| History of Our School
Uffelman Elementary School opened on September 19,1949. Our
school was named for Mr. Columbus Uffelman. Mr. Uffelman,
a member of the Putnam County Board of Education, played a
vital role in upgrading the county's educational system in
his hometown of Monterey. He was instrumental in securing
the new elementary school while he was a board member.
In the fall of 1970 Uffelman Elementary School suffered
a major fire. The cafeteria and gym are all that remain of
the original structure. The students attended area churches
and community centers for the remainder of that year and all
of the next school year of 1971-72. The present school building
opened in 1972. Its original design was for the open classroom
concept system. There were no walls separating classrooms
until 1993. |
