Spring Creek School or School District #6 was identified in April of 1873, approximately six miles southeast of Lexington. Records are sketchy pertaining to student numbers and facilities available until 1916, when a two-story brick building, with a full basement was constructed. This was an indication of the attendance growth in the district at that time.
Although attendance numbers varied, most of the time attendance was close to 30 students. In the mid 1940s kindergarten was introduced, which in effect added another grade, so it became a K-8 school. All this time there was just one teacher at a time, with the possible exception of when the first year of high school was offered. Even though indoor plumbing had been available for years, indoor bathrooms were not installed until the early 1950s. Since its construction, the school had served as a neighborhood gathering spot for school programs and plays utilizing the stage that was located on the right side of the classroom, hidden by removable wood doors and an elaborate curtain that could be raised and lowered. It continued to be used for social purposes even after classes were no longer offered. After almost 70 years, the landmark schoolhouse was razed in 1985.
Miss Courter began teaching at District 6 in the fall of 1947, after attending KSTC. The same year I started. The next eight years she taught, counseled, and mothered anywhere from 25-30 5 to 14 year olds and molded them into farmers, doctors, housewives, nuns, teachers, pilots, bankers, and other occupations. She was thorough, fair and extremely knowledgeable about all subjects. She played softball or baseball and all other sorts of games with us at recess. “Miss Courter” was single, and lived with her parents on a farm a few miles away until her mother passed away, after which she continued to live with her father. She left District 6 and teacher after 1955. She and her father moved into Lexington, where she built, owned, and managed the Green Valley Motel along Highway 30 in the west part of Lexington. After selling the property and the death of her father, she retired, and now lives at East Lawn Apartments in Lexington.
“Miss Courter” was the only teacher I had through the 8th grade, and I was extremely lucky and blessed to have her. As I mentioned, she was at everything from math to geography, and was a “Teacher.” I had one classmate all eight years and he was the valedictorian for Dawson County Eight Exams and I was fourth, so if she could get me to fourth, she must have been pretty good.
Submitted by Barry Sherman, ’64
Although attendance numbers varied, most of the time attendance was close to 30 students. In the mid 1940s kindergarten was introduced, which in effect added another grade, so it became a K-8 school. All this time there was just one teacher at a time, with the possible exception of when the first year of high school was offered. Even though indoor plumbing had been available for years, indoor bathrooms were not installed until the early 1950s. Since its construction, the school had served as a neighborhood gathering spot for school programs and plays utilizing the stage that was located on the right side of the classroom, hidden by removable wood doors and an elaborate curtain that could be raised and lowered. It continued to be used for social purposes even after classes were no longer offered. After almost 70 years, the landmark schoolhouse was razed in 1985.
Miss Courter began teaching at District 6 in the fall of 1947, after attending KSTC. The same year I started. The next eight years she taught, counseled, and mothered anywhere from 25-30 5 to 14 year olds and molded them into farmers, doctors, housewives, nuns, teachers, pilots, bankers, and other occupations. She was thorough, fair and extremely knowledgeable about all subjects. She played softball or baseball and all other sorts of games with us at recess. “Miss Courter” was single, and lived with her parents on a farm a few miles away until her mother passed away, after which she continued to live with her father. She left District 6 and teacher after 1955. She and her father moved into Lexington, where she built, owned, and managed the Green Valley Motel along Highway 30 in the west part of Lexington. After selling the property and the death of her father, she retired, and now lives at East Lawn Apartments in Lexington.
“Miss Courter” was the only teacher I had through the 8th grade, and I was extremely lucky and blessed to have her. As I mentioned, she was at everything from math to geography, and was a “Teacher.” I had one classmate all eight years and he was the valedictorian for Dawson County Eight Exams and I was fourth, so if she could get me to fourth, she must have been pretty good.
Submitted by Barry Sherman, ’64