanover was in fact one of
the major industrial centers
of southeastern
Massachusetts at the time.
Thirty ships were built in
1801 on the North River and
the town's anchor forges
made the anchors for the
United States Navy and are
said to have supplied the
anchor for the U.S.
Constitution.
Unfortunately, a market
for larger ships than the
North River could hold ended
the shipbuilding industry in
Hanover. The town was the
site of the invention of the
first tack-making machine,
and making tacks and
fireworks were among the
industries of the later 19th
century for Hanover. These
manufacturing jobs brought
immigrants from Lithuania
and Poland, who established
their own settlements within
the town. However, the most
significant post-civil war
movement was toward
residential subdivision
development as the main
roads from Brockton and
Boston were improved in the
20th century. Residents are
proud of the Four Corners
Section of Hanover, which
retains its authentic period
village character, and of
their close-knit and
friendly town.
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Town of
Hanover Original
Seal |
Current Seal
of Hanover
Public Schools |
The
Hanover Town Seal
proudly displays the
early agricultural and
ship-building history of
the Town.
Credit: Town of Hanover
Website
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