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Welcome
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DHS all 60's Reunion
Visit the DHS school
district webpage and
Douglas School System was named after Thomas Baird Douglass (1841-1902. Six of the original seven school children were the children of Thomas Douglass. The district began operating in 1891, it was only natural that the school system be called Douglas School System. The school system was relatively small until 1948 when Ellsworth Air Force Base reactivated. From 1952-55, the system was operated under an agreement with the Rapid City School District. In 1955 the Douglas School System assumed independent operations with a three-member board.
The first building to be constructed was the Vandenberg Building,
which is now one of the elementary schools. This building was constructed in
1952 and an addition was put on in 1958. It is named for General Hoyt
Vandenberg. In 1961, the Badger Clark Building, named for a SD poet Laureate,
was built to house primary levels. The next building was the round Carrousel
Building. Named for the late Senator, the Francis Case Building was built in
1964. The Douglas High School Building was ready for students for the 1963-64
school year. Since 1964, several annexes and an Administration Building have
been added. (from the
City of Box Elder
webpage)
Click here to enter our DHS 1960s grads site!
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here to go to the DHS Facebook page! contact webmaster Connie Thompson Julien DHS '69
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