Sylvania's Sylvan Elementary School is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. The school opened in the 1963-1964 school year.
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Jacob Slutsky, 8, left, Jackson Burnworth, 8, center, and Will Rees, 9, left, laughed together as they left the gym during a dance party at Sylvan Elementary School.
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McCord Junior High School seventh grade student Alex Miller, 13, center, signs his name to an anniversary banner.
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Friends Maya Holman, left, Danyelle Bumpus, 9, center, and Kaydie Otey, 9, right, leave their mark on an anniversary banner during a dance party at Sylvan Elementary School.
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Kaydie Otey, 9, right, and another student sign an anniversary banner at Sylvan Elementary School.
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Eleanor Kelso, 9, center, laughed with a classmate as she almost dropped her hula hoop.
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Ron Carroll, center, attended Sylvan Elementary School in Sylvania during its opening year in 1963.
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