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Pinedale Elementary School is a historic school building located in Pinedale, Arizona surrounded by Ponderosa Pine trees. It is owned by Navajo County and leased to Pinedale, Heritage, Inc. a 501c(3). The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. Activities at the former school include: *The Saturday before Easter is an annual Easter Egg Hunt outside the community center in the field. *The 4th Saturday of June is the Run to the Bridge 10K through the national forest and ends at our historic covered bridge and includes a pancake breakfast. *First Saturday of August a Dutch Oven Cook-off is held from 9-3 with lunch served at noon. *Annual Navajo Taco Dinner on the Saturday (11-2) of every Labor Day Weekend. *The Saturday after Thanksgiving is the Lighting of the Bridge at dark (6pm) with Christmas caroling, hot cocoa, cider, cookies and a visit from Santa who arrives in the Fire Truck! Weekly yoga, cardio exercises and Eating healthy Club meet there and are open to the public with a $1 donation for each meeting. Pinedale public library is located in the adjacent newer building. It is open 15 hours per week and is part of the Navajo County Library District. The building has an auditorium with oak wood floors and knotty pine walls. The stage has hosted many events over the years. The former school is available for family reunions, weddings and other group events. ==History== The school was built by local community members in the 1930s. Families donated their time and money to provide a larger school and newer facility. The Show Low School District took over the school in the 1980s. There was much controversy surrounding this take over as they claimed ownership of the land and building which was built without tax payer money and by the blood, sweat and tears of the local residents. They feared their school would eventually be closed and their children forced to ride school buses to other schools out of town. That fear was realized around 2004 when the Show Low School District closed this school - according to them - forever. This school was a two room school house. Children were taught the information of all 3 grades for 3 years until they advanced to the next classroom with 3 more grades. Grades 7–12 were bussed into Show Low schools. Because of the small classes and learning style most of the valedictorians and Salutatorians of Show Low High School were from Pinedale and neighboring Clay Springs and Linden. That tradition still holds true today. From that school has come judges, attorneys, doctors, teachers and others who completed college and higher education. When the school district closed the school, Pinedale Heritage, Inc. was formed under the direction of Pete Peterson, Linda De Young and Danita Keith to try and get back what was believed to belong to the community. The school district refused to turn the school over to them. After much pressure they agreed to donate it to the county under the condition that ''no school ever be allowed to held there''. The school district refused to have formal learning their again, but because learning is so important to Pinedale residents they made their own library with thousands of books donated by local residents. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pinedale Elementary School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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