The Blue Lakes School District was organized in 1869 and the original school was located on the south edge of the lower Blue Lake, along the toll road. After a boy on his way school drowned, the building was moved away from the lake to the north about 1/4 mile, into a little "niche" right up against a very steep mountain, on the north side of Highway 20. School was still held there during World War II, and then the building was turned into a home.
In 1946 a contract was drawn with the Upper Lake Union School to become a part of that district and the annexation took place in the fall of 1947.
The school house and its site reverted to Paul Eaton, the son of the donor of the land. Later the property was sold and the building converted into a home. In 1951 it was bought by Mrs. Alethea B. Smythe, who had been a student at the school from 1894 to 1903 (Alethea B. Smith), in grades one through nine. It is still standing and occupied today.
TEACHERS (partial list)
1895-96 (at least) N. Meador
1900 - Lottie Kelting
1904-05 - Minnie Seat & Veda Allen
1905-07 - Mrs. A. J. Waterhouse
1907-08 - Gertrude M. Clark
1908-09 - G. D. Hines
1909-11 - Myrtle Harmon
1911-13 - Ruth Hamilton
1913-14 - Loyis Scanlon & Ruth E. Shearer
1914-15 - Mrs. F. W. Crawford
1915-17 - Miss E. K. Biggerstaff
1917-20 - Bernice Phillips (former pupil)
1920-22 - Lucy Griffitts
1922-23 - Mrs. Madge Harrison
1923-25 - Vivian Berry
1925-26 - Viola Schuler
1926-31 - Clarita Bannister (her father a former student)
1931-41 - Mrs. Anna Phillips
1941-45 - Mrs. Adra Nelson
1945-46 - Mrs. Janet Crabtree
GRADUATES OF BLUE LAKES SCHOOL -
1883 - 1901 - (Graduates of all schools are listed on Schools Main Page
1901 Promoted from 8th to 9th - Aletha Smith
1902 - Aletha Smith
1909 - Harmon, Jack
1911 - Lois Allingham, Bernice Phillips
1914 - Doris Allingham
1916 - Ada Allingham
1917 - Myrtle Allingham
1921 - Dorothy Keil, Elmer Phillips
1924 - Antha Mendenhall, Thomas Rhodes
1925 - Ethel Mann, Melba Tyson
1926 - Paul Keil, Mark Mendenhall
1929 - Carmalita Ford, Hazel Mann
1930 - Olaf Lemmerz, Loren Phillips
1932 - Maudine Olivine Baker, John Alvin Smith
1933 - Max Mendenhall
1934 - Vivian Chesney, Leon Grover, Walter Lemmers
1935 - Robert Phillips
1936 - Abram Sandage
1937 - Glenn L. Ryland, Evelyn Sandage
1938 - Ernest Clay, Ruby Eddings, Janeal Tyra, Louise Tyra
1939 - Elizabeth Mae Thompson
1940 - Mary Jane Lemmers
1941 - Elva Cosgrove, Elsie Mabel Haston, John Kirch, Albert M. Simmons
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Last Updated 03/16/2020
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TEACHERS (partial list)
1895-96 (at least) N. Meador
1900 - Lottie Kelting
1904-05 - Minnie Seat & Veda Allen
1905-07 - Mrs. A. J. Waterhouse
1907-08 - Gertrude M. Clark
1908-09 - G. D. Hines
1909-11 - Myrtle Harmon
1911-13 - Ruth Hamilton
1913-14 - Loyis Scanlon & Ruth E. Shearer
1914-15 - Mrs. F. W. Crawford
1915-17 - Miss E. K. Biggerstaff
1917-20 - Bernice Phillips (former pupil)
1920-22 - Lucy Griffitts
1922-23 - Mrs. Madge Harrison
1923-25 - Vivian Berry
1925-26 - Viola Schuler
1926-31 - Clarita Bannister (her father a former student) 1931-41 - Mrs. Anna Phillips
1941-45 - Mrs. Adra Nelson
1945-46 - Mrs. Janet Crabtree
GRADUATES OF BLUE LAKES SCHOOL -
1883 - 1901 - (Graduates of all schools are listed on Schools Main Page
1901 Promoted from 8th to 9th - Aletha Smith
1902 - Aletha Smith
1909 - Harmon, Jack
1911 - Lois Allingham, Bernice Phillips
1914 - Doris Allingham
1916 - Ada Allingham
1917 - Myrtle Allingham
1921 - Dorothy Keil, Elmer Phillips
1924 - Antha Mendenhall, Thomas Rhodes
1925 - Ethel Mann, Melba Tyson
1926 - Paul Keil, Mark Mendenhall
1929 - Carmalita Ford, Hazel Mann
1930 - Olaf Lemmerz, Loren Phillips
1932 - Maudine Olivine Baker, John Alvin Smith
1933 - Max Mendenhall
1934 - Vivian Chesney, Leon Grover, Walter Lemmers
1935 - Robert Phillips
1936 - Abram Sandage
1937 - Glenn L. Ryland, Evelyn Sandage
1938 - Ernest Clay, Ruby Eddings, Janeal Tyra, Louise Tyra
1939 - Elizabeth Mae Thompson
1940 - Mary Jane Lemmers
1941 - Elva Cosgrove, Elsie Mabel Haston, John Kirch, Albert M. Simmons
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