"The Oldest School I've Ever Seen"

 (This post is written by Trenton. He created the title, and now, will tell you about "The Oldest School" he's ever seen.)
On a Saturday, I went to this really old school. It was called Ardena School, built in 1855. The school was not always there. It used to be somewhere else in Howell.

 The school looks really old to me and there's really cool pens. The chalkboards are made of a type of stone.

 These desks look really old. They're pretty fancy, too. There is a fireplace that's black and wood next to it. You can't see the window because it is too bright, but if you look at that desk that looks like a teacher's desk, next to that there's a window. The guide told us that the windows were huge because they didn't have lights back then and the windows let the bright light come in.
There were tons of grades in there and there was first grade, second grade, third grade, fourth grade, fifth grade, and if you're lucky, you can go to sixth. Some kids had to work at home if they lived at a farm.

 (The school above in the picture is the one that Trenton would attend if we lived where we do now 150 years ago. Too cool, right? -Mommy)

 They learned a lot about science in school. (I'm holding a turtle's skull.) They learned how to read and write and there were a lot of old, fancy books in there.

Me and mom really like it here, but we can't go to this school anymore because now it is a museum.
I'm glad that people could go to this school back then. It would be bad if this school wasn't there back then because people couldn't learn science and reading and adding.
Thank you, Mom!