Arenzville High School - Raider Yearbook (Arenzville, IL)

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11116 school it The ftrst hlgh school class to be graduated 1n the v1llage of Arenz vllle was the class of 1890 whlch had lts 1nstruct1on ln what lS now the vlllage hall and the vlllage gall When xncreased enrollment rnade It necessary a larger bulldlng was erected on the s1te of the present bu1ld1ng The flrst class to be graduated out of lt was the class of 1893 Th1s bulldmg burned 1n 1901 and was re placed by the present bu1ld1ng whose doors were opened IH September of 1909 Durmg these years the htgh school was a three year school but about 1913 or 1914 the h1gh school had a four year curr1culum In 1936 the gymnaslurn was added In 1940 a cornmumty hlgh school dlstrlct was formed ln October 1947 the present communlty umt D1str1ct 'Number 27 was formed lt cornprlses the ullages of Chap1n Concord and Arenzvllle and adjacent terrltorles