Pine Crest Elementary School

Date

Event

1878

A man named George N. Beale bought the land where the school is now.

1940

A location was picked for a new school called South Four Corners.  It was on St. Lawrence Drive (formerly called Mathew Street)

1941

The land for the school was purchased and building began.

1942

South Four Corners Elementary School opened.  It was for Kindergarten to 3rd Grade.
Another school called North Four Corners also opened with 4th to 6th Grade.   Together, the schools had 220 students- and they were already crowded.

1947

More rooms were added to the building.

1948

The name of South Four Corners was changed to Pine Crest Elementary. Now it had grades K-6. The land by the school was like a park with Pine trees and a stream running through it.

1954

The blacktop was first put in.

1963

A library and an office were added to the building.

1976

Pine Crest became a paired school with Montgomery Knolls.  Pine Crest had grades 3-6.

1991

Pine Crest was housed at Northwood.  Renovations were made to the building.

1992

Pine Crest students went back to the "new"  modernized building.