BRIELLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HISTORICAL TIMELINE

1825    First school was built in 1825, near the northwest corner of current-day Riverview Drive and Route 70
       The school was actually located in Wall Township, but within a few feet of present-day Brielle
School had one room, and
       Bemjamin Pearce was the first schoolmaster
       Fire destroyed the school building in 1840
1840The original school building was replaced after the fire with a similar structure on the same site
       This new building quickly became too small to handle the student enrollment
1856Second school was built in 1856 on Schoolhouse Road with two rooms
       Schoolhouse Road was gravel at the time, so the school was nicknamed “Gravel Hill Academy”
       The materials to build the school were purchased from Haynes Drummond Co. for $141.25
       When the new school was built in 1919, the old school building was moved to Rankin Farm on Rankin Road and used a barn
1919Third school was the current Municipal Building on Union Lane and was built in 1919
1954Fourth and current school was built on Union Lane in 1954, and has been greatly expanded over the years

HISTORY OF BRIELLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Link to the History of Brielle Elementary School

BRIELLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS

1919 – 1927Eva Voorhees
1927 – 1929C. A. Thompson
1929 – 1930Frederick C. England
1930 – 1934John Trowbridge
1934 – 1936E. L. Miller
1936 - 1944Howard Mattison
1944 – 1946James Johnson
1946 – 1956Myron H. Turner
1956 – 1957James M. Callan
1957 – 1964Patrick Parenty
1964 – 1974Edward Pavlovsky
1974Marvin C. Walker (a)
1974 – 1977Donald Rath
1977Frank Apito (b)
1977 – 1984Dr. Jon Kopko
1984Paul Christopher (c)
1984 – 1987George Cristiano
1987 – 1996Gerard Russionello
1996 – 2007Joseph Torrone
2008 – 2022Christine E. Carlson
2022 – 2023John Russo (d)
2023 to PresentStacie Poelstra
(a) Interim Principal until Rath was hired
(b) Placed in charge of building but not the principal
(c) Acting superintendent until Cristiano was hired
(d) Interim principal until Poelstra was hire

 

 

 

 

BRIELLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HISTORICAL PICTURES