GREAT VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

The Great Village Elementary School is still in service. The basketball net in front is a symbol of its age: I'm pretty sure the school was built before the game was invented. On a day that took SC and TC to Economy Falls and Five Islands Provincial Park, this school jumped out at us on the way back to Truro. For one thing, the clouds. Oh, the clouds. But it also struck us as a building where, looking back as adults, we would have loved to be educated. Unfortunately the children inside are likely under the impression that the big city schools with all their technology and dual gymnasiums are the place to be, but these are the kids who will have a story to tell about the school where they spent their formative years; a story that'll last them for life.