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Urbana City Schools company history timeline

1830

In the 1830’s there was no high school in Urbana, just a one-room school near the Big Grove.

1855

The first building in the county to be used as a high school was built in 1855 as a private seminary under the auspices of the Methodist Church.

1896

In 1896 land donated by John Thornburn was used to build the new high school on the banks of the Boneyard Creek at the cost of $23,000.

1914

Classes started in the fall of 1914 with the building being completed at the cost of $150,000.

1915

In April of 1915 the first copy of the school newspaper, The Echo, went to press.

1934

In 1934, the Girls’ Athletic Association reached new heights of popularity when they held a circus in the gym at Urbana High School.

1940

By 1940 the first cheerleaders at Urbana High School had appeared with three girls and two boys forming the squad.

1949

In 1949 the first pep assembly was held and the Steak ‘n Shake became the place for high school students to converge after school and on weekends.

1950

By 1950 several students had their own cars, and an article in The Echo warned against reckless driving.

1956

Students marched in their first homecoming parade in 1956, and a program called “Echos,” a student radio program, was aired over WDWS every Saturday morning.

1969

In 1969 the student council became the Urbana High School Student Senate.

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