Catalina Island school bell silenced

David Morse, a former teacher at Two Harbors Elementary School, looks over his now-closed classroom at the isthmus on Catalina Island. The one-room school closed this year because of low enrollment.

A box left by student Aliah Barrios sits on a shelf by itself at the now-closed Two Harbors Elementary School. When school ended in June, Aliah thought she'd return to the school.

Handprints and names mark the cement surround Two Harbors Elementary School, located at the isthmus on Catalina Island. The one-room schoolhouse, open for 27 years, closed this year because of low enrollment.

Aliah Barrios, 9, a former student at Two Harbors Elementary School, shares a laugh Oct. 9 with teacher David Morse at Avalon K-12 School in Avalon. Aliah attended Two Harbors Elementary School, a one-room schoolhouse located at the isthmus on Catalina Island, until it closed this year because of low enrollment. Morse was a teacher at the school.

Two Harbors Elementary School is located at the isthmus on Catalina Island. The school closed this year because of low enrollment.

David Morse is the former teacher at Two Harbors Elementary School at the isthmus on Catalina Island. The one-room school behind him closed this year because of low enrollment.