Claypit Hill School
Encyclopedia
Claypit Hill School is an elementary school
in Wayland
, Massachusetts
, United States
. Claypit Hill has an enrollment of 600 students in grades 1 through 5. There are 30 classrooms with an average of 22 students per class.
awarded Claypit Hill Elementary School with the Outstanding Progress Toward Excellence in Education award.
Claypit Hill Elementary School derives its name from the pits excavated by early Native Americans
to extract clay
to make pottery. Because of the hill's proximity to the Sudbury River
, they could take this clay down to the riverbank to work it into pots. Some of these pits are still in existence today.
Elementary school
An elementary school or primary school is an institution where children receive the first stage of compulsory education known as elementary or primary education. Elementary school is the preferred term in some countries, particularly those in North America, where the terms grade school and grammar...
in Wayland
Wayland, Massachusetts
Wayland is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 12,994 at the 2010 census.For geographic and demographic information on Cochituate, which is part of Wayland, please see the article Cochituate, Massachusetts.-History:...
, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
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, United States
United States
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. Claypit Hill has an enrollment of 600 students in grades 1 through 5. There are 30 classrooms with an average of 22 students per class.
History
The school was built in 1957. Since then it has undergone numerous additions and renovations. In the 1985-86 academic year, the United States Department of EducationUnited States Department of Education
The United States Department of Education, also referred to as ED or the ED for Education Department, is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government...
awarded Claypit Hill Elementary School with the Outstanding Progress Toward Excellence in Education award.
Claypit Hill Elementary School derives its name from the pits excavated by early Native Americans
Indigenous peoples of the Americas
The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of North and South America, their descendants and other ethnic groups who are identified with those peoples. Indigenous peoples are known in Canada as Aboriginal peoples, and in the United States as Native Americans...
to extract clay
Clay
Clay is a general term including many combinations of one or more clay minerals with traces of metal oxides and organic matter. Geologic clay deposits are mostly composed of phyllosilicate minerals containing variable amounts of water trapped in the mineral structure.- Formation :Clay minerals...
to make pottery. Because of the hill's proximity to the Sudbury River
Sudbury River
The Sudbury River is a tributary of the Concord River in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, in the United States.Originating in the Cedar Swamp in Westborough, Massachusetts, near the boundary with Hopkinton, it meanders generally northeast to its confluence with the Assabet River at Egg Rock in...
, they could take this clay down to the riverbank to work it into pots. Some of these pits are still in existence today.