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Apr 4 |
Teacher of the Year
We are pleased to share that our own Mrs. Debbie Wilkins has been named Wicomico County's 2008-09 Teacher of the Year. Mrs. Wilkins was honored by her colleagues and North Salisbury students with a red carpet treatment complete with tiara, feather boa and bouquet. Mrs. Wilkins' creativity, energy and love of teaching certainly earns her the title of Outstanding Teacher of the Year. |
| 3rd Grade |
160 |
| 4th Grade |
151 |
| 5th Grade |
157 |
| North Salisbury School was unique right from the start! When it opened its doors on 1939, it was heralded as the first all-concrete building to be erected on the Eastern Shore. Federal money was used from the depression-fighting Public Works Administration (P.W.A). |
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The January, 1939 Opening featured students and staff walking from the two replaced schools, Chestnut Street School and Bell Street School. These 250 North Salisbury students were in the capable hands of a flagship staff of 7 teachers, one of whom was a teaching principal. |
- The 1939 Building of 10 classrooms also included a library, cafeteria, auditorium for 400, furnace room, teacher's room and principal's office.
- Growth during the 1950's led to the addition of the 1957 wing. At that time it was called the Annex, and provided 6 more classrooms.
- North Salisbury Enrollment continued to grow during the 1960's. In 1967, a new cafeteria was occupied. A Second Grade/Kindergarten wing was built in 1969 and an Open Space building was added in 1971.The 1980's saw a media center added that was designed for neighborhood walk-in use.
- In 1987, North Salisbury came to host a county magnet program. Portable classrooms increased as the "school within a school" expanded enrollment. Grades housed at this facility included Pre-K, Kindergarten, second through sixth grades.
- By 1996, North Salisbury had expanded to include five rooms in an Annex behind the Board of Education offices on Long Avenue. Five sixth grade classes were housed there when the total school enrollment expanded to over 1100 students.
- A Recognized School of Excellence - In the spring of 1996, the United States Department of Education named North Salisbury a 1996-97 National Blue Ribbon School. This prestigious award was a result of the partnership between, school, home and community working together for student success.
- County redistricting and realignment in 1998, created more changes for North Salisbury. Losing the Pre-K and kindergarten classes to primary centers and the sixth grade to the middle school transformed North Salisbury to an intermediate school housing third, fourth and fifth grades, lowering the enrollment to about 800 students.
- The Educational Specification Committee began working on plans for the renovation of North Salisbury in the spring of 2003. Approval was granted and students and staff of North Salisbury moved into their temporary location known as the Port-A-Villa in June 0f 2004. This campus on Adventist Drive consisted of 3 large portable buildings housing 430 students.
| History repeated itself on April 18, 2006, as students and staff walked to their newly renovated school from Isabella Street. Construction completed, the school is reoriented so that the front now faces Emerson Avenue and establishes the most technologically advanced school in the county. Rededication Ceremonies on April 19th, 2006 mark a new page in the proud history of North Salisbury and a look with pride into our future. |
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North Salisbury
Principals |
1939-1941 |
Mrs. Mamie Woodcock |
1941-1953 |
Louise Frances |
1953-1962 |
Mary Elizabeth Ellis |
1962-1978 |
Rebecca J. Parrott |
1978-1990 |
Charlie I. Bounds |
1990-1991 |
C. Thomas Bowmann |
1991-1992 |
Sharon J. Peterman |
1992-1999 |
Nevette W. Muir |
1999-Present |
Janet T. Veditz |
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