schoolhouse
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I grew up in eastern Kentucky and attended grade school in a four-room schoolhouse without indoor plumbing that had a potbelly stove for heat in the winter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Kapisillit's red wooden schoolhouse has a bell, library and Soviet-era hunting rifle to fend off polar bears.
From Barron's ● Mar. 3, 2026
The schoolhouse is a dull, matted red, as are other architectural elements.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
Right, he didn't stand in the schoolhouse door.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2024
She would wait patiently outside the schoolhouse all day long.
From "Stone Fox" by John Reynolds Gardiner
One of my parents is an IU alum, but more than that, we were all born in Indiana, flat land of cornfields and quarries, churches and schoolhouses, often the punchline of other states' jokes.
From Salon ● Mar. 20, 2023
But millions of Americans gave voting a go anyway on Tuesday, dutifully turning up across the country to cast ballots at schoolhouses, libraries and V.F.W. posts.
From New York Times ● Nov. 8, 2022
Online learning played a major role, but students lost significant ground even where they returned quickly to schoolhouses, especially in math scores in low-income communities.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 27, 2022
But he spent increasing amounts of time in Navy schoolhouses, talking about leadership and the lessons of his experience and forging relationships with hundreds of officers and enlisted sailors.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 10, 2022
Teachers were called upon to do whatever was necessary to keep the schoolhouses clean, safe, and comfortable for pupils.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
