"We are delighted to observe that the new schoolhouse at Sandy Cove is finished and occupied. It would seem from the dimensions to be large and commodious and the furniture, we have little doubt, is in perfect keeping with the exterior architecture. It is impossible that the inner life of education can flourish in any locality unless there is a well-plenished workshop, and having provided themselves with this commodity, the good folks of Sandy Cove are amply entitled to the best trained tradesman. There are but few spots in the province where a deeper interest is manifested in the cause of education. We wish we could afford time to visit it every half year if it were for nothing but to get our educational spirits refreshed and our intercourse renewed with the Gidneys, the Morses and a number of kindred genial minds."

History: All the men and most of the women who came to Sandy Cove could read and write. In New England, education was a necessary part of community life. The children had little schooling during the upsets of the Revolution and with the move to Nova Scotia their parents were anxious to get them started again. The Morehouse, Saunders, Peters and Raymond children needed to learn to read and write and to "cypher so as to cast up pounds shillings and pence" - Education Report of 1824.

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