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Event

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

Also September 6 · 1960 Beaver Island school opening

Draft — sources verified, prose evolving

TypeEvent
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era

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. Beaver Beacon, September 1960, school reopening notice.
    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.