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Academy Grade School

Academy Grade School, erected in 1894 and remodeled in 1940. Used as a high school from 1894 to 1914.
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(1958) Academy Grade School- Erected in 1894 at Grant and Academy streets, it sat next to the original Academy building and also the Shamokin High School (the Northumberland County Career and Arts Center).
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(1958) Academy Grade School- Erected in 1894 at Grant and Academy streets, it sat next to the original Academy building and also the Shamokin High School (the Northumberland County Career and Arts Center).

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  • (1958) Academy Grade School- Erected in 1894 at Grant and Academy streets, it sat next to the original Academy building and also the Shamokin High School (the Northumberland County Career and Arts Center).
  • *Low-Res* (06.1973) The Academy. The marker reads "High School 1894."
  • (1958) Professor John Gold, Department of Astronomy and Mathematics at Bucknell University, examines an old telescope located atop the Academy building. At the time, telescope at Bucknell was built in 1884 and has proved quite adequate for college instruction. District officials concerned about price to restore and safety precautions to enter the observatory.
  • (1958) Professor John Gold, Department of Astronomy and Mathematics at Bucknell University, examines an old telescope located atop the Academy building. At the time, telescope at Bucknell was built in 1884 and has proved quite adequate for college instruction. District officials concerned about price to restore and safety precautions to enter the observatory.
  • (1958) Professor John Gold, Department of Astronomy and Mathematics at Bucknell University, examines an old telescope located atop the Academy building. At the time, telescope at Bucknell was built in 1884 and has proved quite adequate for college instruction. District officials concerned about price to restore and safety precautions to enter the observatory.
  • (Jan. 1963) This 6-inch objective refractor telescope can magnify the diameters of heavenly bodies up to 450 times. It is French made with a hand-ground objective lens. The school spent $600 recently to get it in tip-top shape, all that is needed is a roof.
  • (Jan. 1963) This 6-inch objective refractor telescope can magnify the diameters of heavenly bodies up to 450 times. It is French made with a hand-ground objective lens. The school spent $600 recently to get it in tip-top shape, all that is needed is a roof.
  • Academy.
  • (1906) Academy Grade School Class of 1906- Pictured are, front row from left, Willard Miller, Fred Yordy, John Bates and Even Richards; second, Marie Hoover, Joe Brennan, Lois Latham, Torrence Francis, teacher; Emily Yordy, Harold Seeley and Laura Wetzel; third, Raymond Fertig, Kura Shade, Herbert Howerth, Lyla Cook, Lloyd Seiler, Emma Thomas, Ralph Hoover, Elizabeth Fitch and Charles Doncheskie; fourth, Harriet Beaver, Clayton Kaseman, Ruth Chilson, Alda Deibler, Susan Lewis, Lottie Wetzel, Verna Raker, Olive Shaffer, Lula Dyer, Valeria Mangle and Harry Harris; back, Llouella Winters, Mary McGonagle, Milton Yost, Bertha Yordy and Olive Gaumer.
  • Shown here are graduates of the Academy Grade School prior to World War I. Ralph Horne, principal, is the man in the extreme left of the photo.
  • (1915) Graduates of the Academy Grade School (graduates from the building that sat next to the Shamokin High School at Eighth and Arch streets for several years).
  • (1921) Academy.
  • (1922) Academy.
  • (1926) Academy.
  • (1929) Academy Grade School.
  • (1929) Academy Grade School.
  • (1932) Academy Class No. 2
  • (1932) Graduates of the Academy Grade School (graduates from the building that sat next to the Shamokin High School at Eighth and Arch streets for several years).
  • (1933) Graduates of the Academy Grade School (graduates from the building that sat next to the Shamokin High School at Eighth and Arch streets for several years). Graduates are front row, from left, L. Fry, E. Decker, F. Fisher, A. Catino, A. Dorrife, M. Keiser, H. Kline, J. Agor, E. Bartsh, H. Ballentine, L. Haas, F. Joraskie and L. Hoover; middle, S. Berger, B. Crow, B. Armstrong, F. Jenkyns, R. Heim, A. Burrows, W. Patridge, teacher; J. Hiderd, H. Burd, J. Geist, L. Herb, P. Daniels, D. Fetterman and J. Bowers; back, J. Black, F. Jones, W. Adams, A. Rick, G. Erdman, W. Hall, B. Stevens, E. Gerhart, L. Herb, R. Beadle and J. Kundy.
  • (1934) Graduates of the Academy Grade School (graduates from the building that sat next to the Shamokin High School at Eighth and Arch streets for several years).
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