Friday, March 22, 2019

Essexport was a HUGE Success! Thank you to Donna Smith and Greg Marche for organizing this great event!


Alan MacMillan taught students about the history of trains in Essex.



Locomotive Engineer Alan MacMillan!




Rebecca Axelrod teaches about the history of Essex using artifacts  from her home (from 1800s).



Laurel Eisenhauer teaches about Annie Gosby, one of the first female professional baseball players who was from Essex.


Lisa Clark shares information about the history of the E.C.C. built by the women of Essex.    


Shep Means talks about clamming!



Sue Hardy teaches students about the history of the Town Library. 


Cathy Galli, who owns Howard's Flying Dragon Antiques, talks about antique toys. She also brought an antique rotary phone that students tried to "push" the numbers!   




Suzanna Winder from Essex Shipbuilding Museum brought a plank steamer to show how boats have been made for centuries in our town!

Noah and Sophie from Alprilla Farm talk about locally grown produce. 



Students learned about chickens from Chris Grant at Grant Family Farm. 


Movement break sponsored by the Y for our younger students. 

Mr. Woodman taught students about the history of the fried clam!  


Art class focused on making maps of Essex.