- Date
- 2009-05-23
- Kind
- Celebration
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- educationcommunityconstructionheritagecelebration
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
More than 210 people attended the formal dedication of the remodeled Beaver Island Community School on May 23, 2009. The program included alumni and school speakers, acknowledgments of community and grant support, presentation of the original McKinley School bell, a flag raising, ribbon cutting, facility tours, and a picnic.
Evidence limits
The newspaper account establishes the dedication details; the forum post is a contemporaneous school-community announcement and does not replace construction records, occupancy approvals, grant files, attendance registration, or a complete project history.
Sources
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Sources
- A school representative announced that the community had moved into the new space, invited the public to a March 1 open house, and announced the May 23 dedication; the post thanks temporary hosts and Beaver Gems but is not a construction or occupancy record.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 01 · t001492
- Beaver Beacon, June 2009, "Christening the School."Reports more than 210 attendees, speakers from several graduating classes, grant and construction acknowledgments, the original McKinley School bell, flag raising, ribbon cutting, tours, and a picnic. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2009-06_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the school dedication report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2009-06_Beaver-Beacon
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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Community School holds its formal dedication, 2009”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-school-dedication-2009/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, "NEW SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE," February 24, 2009. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).
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