"…There is also a great need for some place or agency whereby the many significant records now scattered about and eventually lost may be preserved…There is also a great need for community action in the preservation of its historic markers."

                                                           Dr.  Walter S. Boardman "The Story of Oceanside"

Schoolhouse Green seeks to address these concerns raised by Dr. Boardman over 40 years ago by:

• Creating a town green on the former School 1 property and highlighting the historical significance of the site. The Oceanside School District's earliest schools were built on this site between 1880 and 1923. We also hope to mark the site of the first 1838 schoolhouse down the street at the northwest corner of Foxhurst and Oceanside Roads.

• Creating a site to be used by elementary and secondary Social Studies programs to teach local history courses - acquiring the original building or replica of Oceanside's original 1838 schoolhouse where students can experience firsthand what it was like to be a student back in the 1800's.

• Creating a site to showcase Oceanside's historical pictures, documents and memorabilia by restoring the original or building a replica of Oceanside's original 1838 schoolhouse on the green. Additional secured storage space will be necessary to properly preserve and catalog materials.

• Creating a program under the auspices of the Oceanside Education Foundation and the Oceanside School District where students will learn about Oceanside history and actively participate in its preservation. On the primary level, this will include a videography project headed by one of our grade school principals, where fourth graders will interview long-time town residents, thereby creating an oral history/town "memoir." On the secondary level, students will collect historical information from numerous sources to create archives. At present, there is no collection point for Oceanside historical information. Students will also catalogue current history to create documentation for posterity.