For the past five years, Julian Elementary School has celebrated History. History comes to life for students, parents and community members through historic simulations, presentations and hands-on activities. Classrooms are opened to tours for the all day celebration. Students and visitors attended activities and presentations centered around various history themes that have been studied throughout the school year.
Students dress in colonial garb and give oral presentations to visitors.
Mr. Richard Burns' and Mrs. Gail Croman's third grade students camp on the playground the night before History Day to reenact pioneer life. The class creates a wagon encampment depicting the western movement with activities such as grinding wheat, making bread, churning butter and pumping water as their contribution to the day's events. At the 1997 History Day, local Julian history was brought to life by Mrs. Jeanne Richardson and Mrs. Eddie Silbernagel from the Julian Pioneer Museum. Mr. Butch Rogers of the Julian Mining Company also set up equipment on the playground to allow students to pan for gold as the original Julian pioneers did in the 1860's. One of the highlights of the 1997 year's history day was a presentation on local Native American history by Mr. Beryl Buchanan, a senior park ranger with the San Diego County Department of Parks and Recreation.