Carillon Bells
History
Before 1950, the district was made up of 22 one- and two-room school houses located in the towns of Clifton Park, Halfmoon, Malta, Waterford, Ballston and Stillwater (representing approximately 86 square miles)
Of these 22 school houses, 11 still had school bells. Rodney Winans, was a part of the committee that worked to centralize the district and he was the first superintendent. He brought the 11 bells together to the bell court on the main campus (the courtyard at Gowana) and had them assembled into a structure they named “the Carillon." The bells are a symbol that pays tribute to the schools and the towns that combined to form Shenendehowa Central Schools.
Age and the elements began to take their toll on the Carillon Bells. In the early 1990s, they were taken down and safely stored in one of the district’s storage facilities until they could be refurbished and displayed properly once again.
In 2009, after being cleaned and refurbished, the bells were assembled into a bell tower in front of High School East to be displayed once again.
