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Gore Hill Public School celebrates 60 years By Bryan Jessop Learning experiences, memories, achievements and milestones have been six decades in the making at Gore Hill Public School. The Greater Essex County District School Board facility celebrated 60 years at its current 1135 Mersea Road 1 location with an open house Friday, Apr. 17. A large turnout of former and current students and staff members attended, including several alumni from as recent as the past couple school years to as far back as the 1950s. Lee Hairsine was the oldest former student to attend. She was a Gore Hill student from 1933 to 1940, when the school was a single-room unit situated across the street from its present location. The oldest former teacher attending the open house was 91-yearold Annie Nickel. Having started her career at a one-room school in Tilbury in 1951, Nickel later transferred to Gore Hill in 1965 and retired in 1985. During that time, she also taught German school, Summer Bible School and Sunday School for approximately 30 years. During her tenure at Gore Hill, she taught four nephews. One of those nephews, Rick Neufeld, attended the 60th anniversary celebration along with her. “It’s great to see so many old classmates,” said Neufeld, who attended Gore Hill from 1968 to 1974. “I just found out
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about this (open house) at 2 o’clock, so I high-tailed it here.” Neufeld was raised in a home about half a mile east of Gore Hill and has lived in London, ON, for the past 20 years. “It’s still home to me,” he said about the rural school and it’s surrounding area. The evening’s list of events included live entertainment in the school’s gymnasium, where Chatham-Kent Essex MPP Rick Nicholls presented principal Bill Cervini with a certificate of appreciation from Queen’s Park commemorating the milestone anniversary. Cervini, the last principal at Ruthven Public School before it’s closure in June of 2013, was one of the musical entertainment as part of the Da Capo Vocal Quartet.
“It’s great to see this many alumni from the 50s and 60s. This is a great community atmosphere with a lot of nice memories and positive feedback.” - Bill Cervini
Other acts included Alyssa Epp, Madison Hamm, Christopher Fazekas, Terry Raisbeck, Taylor Meloche and Chelsea Mallott. “I’m amazed by the turnout,” Cervini said before performing. “It’s great to see this many alumni from the 50s and 60s. This is a great
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Current Gore Hill Public School students take a peek at a 201415 school year student photograph during the school’s 60th Anniversary Open House, held Friday, Apr. 17. Hundreds of current and former students and staff paid a visit to the event, celebrating six decades of the school at its current location. (SUN Photos)
community atmosphere with a lot of nice memories and positive feedback. It’s a great perk for an amazing school. The students here go above and beyond when it comes to school spirit and the staff here is wonderful. Everything’s come together very nicely.” Memorabilia displays were set out by volunteers with the Celebration Committee, Parent Council, Gore Hill staff and students, and souvenir pins and shirts were available for sale to visitors. Mad Science Windsor offered free cotton candy to youths making their way through the attractions,
which also included the Gator Ring Toss, ‘Gator Glamour’ face painting and bracelets and a Nostalgia photo booth by Edge Imaging. To honour the milestone, students at Gore Hill were challenged to take on projects involving the number 60 and create a timeline display in one of the building’s hallways illustrating significant historical moments of the past 60 years. The celebration was supported by Leamington branches of FreshCo, Food Basics, Real Canadian Superstore and Naples Pizza in addition to Windsor’s Mad Science.
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