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Welcome to the
Adams Township
School District
website!
Home of the
Jeffers Jets!
The first school
in Adams
Township was
established in
Atlantic Mine in
1871. However,
records of
faculty and
students were
not kept until
1884. It was in
1891 that the
Adams Township
School Board
hired Fred A.
Jeffers to be
principal.
On August
25, 1894, Fred
A. Jeffers and
Cora Doolittle,
his classmate
from the
Michigan Normal
School in
Ypsilanti,
Michigan (now
Eastern Michigan
University) were
married. They
had graduated
together in
1891. Fred
became
Superintendent
and Cora
Principal of the
Adams Township
School District
(ATSD) in
September 1894.
They would serve
in these
capacities
together for 55
years until the
passing of Mrs.
Jeffers on March
29, 1948, two
days before her
78th birthday.
The first
graduating class
from the ATSD
occurred in
1897. There were
only 8 graduates
in this class
and the high
school was still
located in
Atlantic Mine.
The first
graduating class
from Painesdale/Jeffers
High School
occurred in 1910
and had 13
graduates.
During the
1909-1910 school
year, the ATSD
had 47 faculty
members, which
included the
elementary
schools. During
the peak
enrollment years
in the early
1920s, Adams
Township had 7
elementary
schools:
Painesdale,
Trimountain,
Baltic, South
Range, Atlantic
Mine, Toivola,
and Michigan
Smelt Works.
These elementary
schools were
served by the
Painesdale High
Schools. In
addition,
Students from
Stanton and Elm
River Townships,
as well as
Bohemia Township
in Ontonagon
County, attended
the Painesdale
High School.
During this
period,
enrollment was
near 2,500
students, with
73 faculty
members. We know
that the ATSD
was second in
size only to the
Calumet School
District.
Because school
board minutes
are missing from
1919 to 1943 and
other records
are difficult to
interpret, exact
details are
sometimes
unclear. We do
know for certain
that the
enrollment was
2,322 students
in 1918 and that
it had fallen to
1,420 by 1941.
The ATSD's
lowest
enrollment was
405 during the
2006-2007 school
year.
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