This is Not a comprehensive research list of Allen County schools. Some information is collected from photos posted and discussions appearing on social media which can disappear without warning. Eventually web sites, addresses and phone numbers will be added as time permits.
Fun fact: In Indiana, school attendance wasn't mandatory for children ages 8-14 until 1897 – one year after Earl Geisler was born. 🏫
Geisler, the son of German immigrants, went to a German school and used this slate for classes each Saturday. He wasn't a fan of school. pic.twitter.com/aBSm0CXXew
— Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites (@IndianaMuseum) April 26, 2024
As the school year begins for the children of Allen County, it is important to remember that public school were once the exception and not the normal in our communities. The progress for establishing free, public schools moved slowly in Allen County. Amos Richey, Sr. carried this silk banner when he was ten or twelve years old at the head of processions calling for the establishment of free, public “common schools” in Allen County, one of which was located at the home of Mr. A. M. Hulburd at the corner of West Wayne and Ewing Streets. Many years later, while on a visit to New York City, his old school master remembered Richey had carried the banner and gave it to him to bring back to Fort Wayne. The banner was originally double sided, with “Republicanism” and “Education” painted on the other side. The halves were separated for preservation and display. The common school movement finally succeeded by appealing to fears that church-related schools were not teaching children proper American values. The first permanent public school building, a three-story brick building known as the Clay School, opened on the corner of Washington and Clay Streets in 1857. With the opening of the first public school, Fort Wayne Community Schools was established, and for 166 years has built a heritage that is closely interwoven with the growth and development of Fort Wayne and surrounding areas. #sociallyhistory
You may remember an “On this Day” from last month about the Egglestons. Edward Eggleston was born on December 10, 1827. A Vevay native, he was inspired to start writing by a high school teacher. Before he moved to New York, Edward worked as a minister and journalist around the Midwest. His first and one of his most well-known books was about his experiences in a one-room school in Indiana titled, “The Hoosier School-Master."
Community leaders have long been concerned with the education of the children of Allen County. Following the importuning of Miami Chief Jean Baptiste de Richardville, Reverend Isaac McCoy, Baptist minister and missionary, arrived with his family in the spring of 1820 with the purpose of beginning a school. Taking up residence in the recently decommissioned fort, Reverend McCoy opened Fort Wayne’s first school, exactly 203 years ago today, on May 29, 1820. Raised in Pennsylvania and Kentucky, McCoy became consumed with improving the condition of the Native Americans. When the school opened in 1820, the student population was comprised of ten English, eight Native Americans, six French, and one African-American. With the hiring of a permanent teacher, the number of students reached its peak of fifty. Though it was only in existence for two years, the McCoy School forever changed the educational landscape of Fort Wayne. Today we commemorate Fort Wayne’s first school and schoolteacher. #sociallyhistory
As the school year begins for the children of Allen County, it is important to remember that public school were once the exception and not the normal in our communities. The progress for establishing free, public schools moved slowly in Allen County. Amos Richey, Sr. carried this silk banner when he was ten or twelve years old at the head of processions calling for the establishment of free, public “common schools” in Allen County, one of which was located at the home of Mr. A. M. Hulburd at the corner of West Wayne and Ewing Streets. Many years later, while on a visit to New York City, his old school master remembered Richey had carried the banner and gave it to him to bring back to Fort Wayne. The banner was originally double sided, with “Republicanism” and “Education” painted on the other side. The halves were separated for preservation and display. The common school movement finally succeeded by appealing to fears that church-related schools were not teaching children proper American values. The first permanent public school building, a three-story brick building known as the Clay School, opened on the corner of Washington and Clay Streets in 1857. With the opening of the first public school, Fort Wayne Community Schools was established, and for 166 years has built a heritage that is closely interwoven with the growth and development of Fort Wayne and surrounding areas. #sociallyhistory
TUESDAY TIDBIT: In 1890, the Indiana State Board of Health did a statewide survey of schools. They found that 71% were poorly ventilated, 30% had an unsafe water supply, and 10% had no outhouse or lavatory.
Source: Ninth annual report of the State Board of Health of Indiana, for the fiscal year ending October 31, 1890 (Indianapolis: William B. Burford, 1891).
The survey also found that many schoolyards had cows and pigs wandering in them, because no fences had been put up.
