• Little Red Schoolhouse exterior

    Oct. 11, 1915

    The first school board meeting of Hennepin County Independent School District 85

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  • October and November Meetings 1915

    It’s not surprising that the newly-formed school board for the consolidated high school district met three times in October 1915 and three times in November; they had quite the to-do list!

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  • December Meetings 1915

    Plans take shape for the new high school building

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  • Horse and buggy school transportation

    January 10, 1916 Meeting

    Bills were paid for custodial work, report cards and other supplies and for the driving of the school wagon

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  • February Meetings 1916

    Two school board meetings were held in February 1916. Action continued to be on hold regarding the high school building.

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  • Arnold Gloor, first superintendent

    April Meetings 1916

    Arnold Gloor hired as the first superintendent

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  • Mound High School building exterior 1917

    September 1917

    The dream to build a high school building becomes a reality

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  • Frieda Weber and Lulu Siefarth Class of 1918

    October 1917

    Students move into new high school building

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  • Line of buses at MCHS in 1920s

    November 1917

    In Nov. 1917, instead of walking to a nearby school building, students were transported in school buses to their new consolidated high school.

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  • MCHS assembly room

    December 1917

    High school students began their day together in the third-floor assembly room, all students, grades 9-12. They each had a locker nearby for books and coats. This was a place to gather and study.

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  • MCHS Faculty 1936

    January 1918

    According to Fran Chladek Murphy (class of 1933), Mound Consolidated High School students took different elective classes beginning in ninth grade.

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  • Marching band 1950

    February 1918

    From the very beginning of the Mound Consolidated High School District, the school board decided to provide music opportunities.

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  • 1945 lunchroom

    March 1918

    Student life at Mound Consolidated High School: Lunch, Skipping School and Discipline

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  • Girls basketball team 1922-1923

    April 1918

    Athletics were a large part of Mound Consolidated High School from its earliest days.

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  • Students at prom 1948

    May 1918

    School activities - including dances, the newspaper and clubs - have been popular since the earliest days of MCHS.

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  • 1938 Margaret Jorgensen Zoldahn graduation photo

    June 1918

    In 1948, the caps and gowns were maroon and white for the Mound Consolidated High School graduation. Graduation was at night, with a party afterwards.

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