Colorado Springs middle school celebrates 100 years

(COLORADO SPRINGS) — North Middle School, one of the oldest middle schools in Colorado Springs School District 11, celebrated 100 years of education on Tuesday, Sept. 24.

Opened on Sept. 29, 1924, North Middle School in downtown Colorado Springs has seen generations of students walk through its doors.

On Tuesday, classrooms were transformed into living exhibits where guests got to experience key moments from the school’s history—from 1924 to today. The highlight of the night was the unveiling of North’s time capsule–inside were letters from the first day of school back in 1924.

“One of the most fun things is all of the sports that we used to have. We had something, I think it was called Roller Ball, and it was a mix between bowling and soccer, and it was so interesting,” said Sophia Willemarck, an 8th Grader at North Middle School. “We had a kickball team, and a dodgeball team, it was so interesting to just learn all of this new information about things that happened in the past and all that fun stuff.”

School leaders said students like Sophia put together the research and displays for the celebration on Tuesday evening.

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