Back to school - Children used to walk to school, uphill in snow both ways if we are to believe our grandparents. But horse-drawn school buses, then called hacks, made life a little easier for students. Some of the hacks were pretty primitive, being just a wagon with wooden benches and a canvas roof. Motorized buses became the norm and since the late 1930s standards have mandated that school buses be painted "national school bus glossy yellow” since the eye quickly registers the color yellow. Shout out to the bus drivers...the unsung heroes in our school system!
The History of How School Buses Became Yellow Rural educator Frank Cyr had the vision and pull to force the nation to standardize the color of the ubiquitous vehicle, Bryan Greene, Contributing Writer, September 4, 2019
Education of the county’s children has long been of utmost importance for our local leaders. The first schools in the county were established by the different religious communities present in Allen County. Since 1837, the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod has been one of the many communities to offer educational opportunities to our local children. January 21-27 is National Lutheran Schools Week. It “provides more than 1,800 preschools, elementary schools and high schools with the public opportunity to proclaim and celebrate God’s work among us in schools of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod.” In celebration of this week, today we share some items from our collection from our local Lutheran schools. #sociallyhistory
For most children in Allen County, mid-August can mean just one thing – the beginning of the school year! Every year thousands of local students head back to the numerous schools located in Allen County. The roots of our local schools began in 1853, as a result of a petition from a citizens’ committee to the Common Council. Education has taken place in multi-room brick buildings, down to humble one-room township schools. From the time the schools of Allen County began, they have grown to serve our communities and still faithfully shape the minds of our students. Today we wish all the students of Allen County a successful school year! #sociallyhistory
New Free Database - Indiana Schools & Colleges posted by: ACPL Genealogy Center Friday, May 25, 2018 discusses changes to their online databases. Some links are listed below and on our other school pages.
FamilySearch.org has many Fort Wayne area school yearbooks on their site but requires creating a Free user account. Many yearbooks were found on Facebook posts and linked on our Middle and High School pages. They disappeared in May 2018 and links will be removed eventually if those pages don't reappear.
On December 15, 1871, the first edition of Edward Eggleston’s The Hoosier School-Master was published. The Hoosier School-Master was lauded by early 20th-century critics for its depiction of rural American life, written with a Hoosier sentimentality. See December 15, 2017 post by Indiana Historical Bureau on Facebook.
It was even made into a movie The Hoosier Schoolmaster by Lewis D. Collins Publication date 1935
In 1817, a new council house was built in Fort Wayne as a two-story log structure later used for a school house on page 238 and page 244 names Rev. and Mrs. Isaac McCoy founders of the first school May 29, 1820 in the settlement, page 258 around 1823 Hugh B. McKeen opened a school in the old fort, page 280 The County Seminary was the first brick schoolhouse in 1825 in Griswold's The pictorial history of Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Historical Note — The schools of Ft. Wayne date back to 1825; it was not, however, until 1852 that the schools came under the school law of the state, putting into effect tlie present state school system. First trustees: Hon. Hugh McCulloch, Charles Case and Wm. Stewart. City had a population of 4,000 with many school children, a. tuition fund of $300, no school building and no funds witli which to erect one. They rented a house in the eastern part of the city of Alexander McJunkin, and one in the western part and employed Mr. Maliurin and Mrs. Hulburd as teachers; the McJunkin building was located on the w. side of Lrafayette between E. Wayne and E. Berry. First school buildings erected were the Clay and W. Jefferson. First superintendent, Rev. Geo. A. Irwin, followed by S. S. Green, James H. Smart, Dr. John S. Irwin and J. N. Study. Prior to 1852, schools were private and church schools. Among the first teachers were Rev. Isaac McCoy, John P. Hedges, Henry Cooper, Mr. Augliinbaugh, Mr. Beggs, Smallwood Noel, James Requa, M. F. Barbour and Miss Mann (later the wife of Hon. Hugh McCulloch). F'irst school house, built in 1825, stood at the rear of site of present county jail; was called the County Seminary.
Public Schools start on page 67, Parochial Schools on page 75, and Colleges on page 77.
