Cottage Hill School
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Cottage Hill School
FM 2478
Cottage Hill School in 1932
Letter
... I attended the Cottage Hill School, which stood across the road S. E. of the church. The cemetery now owns the land where the school stood. It was a two room school when I first started in 1909 but the small room needed repair and they used it as storage room til it was consolidated with Corinth and a new school was built between the two locations then later consolidated with Celina.
CONTINUATION FACTS ABOUT PEOPLE, SCHOOL, CHURCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE COTTAGE HILL COMMUNITY
Daily Courier Gazette, April 29, 1938
THRIVING TWO-TEACHER SCHOOL
This splendid and somewhat historic community of Cottage Hill has a two-teacher district school of which Prof. Denver L. Price is Principal and Mrs. Alvin Sexton is on her third consecutive year. These are capable teachers, so their patrons and pupils think and consequently a profitable term is under way. Cottage Hill is a standardised seven-grade school with more than fifty pupils enrolled. The school is provided with an ample campus one for the boys and one for the girls. Each sex has a team of its own, of which Prof. Price is coach. At the time of our visit the school was sponsoring a play, “A Wild Flower From the Hills” with the versatile principal in charge as director. The Cottage Hill boys’ basketball team won in the grammar Precinct tournament recently held. The children are a fine body of pupils, both in the schoolroom and in the zest and enthusiasm with which they conduct themselves on the playground. They are a joyous, ambitious group of young Americans.
The Board of Trustees is composed of three well-known, public-spirited citizens of the community - Luther Francis, Herman Johnson and Clell Perkins.
The first Cottage Hill School was located across the street and southeast of the Cottage Hill Methodist Church. The school land later became owned by the Cottage Hill Cemetery.
The new school was built halfway between the 2 old Corinth and old Cottage Hill school buildings on the south side of FM 2478. It was called Cottage Hill School. This school was always a primary school serving grades 1 – 7 with the older students going to Celina for high school.
According to the Celina Record, the last term held at the Cottage Hill School was in 1944. In 1945 some adults were cleaning the school yard and burning the brush when the building was accidentally burned down. The article about the fire stated that the building had not been used for a year or so.
In 1946 the Cottage Hill School District was officially “annexed” by the Celina School District.
Cottage Hill School
FM 2478
Cottage Hill School in 1932
Letter
... I attended the Cottage Hill School, which stood across the road S. E. of the church. The cemetery now owns the land where the school stood. It was a two room school when I first started in 1909 but the small room needed repair and they used it as storage room til it was consolidated with Corinth and a new school was built between the two locations then later consolidated with Celina.
CONTINUATION FACTS ABOUT PEOPLE, SCHOOL, CHURCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE COTTAGE HILL COMMUNITY
Daily Courier Gazette, April 29, 1938
THRIVING TWO-TEACHER SCHOOL
This splendid and somewhat historic community of Cottage Hill has a two-teacher district school of which Prof. Denver L. Price is Principal and Mrs. Alvin Sexton is on her third consecutive year. These are capable teachers, so their patrons and pupils think and consequently a profitable term is under way. Cottage Hill is a standardised seven-grade school with more than fifty pupils enrolled. The school is provided with an ample campus one for the boys and one for the girls. Each sex has a team of its own, of which Prof. Price is coach. At the time of our visit the school was sponsoring a play, “A Wild Flower From the Hills” with the versatile principal in charge as director. The Cottage Hill boys’ basketball team won in the grammar Precinct tournament recently held. The children are a fine body of pupils, both in the schoolroom and in the zest and enthusiasm with which they conduct themselves on the playground. They are a joyous, ambitious group of young Americans.
The Board of Trustees is composed of three well-known, public-spirited citizens of the community - Luther Francis, Herman Johnson and Clell Perkins.
The first Cottage Hill School was located across the street and southeast of the Cottage Hill Methodist Church. The school land later became owned by the Cottage Hill Cemetery.
The new school was built halfway between the 2 old Corinth and old Cottage Hill school buildings on the south side of FM 2478. It was called Cottage Hill School. This school was always a primary school serving grades 1 – 7 with the older students going to Celina for high school.
According to the Celina Record, the last term held at the Cottage Hill School was in 1944. In 1945 some adults were cleaning the school yard and burning the brush when the building was accidentally burned down. The article about the fire stated that the building had not been used for a year or so.
In 1946 the Cottage Hill School District was officially “annexed” by the Celina School District.
