South Portland High School - Headlight Yearbook (South Portland, ME)

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R. R Schoo1 Days, School Days, Dea lclen Rule Days . . lqk. f I Local historians tell us that the earliest n We have of schools in South Portland are from records Q 'l.i f1SggEem- ber 15, 1729. The selectmen were requested to a schoolmaster. The first account of the actual emplo if of one was in 1733 when Robert Bagley was hired to tea The Purpooduck school was held in the garrison house o . ring Point under his instruction. 5' The seats for the pupils were short lengths of logspfaced on end, and the desks were formed by driving pegs info 'disks or lengths of tree trunks. The books were such as had been brought from Enjand, and Master Bagley's heart was Hlled with joy when no more than six pupils were forced to use the same book. A fresh supply of birch switches was cut each morning by one of the pupils, and the switches weren't used for fuel. The first high school in South Portland was known as the Point Schoolhouse where one term was conducted. An- other term was held at Turner's Island, and later a brick high school was erected at Town House Corner. The high school sessions continued to be held in this building until 1921 when it was destroyed by ire. The present South Portland High School is one of the most modern and well-appointed school buildings in the State of Maine. A gflcmffy

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