This is the plaque that has been placed beside the original bell inside Iroquois Falls Secondary School

The School Bell Project

Our school bell, cast in 1917 in Philadelphia, is the original bell, calling students to class in the Public School, built in 1919. The school burnt down the night before opening classes and was rebuilt by 1921.

Formal education began in Iroquois Falls in 1915. The first principal was Major John Day. The school become Iroquois Falls Continuation School in 1921 when Grades 9 and 10 were added. Previous to this all high school courses were taught at the Monteith Academy. Elementary Students were on the first floor and were summoned to class by this bell. Secondary Students were on the second floor. Enrolment continued to grow until in 1932 when Grade 13 was added. The School became Iroquois Falls High School in 1935 and Iroquois Falls Secondary School in 1968, when the existing complex was build.

The bell reminaded in the bell tower until 1990, when the original school was torn down and replaced by the Boyle Auditorium. The bell was stolen briefly by a visiting football team in 1964 and went missing for a few years in the 1990's. It was restored in 2008 by the IFSS manufacturing class and mounted in the fall of that year.

The bell is a lasting symbol for the institutions of learning that continue to teach and inspire students on this historic site in Iroquois Falls.