- Date
- 1967-09-05
- Kind
- Education
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Grade and High School
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- educationreligioncommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Beaver Island Community School opened on September 5, 1967, with 69 students. The Beacon named Sisters Suzanne Potts and Charlene Sniff as new faculty and said Sisters Rita and Wilma were returning under their original baptismal names. It also described rotating high-school periods and television classes in the grade school.
Evidence and limits
This is a newspaper school report. It does not provide a complete student register, personnel file, or administrative record.
Sources
- Reports enrollment of 69, two new faculty members, the return of Sisters Rita and Wilma under their baptismal names, grade distribution, television classes, and school improvements; it does not provide a complete school register or administrative record.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1967-09_Beaver-Beacon
- The held nine-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the published school report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1967-09_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Community School opens with 69 students, 1967”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-school-opening-1967/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, September 1967, “School News.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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