School Facts

The first class was 46 students (9 boys and 37 girls). Speakers at the dedication ceremony on November 1, 1896, were Mayor Webster, Superintendent of Schools, B.T. Hathaway, and Paris Gibson. The Black Eagle Band and special choruses under the direction of Josephine Trigg furnished the music. The principal was Helen Edgerton.

The first graduation exercises for the class of 1897 were held in the Opera House for Alack of a school auditorium. There were five graduates and a packed house.