Eidsvold Elementary School

Thorp Township, Clark Co., WI

Contributed by Paul Forster

Eidsvold, Clark Co., Wisconsin Public School

Eidsvold School district was founded in 1877 as school district No. 1 in the township of Thorp. It was originally a log structure and the first teacher was Miss Anna Jerad. The oldest pupil ever to attend the school was 23 years of age. Other teaches included Ida Markowski and Ruth Thilke who taught when there were just four in the graduating class with the motto: "Duty Before Pleasure!"

Early Photo of the Eidsvold School

Teachers	Photo	Terms	Grade	Notes
Ruggles, Ruth				Married Art Evenson
Steiger, Beatrice		1943-45	1-4	Married Dale W. Syth
Van Loo, Bertha		1930-33	1-4
Baker, Genevieve		1933-36		Married a Wry
Verkuilen, Leona		1934-35	5-8
Thielke, Ruth		1935-36	1-4

These teachers may have served at Eidsvold longer than indicated. These are dates we've verified.