Chatham School Celebrates 90th Birthday (Video)

CHATHAM, NJ - It was the year of the great stock market crash, but 1929 also saw the opening of Southern Boulevard School and students and staff celebrated by reliving the past and preserving the present to share with the future.

Southern Boulevard School's 90th Birthday Celebration began with students and staff dressing up like it was 1929 for the party. The educational event included activities which included a museum, discovering artifacts from 1929 and creating a time capsule for future Southern Boulevard students to find.

Students also were led by Tracy Roskam in singing "Happy Birthday."

There was more than just singing, as students danced the Charleston, played old fashioned games, read Winnie the Pooh and watched a silent movie.

And there was more music as the Chatham High School Jazz Band helped get students into the "swing" of things.

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