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East Providence School Department. All schools in the City of East Providence will be open for the 2016-2017 school year on Wednesday, August 31, 2016. Kindergarten: Orientation will be held on August 31st and September 1st at all elementary schools. Kindergarten classes begin on September 2, 2016.
1635 - The first free school in Virginia opens. However, education in the Southern colonies is more typically provided at home by parents or tutors. 1636 - Harvard College, the first higher education institution in what is now the United States, is established in Newtowne (now Cambridge), Massachusetts. 1638 - The first printing press in the American Colonies is set up at Harvard College. 1640 - Henry Dunster becomes President of Harvard College.