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community . Within 5 days, they had raised the first log cabin schoolhouse on what records state is tot 10, block 2, Smithland. (Roy Gambs, in 1958, noted this should be recorded to read Lots 7 and 8 Block 2.) The
Smithland school house was the first schoolhouse in Woodbury county and was built of hewed cotton logs; the floors and doors were cottonwood puncheon. There were 23 students and Miss Van Dorn received $ 2.00 per week, paid by the school patrons in the proportion to the number of students in attendance. Mr. O.B Smith boarded her free of charge. In 1859, Elijah Adams built a new frame schoolhouse and in the late 1860’s, the ladies of Smithland, through the community club socials, raised money to buy a bell for the new school. The bell was ordered from the Ohio foundry at the considerable cost of $ 114.00. It was shipped to Dension, the nearest railroad town, and hauled to Smithland by Joe’ Bowers’ mule team. The inscription on the bell reads; “Buckeye Bell Factory, 1869, Vanduken and Tiet, Cincinnati.” In 1876 a large two-story school house was erected. It was a two-story frame, 50x60 feet with ceilings fourteen feet high, and was ventilated by means of double chimneys. The lower story was divided into two rooms, each having a seating capacity of fifty pupils. The upper story was one room, and contained seats for 100 pupils. The school was graded and had a three years’ high school course.
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Westwood region of Los Angeles, California. Hence, the Columbia Blue and Gold Colors were also adopted. In 1995, the school colors changed from Columbia Blue and Gold to Royal Blue and Gold. The mascot “Rebel” was named after a high school student's dog. The student’s name was Rick Watson and he entered the name “Rebel” into a contest and it was selected as the winner. “Willie The Rebel” is the mascot along with the icon, “swords.” Diane Miller designed and drew Willie The Rebel.
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during the 1920’s. In 1940, a new gymnasium was constructed for the Sloan
Raiders basketball team. By 1949, enrollment had increased to 334, making Sloan Consolidated school the largest school in the county. Homecoming was first celebrated during the 1948-49 basketball season, with Marilyn Henry as the first homecoming queen. The Sloan “Raiders” retired their name in 1962 as the consolidation of Sloan, Hornick, Holly Springs, Salix, and Smithland happened. Although Westwood consolidated in 1961, they did not adopt the mascot “Rebels” until the next year. The old Sloan school building was torn down in the 1990s.
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Genness as the only graduate. The superintendent for that year was J.S Shoup. Since then there have been graduates all but for 13 years, the last year without graduates was 1902.
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school building. In 1917, the new school building caught fire and burnt down. One year later they built a replica of the first school. Where the school was located is currently where the
Hornick city park is today. When the Holly Springs school closed the 6-8th grade, it divided the K-5 with Hornick and Salix.
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Westwood CSD was E.V. Heacock. He served for five years. The first people on the school board were President Warren Johnson of Sloan, Orval K. Cox of Hornick, Cyr Miquelon of Salix, Norman Stickney of Smithland, Alvin Sulsberger of Holly Springs. The
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The first school in Sloan was held on the second floor of the grocery store owned by Evans and Beall, with the first schoolteacher as Miss L. Hosmer. Church was also held on the second floor. A larger school building was constructed in 1916, that operated as a K-12. Carl Burris was superintendent
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Hornick school was a two room building. Currently, there are houses where the school used to be. The original school cost $ 5,000 to build. Some students rode on a bus pulled by horses to get to school. In 1916, the school added 11th and 12th grades. With that, they also built a new
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Smithland is one of the oldest towns in northwest Iowa. The first teacher at the
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On April 7, 1920, eight acres on the south edge of Salix, were purchased from the Harrington family for a new school site. The school was occupied on April 1, 1929. The land is currently a city park today.
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