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 Old La Porte HS |
 1908 Interlocken School |
 Union Mills High School |
 Old Wilder School |
 LaCrosse School (Old Annex) |
 Old Wanatah High School |
 Banks School Scipio Twp |
 Bootjack School Wills Twp |
 Rolling Prairie HS Circa 1910 |
 Lake View School, circa 1890 on land settled by Carson Siddles, later known as the Allison Brownlee Farm. Lincoln Twp |
 Hanna High School |
 Laird School in Westville, Indiana See ** below pictures |
 Interlocken School "Winter" Camp Set-up |
 Puddleton School was located on 850 E. Wills Twp now at 350 E Renamed - Community Bldg |
 Stillwell School circa 1950 |
| ~~~ |  Eight Square School House 1170 N. on LaPorte Co. Line Rd erected circa 1852 razed in about 1931 |
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 Kankakee School Gathering |
 Brown School Wills twp |
 Rolling Prairie 1918-1920 3rd & 4th Grade |
 Oak Grove School Contributed by: David Hicks at dhicks9023@yahoo.com |
 Clinton Twp Circa 1914 |
 Clinton Middle School Circa 1917 |
 Clinton twp circa 1923 |
 Clinton twp circa 1924 |
 Clinton twp circa Jr & Sr High circa 1923 ? |
 Clinton Twp School Bus 1917 |
 Clinton Twp 1919 |
 Clinton Freshman 1920-1921 |
 Kankakee School 1927 |
 LaCrosse 1919 - 7th/8th Grades C. Shinabarger, Teacher Per Bill Mathews, an Elva Shinabarger was the sister of Dr. Funkhouser’s wife, Catherine. |
 Stillwell Circa 1948/49 |
 Mill Creek 1936 1st & 2nd Grades |
 Stillwell School Baseball Team 1949 - See *** Below |
 Springfield 8th Grade Contributed by Ilaine Church |
** Laird School - In 1862 Westville High School opened under Superintendent J. G. Laird. Laird’s School attracted teachers from all over Indiana, and, with the possible exception of a school in LaPorte and one or two in Valparaiso, it was the only true high school in Northwest Indiana, with an enrollment of nearly 100. In 1876 the Laird School was destroyed by fire and a new frame building was erected where the present school stands. This schoolhouse was destroyed by lightning in 1897, and replaced by a four-room brick building, which formed the old half of the schoolhouse that stood until 1957.
Stillwell School Baseball Team 1949 -
Front Row: Jack Goethals (Jr. Reserve), Gene Jones ( Sr. Short Stop), Everette Dunfee ( Sr. Pitcher), Gail Swing (Sr. Catcher). Bill Singleton (Sr. F. B.),
Donald Bradfield (Sr. L.F.), Bill Turnham (Junior),
Back Row: Dean Robison (Junior), Allen Dickson (Senior), Deverl Ames, (Junior), Bill Z? (Senior), Gerald Felton (Junior), Richard Gillen (Senior), Mr. Martin Coach - II YearDr. William Nicholas Hailmann was the Ninth Superintendent of the La Porte Community Schools 1883 - 1894. He was and remained a Nationally acclaimed scholar and brought many new
ideas to various education systems in various states such as LaPorte County Indiana , Washington D C and Dayton, Ohio School System, to name a few. Dr. Hailmann was born in Switzerland in about 1836 and died in 1920.
While at La Porte Dr. Hailman developed the "New Education" concept which encompassed the belief that a student's whole personality of "head, heart and hands," rather than merely the head. He introduced a curriculum for both the study of Manual arts and Fine arts. He also started a kindergarten class which at that time was only being used in one other city in the United States.
Dr. Hailmann's wife Eudora (Lucas) Hailmann and his daughter, Bessie Hailmann, established in LaPorte a National School for the training and education of kindergarten teachers, bringing wider fame to the LaPorte School Corporation. Eudora and William had wed in Jefferson County, Kentucky Dec 25 1857.
Dr. Hailman left LaPorte County in 1894 to accept an appointment as National Superintendent Of the Indian Schools in Washington D.C. It should also be noted that William Nicholas Hailmann and spelled as Hailman in many instance, served in a Kentucky unit during the Civil war as a Major.
In 1956 LaPorte Community School Corporation built and dedicated Hailmann Elementary School to Dr. Hailmann's memory.School Information in progress. Stop back and see us.
If you have information you would like to contribute, please feel free to contact me at laportecountyin@yahoo.com
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