Allen County, Indiana Schools

General Information

  1. March 27, 2024 photos of cornerstones possibly Hanna School lying in a vacant lot near Butler Street and Lafayette posted on True Fort Wayne Indiana History on Facebook.
  2. INDIANA The Early Years Education 67 page pdf at IN.gov
  3. Indiana State Library Digital Collections has many items including an 1896 book Indiana Foot Ball featuring Fort Wayne (Central) H.S. football team .
  4. Jane's Education: School in 1820s Fort Wayne - February 14, 2023, The First Schools in Early Fort Wayne - Part 1 in a series on my ancestors' schooling on Between the Lines Family & History.
  5. Plants grown by School Children's Flower & Vegetable Association for school kids on Facebook since the early 1920s by the City of Fort WayneParks and Recreation School Children's Flower & Vegtable Association program .
  6. School restores name in new home story about St. Rose of Lima Catholic School in the former East Allen County Schools Monroeville Elementary School building by Ryan Schnurr was published February 17, 2014 on INFortWayne.com.
  7. Research Tip: Indiana Teacher Licenses by Meredith Thompson published August 31, 2016 on the Indiana Genealogical Society blog. Beginning in the mid-1800s, if someone wanted to be a teacher, they had to apply to get a teacher's license, which could be issued either by the county or the state. If it was issued by the county, the license could only be used for teaching in that particular county - a move to another county meant they would have to apply for another license. If it was issued by the state, however, the license was good for teaching in any county. Copied from the IGS blog.
  8. Tracking Down One-Room Schools was published March 23, 2009 in The News-Sentinel newspaper
  9. Yearbooks are also online at Old-Yearbooks.com
  10. Aboite Township School No. 5, Center & Homestead Roads, Fort Wayne, Allen County, IN from the Library of Congress Historic American Buildings Survey, Engineering Record, Landscapes Survey. Northwest corner of Aboite Center and Homestead Roads. Photos and discussion March 17, 2023 on True Fort Wayne Indiana History on Facebook.
  11. Pleasant Township School, Smith & Ferguson Roads, Fort Wayne, Allen County, IN 7 hand drawn images at the Library of Congress Historic American Buildings Survey, Engineering Record, Landscapes Survey site plan at LOC Prints & Photographs Online Catalog (PPOC).
  12. On August 12, 1889, Zerna Sharp, credited as the originator of the concept for Dick and Jane textbooks, was born in Hillisburg. Sharp taught elementary school in Indiana, before taking a job as a textbook consultant. She believed children were expected to learn too many new words at once, which discouraged their interest in reading. In response, she created the Dick and Jane illustrated primers, which followed the adventures of a brother and sister. Children she observed playing on the beach in Chicago inspired the dialogue and plot, making the tales realistic for her young readers. Schools used these book widely from the 1930s through the 1970s. Copied from August 12, 2018 post by Indiana Historical Bureau on Facebook.
  13. Subject Matters Diversity in Schools This special series takes an in-depth look at the changes, challenges, occasional tensions and opportunities that come with increasingly diverse student populations. Led by Reporter Ashley Sloboda, the project is supported with a grant from the Education Writers Association. At The Journal Gazette newspaper.

  14. Wolf Lake, Noble County - Lois Hite and Nary Edward Nulf (1914-1974) exit Earl Taylor's school hack on the first day of...

    Posted by Indiana Album on Monday, August 10, 2020

    Monday, August 10, 2020 post by Indiana Album on Facebook:

    Wolf Lake, Noble County - Lois Hite and Nary Edward Nulf (1914-1974) exit Earl Taylor's school hack on the first day of school in 1921.

    Kid hacks, short for hackney carriages, were precursers to school buses. They were originally horse or mule drawn with doors on the back so the children would not scare the animals. This one appears to be a motorized vehicle. The wooden hack body with seats could be removed to use the truck for regular hauling. Many farmers in rural areas supplemented their incomes as hack drivers. Please share your stories or photos of school hacks.

    (The Indiana Album: Nulf Family Collection)

  15. "Woe be unto the school kid when the time shall come when the pencil sharpener is extinct." A salute to the humble...

    Posted by Newspapers.com on Sunday, August 27, 2023

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