Orrington School librarian Elisa Gall reads the classic "The Emperor's New Clothes" to students in the library. Students spent a half day engaged in activities that were popular when the school opened 100 years ago.| Joel Lerner~Sun-Times Media

Orrington School fourth-grader Yana Fiekllow plays a "game of graces," a game used to develop poise in the early 1900s, during one of several centennial celebrations. | Joel Lerner~Sun-Times Media

Orrington Elementary School fifth-graders (from left) Brea Matthews, Aniyah Bryant and Riley Scanlon check out a 1912 Model T as the school celebrates its 100th year.| Joel Lerner~Sun-Times Media

Orrington School parent Janelle Walker delivers to students a digested version of the Evanston Index, a newspaper published in the early 1900s. Orrington pupils time-traveled back to 1912, the year the school opened.| Joel Lerner~Sun-Times Media.

Orrington School teachers Michael Likhite and Laura Butts sit in a 1912 Model T as head custodian Michelet Boursiquot relaxes in the back seat during a centennial celebration.| Joel Lerner~Sun-Times Media

Orrington School fifth-graders (left to right) Brea Matthews, Riley Scanlon and Aniyah Bryant check out a 1912 Model T as the school celenbrates its 100th anniversary. | Joel Lerner~Sun-Times Media

Orrington School parent-volunteer Kelly Austin delivers apples to pupils as if it were a day in 1912, the year the school opened. | Joel Lerner~Sun-Times Media

Orrington School third-grade teacher Eric Blum rings a bell to mark a passing period as if it were 1912, the year the school opened. | Joel Lerner~Sun-Times Media

Orrington School parent Jackie Grober holds the maypole as pupils engage in an activity popular around 1912, the year the school opened. | Joel Lerner~Sun-Times Media .

Orrington School fourth-grader Yana Fiekllow plays a "game of graces," a game used to develop poise in the early 1900s, during one of several centennial celebrations at the school. | Joel Lerner~Sun-Times Media

Orrington School students engaged in activities May 2 that were popular in 1912 as part of the school's centennial celebration. Here, fourth-grader Alexis Thornton circles the maypole with schoolmates. | Joel Lerner~Sun-Times Media