The names of these teachers and the schools they taught were taken from the minutes of the Grant Township Board of Directors bi monthly meetings. The minutes were found in an old ledger book put out by the state of Iowa just for these meetings. This ledger book was found in a cupboard in the white School House on the grounds of the Sioux County Historical Society in Orange City, IA., with about 6 attendance records books. The teachers were first hired for only three month periods and later they were given one year contracts.
This school may not have been opened until the fall term of 1899, no teachers are named.
Grant Township School No. 8
Date and Teachers name
10-20-1894
03-18-1895
10-28-1895
08-24-1896
11-14-1896
03-15-1897
07-26-1897
10-23-1897
03-21-1898
11-14-1898
03-20-1899
08-15-1899------------ Anna Calahan
11-11-1899 -------------Mary Donaldson
03-19-1900 -------------Mary Donaldson
08-18-1900 -------------Mr. Stevens
11-09-1900------------ Gertie Schaap
03-18-1901 ------------Cora Harrington
08-22-1901 ------------Anna Calahan
11-09-1901 ------------Anna Calahan
03-17-1902 ------------Anna Calahan
08-09-1902 ------------Eunice Brown
11-08-1902 -----------Eunice Brown
03-16-1903 ------------Eunice Brown
08-08-1903 ------------Estella Forbes
11-05-1903 ------------Estella Forbes
03-21-1904 ------------Estella Forbes
08-23-1904 ------------Estella Forbes
10-27-1904 -----------Estella Forbes
03-20-1905 ------------Elizabeth Brewster
07-31-1905 ------------Mamie Peters
11-01-1905----------- Elnora McBroom
03-19-1906-----------Elnora McBroom
07-02-1906 -----------Susie Vandiepen
11-05-1906 -----------Susie Vandiepen
03-15-1907 -----------Susie Vandiepen
07-01-1907----------- Elizabeth Brewster
07-01-1908 ----------Maud Jackson
07-01-1909 -----------Maud Jackson
07-01-1910 -----------Sadie Peters
07-01-1911 -----------Sadie Peters
07-01-1912 -----------Sadie Peters
07-01-1913 -----------No teacher named
07-01-1914 -----------No teacher named
07-01-1915 ----------No teacher named
