Sussex Graded School History transcribed and edited by Michael R. Reilly, Editor Updated 08/08/2009 History of School Revealed at New Building Dedication by Mrs. Ray Podolske Menomonee Falls News, September 1952 A fascinating history of early Sussex schools was unfolded as 200 persons assembled Tuesday night, September 23, for the dedication of the new $115,000 brick veneer solid… Read more »
School began in 1845; third version now Town Hall By Fred Keller Sussex Sun,Posted: July 30, 2008 The Town of Lisbon came to be in October 1842 when the first pioneers staged an organizational meeting in a schoolhouse on Lisbon Road where the Halquist Stone Co. office is today . The community quickly turned from its founding to the building… Read more »
Plainview School went through three incarnations By Fred Keller Sussex Sun, Retrospect, Posted: Sept. 24, 2008 Lisbon No. 4 School, known since 1920 as Plainview School, held an all-classes reunion Aug. 10 at the old Robert Bartlett farm, now the spacious Lisbon Community Park. The school opened in 1844 and closed in 1965. During that time, three buildings hosted the… Read more »
Lake Five Elementary, Lisbon District #3 Lake Five had a school house to cover a big enough area to serve enough children who needed schooling, plus the tax base to support a “free school.” The school which resulted was Lisbon No.3 School, a log cabin building organized in 1843. The initial class ranged from ages 4 to 20…. Read more »
Nineteen years ago on Aug. 12, 1990, about 200 people attended the all-school reunion of the very first Town of Lisbon school, Lisbon Plank Road School that opened in 1841, (possibly 1839), and close in June 1951. Back then, there were approximately 110 to 125 alumni of the stone, one-room school house that today is a stone museum at Halquist… Read more »
Lisbon District No. 10 School History Compiled and Editedby Mike Reilly, January 2, 2006 Last updated 01/02/2006 Lisbon: School District No. 10 – Annette C. Purdy,Teacher/ 43 scholars. No schoolhouse site to speak of. The 27(?) x 9 house islocated on the street, bounded on the north by a blacksmith shop; on the east bya barnyard dog kennel; and… Read more »
Good Hope & Hillside Elementary, Lisbon District # Source: Recollections from the Past: Sussex, Wisconsin,Presented by Farmers & Merchants Bank, August 4, 1972
In the Hamilton School District there has been a series of church schools over the years: St. Agnus in Butler, St. John’s Lutheran in Lannon, Peace Lutheran in Sussex and a feeder program from Faith Lutheran in Sussex to Lannon’s St. John’s, plus St. James Catholic School from 1954 to 1970 and then again from 1978 to 1988, when it… Read more »
Lannon State Graded (Elementary)School Teachers and School History Compiled by Mike Reilly 06/04/04 At the old stone school house There is evidence that fromwhen public schooling was created in Wisconsin under the State firstconstitution, that grades only ranged from 1st thru 5th, and some sort of”high school” or upper level classes were offered to students. When achild started… Read more »
Fifth-sixth grade school 1941-42 By Fred H. Keller Posted: Living Sussex Sun, Sept. 24, 2013 The Sussex Lisbon Area Historical Society includes Lannon history as part of its collection and research material. Some years ago, the Society acquired a set of “Lannon Highlights,” a newspaper that the Lannon School, first through tenth grade, published, probably starting with the school years… Read more »
