East Valley School District encompasses approximately in the City of
Spokane Valley and areas of unincorporated
Spokane County. The district boundaries extend from Butler Road in Spokane Valley east to the
Idaho border, and from the
Spokane River north to the foothills of
Mount Spokane
Mount Spokane levation €”previously known as Mount Baldy until 1912 due to its pronounced bald spot—is a mountain in the northwest United States, located northeast of Spokane, Washington. Its summit is the highest point in Spokane County, an ...
. The district operates six K-8
elementary schools; one comprehensive
high school; an Enrichment Center that offers extensive early-childhood education, alternative education and special education; and a wide array of online learning programs that serve both residents of the area and many beyond. In addition, East Valley co-manages a vocational skills center with adjacent districts.
History and development
East Valley School District was organized in 1886. East Trent School District #63 was the first
school district in the Spokane Valley area, it was later developed with the EVSD.
In 1888, the first public
school house in the East Valley School District was constructed in the area now known as
Otis Orchards. This one-room schoolhouse served the
areas later known as East Farms, Moab and Otis Orchards. The Little White School on the
Hill was built with twenty
dollars worth of
wood donated by William Pringle and was
officially designate] School District #76 by the
Territory (country subdivision), territorial legislature.
Washington would not
become a
state until one year later in 1889.
The more modern "
Cobblestone
Cobblestone is a natural building material based on cobble-sized stones, and is used for pavement roads, streets, and buildings.
Setts, also called Belgian blocks, are often casually referred to as "cobbles", although a sett is distinct fro ...
School" (1909–1918) replaced the Little White School on the Hill and boasted its first
graduating
Graduation is the awarding of a diploma to a student by an educational institution. It may also refer to the ceremony that is associated with it. The date of the graduation ceremony is often called graduation day. The graduation ceremony is al ...
high school class in 1914.
A new high school wing was added to the Cobblestone School in 1918. Cobblestone School, known for its tall
bell tower
A bell tower is a tower that contains one or more bells, or that is designed to hold bells even if it has none. Such a tower commonly serves as part of a Christian church, and will contain church bells, but there are also many secular bell tower ...
, shake siding and field stone trim, was allegedly designed by famous local architect
Kirtland Cutter
Kirtland Kelsey Cutter (August 20, 1860 – September 26, 1939) was a 20th-century architect in the Pacific Northwest and California. He was born in East Rockport, Ohio, the great-grandson of Jared Potter Kirtland. He studied painting and illus ...
. Cutter's other local designs include the
Davenport Hotel and many other historic buildings which still stand in the
Spokane area.
In 1923, Stucco High School was built just west of Cobblestone School. When
fire destroyed the old Cobblestone Elementary School in 1930, a second
stucco
Stucco or render is a construction material made of aggregates, a binder, and water. Stucco is applied wet and hardens to a very dense solid. It is used as a decorative coating for walls and ceilings, exterior walls, and as a sculptural and a ...
building was constructed to house.
With each new building, or as additional smaller school districts combined with the Otis Orchards School District, new school district numbers were assigned. Otis Orchards School District became #314 in 1922 after combination with the Moab School District.
E.H. McHenry became their first official
superintendent. Borden School District from
Canfield Gulch combined with Otis in 1925 creating the new district #341. Schools in
Newman Lake
Newman Lake—historically and alternatively known as Moab—is an unincorporated community in Spokane County, Washington, United States. Newman Lake, which took its name from early settler William Newman, is east-northeast of downtown Spokane. Ne ...
,
Idlewild and
Green Mountain
Green Mountain is a common name for "The Peak", the highest point on Ascension Island, which has gained some fame for claims that it is one of very few large-scale artificial forests.
History and vegetation
Many early 19th-century accounts, in ...
also combined and joined with Otis between 1933 and 1938. In 1943, Otis was renumbered to Otis Orchards School District #348.
In 1957, on a site just west of the old stucco schools,
red brick
A brick is a type of block used to build walls, pavements and other elements in masonry construction. Properly, the term ''brick'' denotes a block composed of dried clay, but is now also used informally to denote other chemically cured cons ...
additions of the new Otis Orchards Elementary began. Otis Orchards’ public schools combined with the East Trent School District #63 in 1959 forming the new East Valley School District #361,
Otis Orchards’ old stucco school buildings were used to house high school students until the
new Trentwood-area
East Valley High School could be completed.
The original East Valley High School opened its doors in the fall of 1960.
Harold Hoffman, superintendent of Otis Orchards Public Schools, was retained as the first superintendent of the new East Valley School District #361.
Brief History of the East Valley School District
(Retrieved 18 April 2011)
Schools
* High Schools
** East Valley High School
* Middle Schools
** East Valley Middle School
* Elementary Schools
** East Farms Elementary
** Otis Orchards Elementary
** Trent Elementary
** Trentwood Elementary
* Choice School
** Continuous Curriculum School (CCS)
Former schools
* Mountain View Middle school - Closed in 2011[
]
References
External links
*
District Statistics - Staff, Students, Schools
{{Schools in Spokane, Washington
East Valley School District
School districts in Washington (state)
School districts established in 1888
1888 establishments in Washington Territory
Public school districts in Spokane County, Washington
Education in Spokane, Washington