Claire Alferink, 8, of Middleville, (center), reads to a group of classmates Monday at Detray School, an old one-room schoolhouse in Gaines Township. The second grade class from Dutton Christian Elementary spent the day in the schoolhouse to learn what it felt like to be a pioneer. The class used feather pens and ink wells, chalkboard slates, and played in the field behind the school during recess.
(Emily Zoladz | The Grand Rapids Press)