The School Bell was published by the School District No. 2 of Nelson, Cheshire County, New Hampshire in 1867 and written by the students as part of their class examination. It includes fictional short stories, reflections, and a letter about their time at school. One of the reflections is titled "Scolding" and a student writes: "I abhor nothing as bad as a scolding person, be it a man, woman, or child. One that is always scolding about things that if they would but bear with a little more patience it would be better for them. Then let us have patience with each other." Another article is about a fictional auction of the estate of "Jeremiah Sniffles," in which they list all the things he owned in his land.
The School District No. 2 was a one-room school built in 1805, which formed part of the other 10 school districts in Nelson, Cheshire County, N.H. Each district administered its school and taxes independently. This system was abolished in 1885 with the Town School Act, placing all schools under a single town school board. The old District No. 2 school on Murdough Hill Road was replaced by the Munsonville School on Granite Lake Road in 1893. After the Nelson Village School closed in 1945, the old District No. 2 school became the only grade school in Nelson. K-8 was taught there with only one teacher. An additional classroom and teacher were added in 1955 and a renovation in 1990 added more space. The name was then changed to Nelson School to reflect the service to the entire town and became a K-5 school only.