December 7, 1846Caleb Mills authored the first of his anonymous letters to the Indiana General Assembly calling for the establishment of a public school system. He cited that only one in seven Hoosier adults could read. He also wrote that only 37% of Indiana children attended school and, of those, most attended only a few weeks a year. Mills would author six anonymous addresses to the General Assembly between 1846 and 1851, each spurring the body to take action for public education. Learn more about Caleb Mills' involvement with public schools in the ebook above or go to: Caleb Mills and the Indiana Free School Law in the Indiana Magazine of History journal in the archives at Indiana University Scholarworksposted December 7, 2018 by Indiana Historical Bureau on Facebook.
In January 1849, the Indiana legislature passed a law establishing free common schools (where students didn't have to pay tuition to attend). To raise the funds, free white landowners were assessed a 0.1% property tax each year, plus a flat tax of 25 cents. This law came 6 months after a hotly-contested state referendum on free schools had passed with 56% of the vote. Source: General laws of the state of Indiana, passed at the thirty-third session of the General Assembly (Indianapolis: John D. Defrees, 1849). From FRIDAY FACT posted September 12, 2014 by the Indiana Genenealogical Societyon Facebook.
In 1853, somewhere in Fort Wayne, a procession was held celebrating the opening of the first free public school in the city. Read the rest of the story from1853 silk banner has another side by Frank Gray published May 21, 2013 in The Journal Gazette newspaper.
The education of the children of Fort Wayne has long been of utmost importance for our community. It is important to remember that public schools were once the exception and not the normal in our city. The first permanent public-school building, a three-story brick building known as the Clay School, opened on the corner of Washington and Clay Streets, exactly 167 years ago today, on February 9, 1857. The school originally had 11 rooms with seating for 495 students. It was later expanded with the addition of another classroom in 1866. Our first public school was destroyed by fire on February 22, 1894 and rebuilt in the same year at the same location. This second Clay School has 12 classrooms and was also later expanded with the addition of a gymnasium and auditorium in 1916. After serving the children of Fort Wayne for a combined 71 years, the Clay School was closed due to safety concerns by the school board at the conclusion of the 1927 – 1928 school year.#sociallyhistory
Clay School - dedicated February 9, 1957, at the corner of Clay and Washington. Picture from "The Pictorial History of Fort Wayne, Indiana, by B.J. Griswold. #TBT.
The Original Clay School building on page 433 of The pictorial history of Fort Wayne, Indiana : a review of two centuries of occupation of the region about the head of the Maumee River by Griswold, B. J. (Bert Joseph), 1873-1927; Taylor, Samuel R., Mrs, Publication date 1917, an Archive.org. Same image shared May 15, 2014 by FWCS, Fort Wayne Community Schools on Facebook.
When Eric Vanstrom came across what was once known as District School No. 4 in Aboite Township, it was in desperate need of repair. “When we got the schoolhouse you could see daylight through the roof. Most of the plaster had fallen down. The bell tower had caved in quite a bit,” Vanstrom explained. Over the course of several years, Vanstrom and his wife transformed the schoolhouse into a modern home, complete with amenities one would expect in the 21st century. The now-three thousand square foot home has materials repurposed from the original schoolhouse, such as the cherry wood floor. The Vanstroms also removed the plaster covering the walls and exposed the original brick. The main living area contains chalkboards found in the schoolhouse, with some original writing that could be over 80 years old. Where they couldn’t re-purpose materials originally found in the schoolhouse, Vanstrom gathered materials from reclaimed barns and other old buildings in northeast Indiana and throughout the Midwest. 21Country: Making a 140-year-old schoolhouse into a home Gabe Prough January 15, 2021 21AliveNews.com.
1888, April 26 newspaper item:
Miss Bertha Evard, teacher in a country school 10 miles from Ft. Wayne, was burned to death Wednesday evening. The lady was sitting by the stove in her school room after the scholars had been sent home when her clothing caught fire. In an instant she was enveloped in flames, and ran down the road to a neighborhood house, fainting at the threshold. Her arms and limbs were frightfully burned. Death speedily came to her relief. The unfortunate girl was a graduate of Ft. Wayne College and was universally respected. Source: Crawfordsville Star newspaper, April 26, 1888 page 3, contributed August 22, 2017 by Karen Zach a fellow INGenWeb county co-ordinator.
