- Date
- 1963-09-04
- Kind
- Education
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Grade and High School
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- educationcommunityheritage
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Beaver Island School opened on September 4, 1963, with an enrollment of 59 pupils. The October Beaver Beacon names four teachers and reports a new interior paint job, removal of the old school, and new tether-ball and softball equipment.
Evidence and limits
The source provides a contemporary school-news notice, not enrollment registers, board minutes, or a complete staff roster. “Old school removed” is preserved as reported and is not expanded into a demolition date or project record.
Open questions
- Can school records establish the enrollment, staff assignments, and building-work dates?
Sources
- Reports September 4 opening with 59 pupils, four named teachers, interior painting, removal of the old school, and new tether-ball and softball equipment; it does not supply school-board minutes or a complete staff file.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1963-10_Beaver-Beacon
- The held six-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1963-10_Beaver-Beacon
- Reprints a 1963 notice that the School Board requested bids to remove the old school behind the new one, with the work planned for that summer. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1993-06_Beaver-Beacon
- The held sixteen-page issue scan confirms the June retrospective school notice.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1993-06_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Community School opens with 59 pupils and improvements, 1963”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-school-opening-and-improvements-1963/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 1963, “School & College.” (and 3 further sources listed on the page).
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