North Smithfield Elementary School
| North Smithfield Elementary School | |
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2214 Providence Pike North Smithfield, Rhode Island 02896 United States | |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1967 |
| School district | North Smithfield School District |
| Principal | Diane Jolin |
| Grades | Kindergarten to 3 |
| Color(s) | Green and Gold |
| Mascot | Northmen |
| Website | NSES website |
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North Smithfield Elementary School is an elementary school in the Primrose section of North Smithfield, Rhode Island, USA (in Providence County).[2]
History
The current elementary school was constructed in 1989. Local students had received private instruction within the town since colonial times. During the American Revolution (1775–1783), one of North Smithfield's first recorded schools was founded in the home of Elisha Thornton near modern-day Slatersville. In the 1800s many local students attended the private Bushee Academy (Smithfield Union Village Academy) in Union Village. The first school building located near the present school in Primrose, Rhode Island was known as the "Andrews School," originally a one-room wooden school house, first constructed in 1838. The wooden building was replaced by a larger brick building in the early twentieth century, which currently serves as the North Smithfield Superintendent's office, adjacent to the High School and Middle School.[3] Prior to the completion of the 1989 school, North Smithfield students attended Kendall Dean School and Halliwell School and temporarily St. Paul Street School in the 1980s.