Our ACGSI Members Only page for E. Harper Funeral Home, in New Haven, indicates Bertha Celia Evard was only 17 years old, daughter of James Evard, and died April 18, 1888. Bertha Evard was probably at Milan Township School and buried in Bowers Cemetery where James Evard and Corrilla his wife are also buried.
Our ACGSI Cemetery Record match date and age, while DAR cemetery photo date August 19, 1898 and age 23 years and Find A Grave same date age 23 years disagree? BTW - there is an Evard Road a mile or so northwest of the cemetery near Shoaff Park in St. Joseph Township.
Allen County, Indiana school directory (1897) school personnel lists of names in an Archive.org
An accumulation of annual school directories, typescript or photocopy of typescript. Titles vary: Allen County directory, 1897 ; Allen County teachers for ..., 1898/1899 ; Allen County teachers, 1899/1900-1900/1901 ; Allen County school directory, 1901/1902, 1904/1905-1907/1908, 1909/1910, 1913/1914 ; Allen County teacher's directory, 1902/1903-1903/1904, 1908/1909, 1915/1916-1920/1921 ; Allen County teacher's school directory, 1910/1911, 1914/1915 ; Directory of Allen County teachers, 1911/1912...
Allen County, Indiana school directory (Volume 1897-1921)school personnel lists of names in an Archive.org. Differenet copy of same book above.
An accumulation of annual school directories, typescript or photocopy of typescript. Titles vary: Allen County directory, 1897 ; Allen County teachers for ..., 1898/1899 ; Allen County teachers, 1899/1900-1900/1901 ; Allen County school directory, 1901/1902, 1904/1905-1907/1908, 1909/1910, 1913/1914 ; Allen County teacher's directory, 1902/1903-1903/1904, 1908/1909, 1915/1916-1920/1921 ; Allen County teacher's school directory, 1910/1911, 1914/1915 ; Directory of Allen County teachers, 1911/1912...
The Early Schools of Indiana: From Papers of D. D. Banta—Fourth Instalment by D. D. Banta, published in 1906, from Indiana Magazine of History, Volume 2, Issue 4, pp 191-194. Posted December 15, 2017 by the Indiana Magazine of History on Facebook. They also have an audio version An “Old School” Holiday Tradition published December 24, 2012 on IndianaPublicMedia.org.
Questa Education Foundation was Established in 1937 by R. Nelson Snider, principal of South Side High School, and later incorporated as the Fort Wayne Educational Foundation, Questa Education Foundation continues the tradition of providing affordable student loans and generous scholarships to support students in northeast Indiana as they pursue their first associate or bachelor’s degree. Copied from Questa Education Foundation About page.
In 1969, about half of all students walked or bicycled to school, but today less than 15 percent of all school trips are made by walking or biking. More than half of all children arrive at school by car, according to the Indiana Department of Transportation.Sidewalks to safely connect northeast schools by Sarah Janssen published May 28, 2013 in The Journal Gazette newspaper.
For "Throwback Thursday" we share this article written for the PEOPLE SOUTHWEST through The Journal-Gazette by Tracy Warner on February 11, 1988. Tracy later became Journal-Gazette writer and Editorial Editor, and now works for Indiana and Michigan Power (AEP). We shared pictures before on the McCulloch House on Superior Street, when Tom and Kris Bireley had restored it and we surveyed for them. This article is on the flip side, and mentions one of our long-time clients Bud Hall. It also talks about the City Light property before it became Science Central. BTW....Hofer and Davis, Inc. provided the survey when Science Central took over!
It shows an image of the PEOPLE SOUTHWEST a The Journal Gazette newspaper article by Tracy Warner on February 11, 1988 discussing six old buildings he wrote about four years earlier in 1983, four were vital to Fort Wayne heritage, that were wasting away. Two were still empty in 1988. They were the McCulloch House, the Centlivre Brewery site still standing in 1988 but later demolished, The Edsall House, the Baker Street Train Depot, the Hanna School built in 1905, closed in 1977, city bought in 1979, sold in 1984, bought again in 1986 then demolished in 1987 saving only the arched doorways, a gable, the cornerstone and balustrade; and City Light now Science Central. At the end he mentioned car phones a new technology in 1988!
