Soccer on the school roof!
I started Grade 1 in 1960 at the St. Chrysostome two-room school. The school building is now a house and has mostly stayed the same in appearance. But, I'm sure the house facilities have been upgraded since 1960. In my six years at the Rocky Point school, we had no running water or bathroom in the school building, and the heating system was two woodstoves -- one in each room. St. Chrysostome school building, circa 1981 School today (2020) There are many school stories that I remember from those six years. Many memories are about the rough play at recess and lunchtime (e.g. tag, bulldog, boxing, etc.). In those days, there was no supervision at recess, and both teachers went home for lunch! Basically, kids could do what they wanted as long as they didn't get caught by the teachers. For the boys, soccer was a popular outdoor sport in the schoolyard. It wasn't precisely soccer sometimes, more like rugby! One winter, the snow was so high against th...