Dixon School celebrates 100 years
Rob Zolman
The Dixon School was built in 1919, and the year can be seen on the front of the building.
Rob Zolman
During the celebration, people shared 100 years of information and memories.
Rob Zolman
Rob Zolman
Rob Zolman
A car show reminding people of the past was held in Dixon as they celebrated Dixon School's 100th anniversary.
Rob Zolman
People share stories in the gym where historic photos were displayed during the 100th year celebration.
Rob Zolman
Celebration attendees look at articles and memorabilia from the Dixon School.
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Story and photos by Rob Zolman / Valley Journal
DIXON – If the walls of the Dixon school could talk, they might tell stories of all the things they have witnessed from horse-drawn wagons to dusty chalkboards and could tell tales about the hundreds of students and teachers who walked the halls and sat in the classrooms over the past 100 years.
On Saturday, the Dixon School District marked its 100th birthday with a full day of celebration, which included an art fair, a car show, a parade and a school dance in the old gymnasium.
News clippings, trophies, yearbooks and old photos were on display for people to look through and reminisce.
The Dixon school was once a one-room building back in 1909. It wasn’t until 1919 that the community celebrated the construction of a multi-room brick building to serve as the school.
The building, which still serves the Dixon community for grades K-8, was considered a modern school at the time.
The history of the school parallels the growth of Dixon with the schoolhouse expanding and consolidating to accommodate population growth and decline in the area. In 1938, a larger gymnasium with a stage and locker rooms was built with funding from a bond and a government grant for $28,000.
