Daniels, West Virginia · 1980s

Daniels
Elementary

We were kids together.
Somehow, that was 40 years ago.
Elementary School Reunion · Saturday, November 7, 2026 · 7:00 PM Eastern
Come Back to Daniels Remember?

Remember this?

The school. Little Beaver. The skating rink. Teachers, friends, playgrounds, field trips, and the places that made Daniels feel like home.

Archival Daniels Elementary photo goes here

We're still hunting the 1980s view.

The School

Daniels Elementary · 4-H Lake Road

Little Beaver

The lake, the spillway, Grandview Road — one of those places you never really forget.

The Skating Rink

Route 19 & Price Lane. We still need the photograph — but somebody out there has one.

Forty years later
“We knew each other before we knew who we would become.”

Back then we knew each other as kids in classrooms, on playgrounds, at Little Beaver, and around Daniels.

Then forty years happened.

We grew up. Some stayed nearby. Some moved away. We built families and careers, changed directions, had adventures, faced hard years, lost people, found people, and became adults our eight-year-old selves could never have imagined.

Some of us haven't spoken since we were children. Now we're finding each other again.

So… what happened to all of us?

The missing forty years

Who did we become?

We remember each other as children. Now we get to meet the people those children became.

Then

Your name at Daniels

Years attended · teachers remembered · the things you still remember.

Now

Your story, if you want to tell it.

Where did life take you? What did you build, learn, survive, discover, love, change, or become?

Sharing is completely voluntary. You choose what we publish and what stays private.

Who do you remember?

Forty years can hide a few names. This list is just the beginning.

Ms. Gallagher · Ms. Bowman · Ms. Lilly · Ms. Campbell · Ms. Meadows
Remember another teacher, principal, secretary, aide, librarian, custodian, cafeteria worker, or classmate? Send us the name and we'll add them.
Help us find everyone

Start with what you remember.

Nobody remembers the whole class. But each of us remembers somebody. One name leads to another, one photograph brings back five more, and little by little the classrooms start filling up again.

01

Tell us you were there.

Give us your name at Daniels, the years you attended, and anything you remember about your class.

02

Remember somebody.

A first name, last name, teacher, sibling, neighborhood, or even a half-remembered story might be enough.

03

Bring the old shoebox.

Class pictures, field trips, birthday parties, skating, Little Beaver — the ordinary photographs may be the treasures.

You don't have to know where everyone is. You just have to help us remember the next person.
Add a piece to the story

Tell us what you remember.

Maybe you were a student. Maybe you remember someone we're looking for. Maybe you have a photograph nobody else has seen in forty years. Start wherever you can.

I am...
Privacy & permission
Nothing you submit is published automatically. Your information stays private while Jonathan and Stephanie review it. We will not publish personal stories, current information, or photographs simply because they were submitted.

Daniels Elementary · Reunion 2026
Saturday
November 7
7:00 PM Eastern · Live on Zoom
Zoom link coming soon We'll add the meeting link here once it's created.

Help us put the class back together.

The reunion starts before the Zoom call. Help us find people, names, photographs, and the memories we've forgotten.

I was at Daniels.

Tell us your name then and now, the years you attended, and the teachers you remember.

Add me to the reunion list →

I remember someone.

Know a classmate or staff member we haven't found yet? Give us a lead.

Share a name →

I have old photos.

Class pictures, the school, Little Beaver, the skating rink — we would love to see them.

Contribute a photo →