Old Roberge School
In 1895, the only schoolhouse nearby for the district closed, so the town created a new wooden schoolhouse. This schoolhouse was known as the Eastwood School as that area was known as the Borough of Eastwood for a brief period of time. A school bell was put at the top of the school and alerted children when class started. In 1937, the schools couldn’t fit all the kids, so a new separate brick structure was built to the west of the schoolhouse. In 1937 that structure was expanded and the original school was taken down. However, the bell that was in the tower was kept, and placed at the very front of the new school, now named Roberge school after David Nelson Roberge. The place you generally know as Roberge School first opened in 1958, and has been enlarged by several extensions over the years, however that first brick schoolhouse remains still, mainly serving as office space for the school, but the bell remains, a reminder of the history of Roberge.
This cache has been given permission to be placed by the Roberge Board of Education.