The Earliest Schools

The earliest schools in the area were log structures. One log school was built on the Hotchkiss farm

probably in the late 1860s. Another, the Wass log school, was built in 1870 at Malcolm.

By 1883 the Arcadia School District consisted of four schools teaching 172 students: the Gable

School, the Swamp School, the Arcadia Village School, and the Burnham School.

Several years following the construction of the church in 1888, the congregation began to make plans

for the construction of a parochial school. A small school was built north of the Church, and on

October 10, 1892 the pastor began teaching in the new school.

In 1910, the Twin Schools were replaced by the Arcadia High School. In 1913, the first class of seniors

arrived, and in the spring of 1914 the first high school class graduated.

This is a map from the 1940s showing the locations of schools in the area at the time and the

probable location of an earlier school known locally as the Manke school.

This is the story of local schools by date.