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Schools of La Grange and La Grange Park

LaGrange Park's first school was Poet's Corner at LaGrange Road and 31^st Street, built in 1865 and used until 1909.  "There is no whispering without permission" was in the Rules of the Schools (an early governing book at the school).  Stanford's Fountain Pen Ink was used in the school ink wells.

In 1909 the La Grange and La Grange Park school districts were consolidated to form District 102.

In 1928 the Oak Avenue School opened.  1953 saw the addition of the Forest Road School and seven years later (1960) the Forest Road Primary School.  In 1975 the school district purchased the Nazareth Academy on Odgen and Brainard to form the Park Junior High School for grades seven and eight.

The primary source of this information includes but is not limited to:

• La Grange Centennial History 1879-1979, William J Cromie, Editor, La Grange Area Historical Society, 1979 (A must 'read' for a thorough history of the La Grange/La Grange Park area)
• Images of America -- La Grange and La Grange Park, Illinois by RoseAnna and Robert Mueller, Arcadia Publishing (Another must 'read')
• Special Commemorative Supplement to the Suburban Life Citizen -- A Salute to the Village of LaGrange 1879-1979 LaGrange Centennial, Published by the Suburban Life Citizen.
• An undated article from the Suburban Life Citizen.
• La Grange Citizen, August 17, 1923
• Material presented by A. H. Dorsewitz, Village President, 1965 (the village's 75th anniversary)

The above information was obtained through the LaGrange Park Public Library,

Last Modified:  08/04/2002