Atkinson High School - Tiger Yearbook (Atkinson, IL)

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Holland Education wns gaining a strong foothold and on Aorll 23, 1939, new territory was added to the Atkinson school district by a sreclnl election, and enrollment the following term increased threefold. Because of lacking qualities in this brick structure, in April 1941, it was voted by residents of the community to issue bonds to finance the construction of a new high school, at the cost of $100,000. The new building was completed during the summer of 42 due to extreme effort on the part of the school bo'-rd, the contractors, and workmen. The impressing new school building was dedicated on September 11, 1942 and the first classes held on September 2, 1942, with a staff of six highly qualified teachers, an enrollment of seventy-one students and a schedule offering nineteen subjects. This new school buildinr; a descendant from the pioneer frame building shows how the world is progressing and how the young people ore preparing to meet its onslaught fully prepared and enlightened.

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Charles Verbeok