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The Bryan-College Station Eagle
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Sunday, July 31, 2005
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BISD celebrating.
II 125th anniversary
By HOLLY HUFFMAN ornate, three-story building
Eagle Staff Writer built along Bakel;" A venue
where' Fannin Elementary I
now sits - initially served I
as a grade school and then I
was a high school until being I
torn down in 1949, Farris I
said. I
An anniver-I
saty celebra-
tion is I
planned from i
10 a.m. ,to 2
p.m. Oct. 22 -
during the dis-
trict's annual
homecoming
weekend - at
Heritage Park in Bryan. His-
torical displays will be show-
cased, and music and
refreshments will be avail-
able.
Those with memorabilia to
share may call the Bryan
school district communica-
tions office at 209-1020 or con-
tact the department via e-mail
at slfarris@bryanisd.org.
Happy anniversary, Bryan
schools.
This fall marks 125 years
since the district opened the
doors to its
first public
grade school
in 1880. To cel-
ebrate the
milestone,
Bryan school
officials are
planning an
anniversary
celebration
for October and are seeking
memorabilia from the dis-
trict's early years.
Former Bryan students are
encouraged to share their
I school memorabilia Wit, h the
district so it may be pho-
tographed and preserved.
District officials particularly
are interested in old year-
books, photographs, report
cards and school programs,
spokeswoman Sandy Farris
said.
The first school - an
. Holly Huffman's e-mail
address is holly.huffman@
theeagle.com.