The elementary school was originally called the Shippensburg Model School when it was part of the Cumberland Valley State Normal School in 1871 and was located on the 1st floor of Old Main. At the time, all Normal Schools were required to have a model school. In 1914 it was moved to a newly constructed building that later was named Gilbert Hall, and in 1915 the name of the school was changed to the Normal Training School to reflect the name of the college. It became the Rowland Laboratory School in 1941 when it was moved to Rowland Hall. Principals and directors were assigned to the school beginning in 1875. A list of these administrators from 1875-1946 can be found in Box 3, Folder 7. The school was named the Grace B. Luhrs University Elementary School in 2001. Funds to build the new school were donated by H. Rick Luhrs, and the school was named after his wife. Model schools (training schools) gave teaching students hands-on experience and practice to prepare for positions as teachers. The schools provided teachers-in-training to observe and study professional teachers and students in the classroom as part of their training. The Grace B. Luhrs School provides the same opportunity and student teaching assignments for current teacher education majors. Documents in Box 1, Folder 5 are numbered in the bottom right-hand corner that was a processing technique that is no longer used.