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Beaver Island school reopens with 56 grade-school pupils and nine high-school students, 1960

Also September 6 · 1960 Beaver Island school opening

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TypeEvent
Date1960-09-06
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
1960-09-06
Kind
Opening
Carried out by
Beaver Island Grade and High School
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
educationcommunitydemography
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

Beaver Island school reopened on September 6, 1960, with 22 pupils in grades 1–4, 25 in grades 5–8, and nine high-school students. Sister Euphrosine and Sister Karen joined as the high-school and grade-school teachers.

Evidence and limits

The newspaper provides enrollment counts and two teacher names but not a full register, staff list, school building record, or attendance method.

Open questions

  • Which school, parish, and education records preserve the 1960 roster and staff assignments?

See also

Sources

  1. Reports school reopening on September 6 with 22 children in grades 1–4, 25 in grades 5–8, and nine high-school students; it names Sister Euphrosine as high-school teacher and Sister Karen as grade-school teacher. It does not provide a complete roster, school building identification, or official enrollment register.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1960-09_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held three-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 · 1960-09_Beaver-Beacon

Added 1 August 2026 · revised 3 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island school reopens with 56 grade-school pupils and nine high-school students, 1960”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-school-reopens-1960/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, September 1960, school reopening notice. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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