Huntertown Elementary School, 15330 Lima Road, opened in 1922 as a K-12 school but has evolved over time as the town has grown and its educational needs changed. Today, the school is part of Northwest Allen County Schools and serves children from kindergarten through fifth grade. Copied from Huntertown celebrates its school's 100th birthday by Dave Gong posted December 11, 2022 in The Journal Gazette newspaper.
Taking the roads less traveled can reward you with brick-and-mortar history. Milan #7, Brush College School, on the corner of Brush College and Doty Roads, was built c.1902. Vacant now, the building was built in the Italianate style and designed by Fort Wayne architect Henry W. Meyer. The brick, one-room school building has oval arched windows in the front and an oval front doorway. Milan Township’s first school opened its doors in 1857. Over time, 10 school buildings were built, and by 1916 there were only eight teachers for the 10 schools in the district, earning a total of $3,583 for the school year for all eight together. Meyer designed many schools, churches, and the now-demolished Lutheran Hospital on Fairfield Avenue. ARCH is proud to present this edition of Throwback Thursday, part of its work as the historic preservation organization serving the greater Fort Wayne area, made possible by ARCH members and donors. Thank you.
Happy #NationalTeacherDay! Let's take a moment to honor the incredible educators who shape minds and inspire futures. Here's a nostalgic glimpse into the past with a photo from our Community Album, featuring a school in St. Joseph Township back in 1923. Meet Miss Anna B. Cook, the dedicated teacher of this class!
1199 South Thomas Road Street View photo from Google Maps. Wayne Township District No. 2 School built in 1889. 1890S SCHOOLHOUSE MOVED March 26, 2008 The Waynedale News.com Staff states: The two-room Italianate-style schoolhouse, built in 1892, was decommissioned in 1923. A nearly 128-year-old Wayne Township No. 2 School. In 2008 the school was moved from its original Illinois Road location to 1036 Thomas Road to make room for a shopping center. Since then a cigar club and hair salon have occupied it. After sitting empty for a few years, Ruggio is leasing it for Elevation, which has been open for a few days. Copied from Historic schoolhouse filled with peace Elevation Health Spa holding grand opening today. published July 29, 2017 in The News-Sentinel newspaper. Discussed February 19, 2024 on True Fort Wayne Indiana History on Facebook.
The red brick Meyer School building still stands just south of Fort Wayneon Winchester Road. It welcomed students starting in 1910 as Pleasant School District #1. This cross-gabled Queen Anne-style structure has an arched brick front entrance with brick trim under the gables. The original building had double doors at the front entrance, but it now has a single door. The windows all have the original stone sills and brick lintels. A bell tower once perched over the front entrance was removed, and today a small cupola with a weathervane gives a nod to the former tower. The school was in use until 1943. The structure now serves as a single-family home. ARCH is proud to present this edition of ThrowbackThursday, part of its work as the historic preservation organization serving the greater Fort Wayne area, made possible by ARCH members and donors. Thank you. (Older photo courtesy of the ACPL).
Pleasant Township School No. 7, a brick school building was built in 1918 at Conners and Yoder roads, the last one-room schoolhouse built in Allen County and the only schoolhouse in the township without a name. 1918 newspapers published notices of solicited bids for the construction of the schoolhouse. Pleasant Township No. 7 continued to operate until 1931. A cornerstone is embedded in the basement floor of Pleasant Township No. 7, noting the details of the building's design and construction. Fort Wayne architects Mahurin and Mahurin designed the building, and Michael Kinder was the builder. The brick schoolhouse replaced a schoolhouse on the property that was deeded to an early settler, Samuel Cary, in 1836. [Kathy] Carrier said there were subsequent owners but no record of who might have sold or donated the property to the school district. Copied from School becomes a home Last one-room schoolhouse built in county marks 100 years by Janet Patterson published May 27, 2018 in The Journal Gazette newspaper. February 15, 2023 post on True Fort Wayne Indiana History on Facebook.
Pleasant Township School No. 3, one-room school house at Smith & Ferguson Roads
This is the Pleasant Township #3 School on Smith Road, across the street from Fort Wayne International Airport, in rural Allen County. I discovered this place when I was in high school, and continued photographing it over the years until it was torn down. The old farmer who owned it took a look at my long hair and asked me if I was a boy or a girl when I asked him for permission to photograph it!
