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"Creating Opportunities for Individual and Student Needs" |
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In 2001, Granville combined with Towner and Upham to become TGU School District #60. By combining the three schools, our ability to teach and learn has grown to new heights. After combining our athletic teams we have become some of the top in the state. Granville sports teams were originally known as the Eagles but in combining the Eagles, Cardinals, and Orioles to make the TGU Titans...a winning team was born. |
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Granville's first school was built in 1904 for $5,000. It was a two story building called the "School on the Hill" because it was built on one of the town's hills pointing north. The original school had four teachers, Evelyn Fischer, Fred Buckwalter, Cordelia Essie Shoemaker, and Ruth Wilbur. The teachers worked together to teach all kids who attended. Even though the school had been in operation since 1904, the school wasn't made a public school until 1911. In 1911 Granville held it's first graduation with a graduating class of three. (Luella Crain, Marjorie Morrison, and Leonard Omlid. After five more years, the school had become too small to hold classes. |
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In 1915, Granville was at its economic and population high. Education also became a major topic at this time because people started to believe every child had the right to a free education. In 1914, Granville believed that it needed a school building to keep up with modern times and changes. On February 4, 1916, the new three story school building was completed with a cost of $30,000. The construction of the building was done by the Northern Construction Company of Grand Forks. The new three story building housed a elementary, high school, and gym. During the 1930's and 1940's Granville was one of the top schools in the state. Granville athletics were also at the top of their division. The Granville Eagles were well known around the state as a team to be reckoned with. In 1963, the school go an addition added, new elementary classrooms along with a new cafeteria. In 1979, Granville saw that the school building was in tough shape and something needed to be done. After a lot of discussion and donations, the decision to tear down the old three story building was final. |
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During the school year of 1978, construction began on a new high school building, which still exists today. After graduation in 1979 the old school was striped out and tore down. Since the cafeteria and elementary rooms were still in great shape they were saved along with the shop, on the west side of the original three story building. |
The new school was completed just in time for the fall semester of 1979. The original school bell and some of the bricks from the old school were saved and made into a memorial which sits in front of the new high school building today and reads, "HIGH SCHOOL 1915 - 1979". |
Information taken from "Granville A Community Which Refuses To Die" |
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Established in 1911 |
Established in 2001 |