A brief overview of the school’s history

• On August 29, 1921, a public meeting was convened at Pikasilla, where the Pikasilla Education Society was founded, local farmer Hendrik Treufeldt was elected as its chairman, and 10 people were elected to the leadership.
• On November 2, 1921, the Education Society sent its representative with a letter of request and an explanation to the Minister of Education in Tallinn.
• On November 6, 1921, H. Treufeldt announced the opening of Pikasilla Elementary school as a 4-grade private school of the Pikasilla Education Society at the board meeting of the Education Society.
• The state-owned former tavern building of Patküla manor was purchased as a school building. 2 teachers worked in the school with 73 students.
• In 1923, a new phase in the history of Pikasilla School began. Namely, the Valga County Government took over the private primary school and the school was changed to 6th grade.
• 1938-39. in connection with the reform of the municipalities, the school came under the jurisdiction of the Põdrala municipality.
• 1928-1935. In the 1990s, Pikasilla also had a supplementary school for girls in home economics. The school had a 2-year term. Girls who completed primary school could study at the school.
• In 1936, an experimental garden was established. From 1937, the school had a boarding school, and children were given hot meals.
• 1944-1945. the school was closed due to war damage. They wanted to abolish the school, but it was still restored by the parents in a social order. The leader was Mari Utt.
• In 1945, the school reopened as a 7th grade school and was named Pikasilla Mittielieks Keskkooli.
• Over the years, the school has undergone several changes and reorganizations. The building was transferred to a corridor system, a gymnasium and a workshop were built, as well as a partially mansard floor.
• In 1959, the first teacher’s residence was completed.
• In the fall of 1961, the school was changed to 8 classes.
• In 1962, the school got electric lighting.
• In 1966, the second teachers’ residence was completed.
• There have been several attempts to close the Pikasilla school, but the school continued to operate at the request of the public and parents.
• From 1988, the school worked as a 9-grade school.
• In 1995, plumbing was installed, a laundry room was built, a shower cabin was installed, comprehensive repairs were made in the toilets, and in 1996, a new tin roof was put on the school building.
• From 2000, by the decision of the Põdrala parish council, the Pikasilla Primary School was transformed into the Pikasilla 6-grade Primary School.
• On February 28, 2014, the Põdrala municipal council decided to terminate the activities of Pikasilla School as of August 31, 2014.

Source: pikasilla.blogspot.com