I was never satisfied with most of the photographs I made of this place, because it is set so close to the road. This is one of the last photographs I made of it. It had deteriorated considerably since the day I first found it a decade earlier. There used to be a limestone medallion above the door arch that had the name of the school, the date of construction (1898), and the name of the township trustee. You can see it in this self-portrait that I did years earlier at the abandoned schoolhouse.
September 15, 2020 post on Facebook shows Library of Congress drawing with interior photo and two others.
The schoolhouse was torn down in early 2006. 12-28-2000
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Topdown image of Pleasant Township School,Smith & Ferguson Roads,Fort Wayne,Allen County,IN by OldPhotoBank on ebay.
Description of Photograph This is an 8x12 inch Reproduction Photograph made from a high quality scan of the original. When evaluating the quality of the photo, please keep in mind that most photos in our collection were taken over 100 years ago.
Title: Pleasant Township School, Smith & Ferguson Roads, Fort Wayne, Allen County, IN
Creator(s): Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Date Created/Published: Documentation compiled after 1933
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One-Room School Records, 1858-1958 at Allen County Genealogical Society of Indiana. Compiled by Deborah Eidson, November 2009. Amended, Jan. 2020, with data with from eighth-grade graduate lists from Fort Wayne newspapers, 1890-1925. Record Description: The Allen County, Indiana One-Room School Records dated 1858-1958 were collected and compiled during the period of 2006-2009 by Deborah Eidson of Monroeville, Indiana. These records were transcribed "as is" from school directories, teachers' attendance records, 8th grade graduation programs, souvenir booklets, photographs, newspaper clippings, and trustees' ledgers.
Students and teachers reunion who attended this log cabin school house in 1850-1860. The schoolhouse is located 1 1/2 miles from Wallen on the corner of Wallen Rd and Fritz Rd. . The picture was taken in around 1900 but was part of a newspaper article in 1910. Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel article: Allen County District Schools and Some Pioneer Teachers. Article included picture of former students of "A Pioneer School House of Allen County, built in 1839". Joseph D. Griswold is last row; third from right. His brother, R. Ashley Griswold is in back row; second from left. Rebecca Ann Opliger-Ervin in in front row; second from left............Upper Row ( left to right.............John Sunderland, R. Ashley Griswold, Luther C. Pratt, Joseph Sunderland, Joseph D. Griswold, August Racine, Samuel Karriger.......Lower Row ( left to right ).....Mrs. John Schuler ( Martha Zern ), Mrs. Rebecca Ervin ( Rebecca Ann Opliger ) Mrs. David Petit ( Lena A Racine ), Mrs. Christian F. Hostman (Cecilia M. Racine), Frederick Racine, Celia Racine, Mrs. Sophia Boschet, Mrs. John Cook ( Mary Malinda Moore ), Mrs. Ann E. Maring ( Ann Elizabeth Griswold Petit Maring ) Ida Racine.
The Indiana State Library has recently partnered with Reveal Digital on its project, “American Prison Newspapers, 1800s-present: Voices from the Inside,” to digitize Indiana newspapers from correctional facilities. One title that researchers can use is the Indiana Boys’ School Herald, from 1928-1970. The Boys’ School opened in Indianapolis in 1867 and its newspaper, the Herald, was published internally and provided staff and residents with updates on the facility.
Now separate Indiana University Fort Wayne and Purdue University Fort Wayne. See IPFW.
From 1917 to 1964, the Indiana Extension Center in Fort Wayne provided opportunities for the Fort Wayne community to enroll in Indiana University extension classes in downtown Fort Wayne. October 18, 1961 IU and Purdue Universities broke ground for the new campus on 114 acres of land formerly known as the Old Oak Park Farm of the Fort Wayne State School just north-east of the Memorial Coliseum at the Fort Wayne city limit.
November 23, 2022 a post on True Fort Wayne Indiana History on Facebook shared the November 23, 2016 post: Hey Hey Hey!!! It's Wall of Fame Wednesday Baby! This is the artist's sketch of Kettler Hall from the FORT WAYNE JOURNAL -GAZETTE on January 1, 1963. [newspaper headline: New Education Era: Indiana-Purdue U. Center] BTW... Hofer and Davis did the boundary surveying for the Foundation when they purchased the property at State Road 37 and Coliseum.... and the Fort Wayne (IPFW) Mastodons had their biggest basketball victory last night beating Indiana University (Ranked #3 in the country) in overtime at The War Memorial Coliseum! Congrats to the "Dons"! by Hofer and Davis, Inc. Land Surveyors on Facebook.
