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Vol. 2 No. 1
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Summer 2008
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Oakdale School: Past and Present
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Today, Oakdale School is a small PreK-12 school, just as it was a small grades
1-12 school 80 years ago when the school graduated its first class. Oakdale
School is more than just a building where learning takes place. It is the
students, the faculty, and the community that make Oakdale School what it is
today and what it has been through the years.
This issue of The Oakdale Express is dedicated to Oakdale School - past and
present. Prepare to take a journey that will bring back memories of the friends,
teachers, and everyday life during the years spent at Oakdale School.
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On Old Oakdale's eastern border
Reared against the sky
Proudly stands our Alma Mater
As the years go by.
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Before 1970, graduates of Oakdale School knew the school
pictured above as their Alma Mater. Located on the east
side of town, the school was destroyed by fire in 1969.
Today, the only remnants and reminders that the school
was there is part of a stone wall that bounded the school
property.
The cornerstone of Oakdale School was dated 1917, and
the first class graduated in 1928. Members of that class
included: Ralph Leopper, Beulah Furman, Mabel Croft, Rita
Jones, Pearl McGill, and Lou Brown.
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Oakdale School in the 1940s - before the cafeteria, library, and gym
complex was added.
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Although the school was burned by vandals in 1969, the
1968-69 school year was already scheduled to be the
last year students and teachers would attend classes in
the old structure. A new school was under construction
almost two miles west of the town.
To hear stories about the "old" school makes one sad
not to have been able to have roamed the halls, played
on the basketball court, or performed on the stage.
However, the friendships and memories that were made
will last forever no matter what building is called
Oakdale School.
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Today, government low-rent housing occupies the grounds where the "old"
Oakdale School once stood.
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The stone wall that bounded the school campus is the only remnant of the "old" Oakdale School on the east side of town.
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