Purdue University Fort Wayne Home For The Holidays ConcertWFWA TV39 PBS Fort Wayne Season 2021 Episode 1 | 1h 37m 26s | Video has closed captioning. Celebrate the joy and beauty of the season with this concert, recorded live December 6, 2021 at the Auer Performance Hall at the Rhinehart Music Center on the campus of Purdue University Fort Wayne. Featured Performances: The School of Music Choral Ensembles and the University and Community Orchestra with Kevin McMahon and William Sauerland, conductors; Jonathan Young and Natalie Young, soloists. Aired: 12/07/21 Rating: NR.
School restores name in new home story about St. Rose of Lima Catholic School in the former East Allen County Schools Monroeville Elementary School building by Ryan Schnurr was published February 17, 2014 on INFortWayne.com.
Research Tip: Indiana Teacher Licenses by Meredith Thompson published August 31, 2016 on the Indiana Genealogical Society blog. Beginning in the mid-1800s, if someone wanted to be a teacher, they had to apply to get a teacher's license, which could be issued either by the county or the state. If it was issued by the county, the license could only be used for teaching in that particular county - a move to another county meant they would have to apply for another license. If it was issued by the state, however, the license was good for teaching in any county. Copied from the IGS blog.
On August 12, 1889, Zerna Sharp, credited as the originator of the concept for Dick and Jane textbooks, was born in Hillisburg. Sharp taught elementary school in Indiana, before taking a job as a textbook consultant. She believed children were expected to learn too many new words at once, which discouraged their interest in reading. In response, she created the Dick and Jane illustrated primers, which followed the adventures of a brother and sister. Children she observed playing on the beach in Chicago inspired the dialogue and plot, making the tales realistic for her young readers. Schools used these book widely from the 1930s through the 1970s. Copied from August 12, 2018 post by Indiana Historical Bureau on Facebook.
Subject Matters Diversity in Schools This special series takes an in-depth look at the changes, challenges, occasional tensions and opportunities that come with increasingly diverse student populations. Led by Reporter Ashley Sloboda, the project is supported with a grant from the Education Writers Association. At The Journal Gazette newspaper.
Wolf Lake, Noble County - Lois Hite and Nary Edward Nulf (1914-1974) exit Earl Taylor's school hack on the first day of...
Wolf Lake, Noble County - Lois Hite and Nary Edward Nulf (1914-1974) exit Earl Taylor's school hack on the first day of school in 1921.
Kid hacks, short for hackney carriages, were precursers to school buses. They were originally horse or mule drawn with doors on the back so the children would not scare the animals. This one appears to be a motorized vehicle. The wooden hack body with seats could be removed to use the truck for regular hauling. Many farmers in rural areas supplemented their incomes as hack drivers. Please share your stories or photos of school hacks.
(The Indiana Album: Nulf Family Collection)
"Woe be unto the school kid when the time shall come when the pencil sharpener is extinct." A salute to the humble...
Allen County, Indiana school directory An accumulation of annual school directories, typescript or photocopy of typescript. Titles vary: Allen County directory, 1897 ; Allen County teachers for ..., 1898/1899 ; Allen County teachers, 1899/1900-1900/1901 ; Allen County school directory, 1901/1902, 1904/1905-1907/1908, 1909/1910, 1913/1914 ; Allen County teacher's directory, 1902/1903-1903/1904, 1908/1909, 1915/1916-1920/1921 ; Allen County teacher's school directory, 1910/1911, 1914/1915 ; Directory of Allen County teachers, 1911/1912...
Dairying Part III...(1911) - Correspondence College of Agriculture , Fort Wayne, Ind , Edward Holyoke Farrington , Correspondence College of Agriculture
Let's take a moment to honor the incredible educators who shape minds and inspire futures. 
Here's a nostalgic glimpse into the past with a photo from our Community Album, featuring a school in St. Joseph Township back in 1923. Meet Miss Anna B. Cook, the dedicated teacher of this class! 
