| 1851 |
The Western area of Iowa was divided into counties. |
| 1861 |
There were 168 persons of school age living in Crawford County.
School Districts, 15 in number, were organized. School was often held in a home or a store. |
| 1871 |
A school was opened in Nishnabotna Township 1/2 mile east of Aster. A town the Milwaukee Railroad would plot in 1882. |
| 1873 |
The above school was moved to a site 1 mile south of where Manilla would be established in 1886. It was the first known school in the area. Later other schools were built. Usually one school for every 4 sections of land. |
| 1886 |
A new town called Manilla was laid out by the Milwaukee Railroad. |
| 1887 |
There were over 200 buildings in Manilla, but no school for an estimated 100 school age children. The Presbyterian Church was leased and a curtain was used to divide it into 2 rooms. |
| 1889
The first school building was built and school districts from one mile north and one mile south of Manilla were combined to form The Manilla Independent School District. The building contained 4 classrooms with 2 classes in each room.
Photo:
Built where the 2002 IKM School stands. Built in 3 phases
1889-1892-1899, the school opened in 1889. Note the pump
basketball bang board, early teams played games outside. |
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| 1892 |
A second building was added to the original. There were 252 school age children in Manilla. The first class graduated but only went to the 10th grade.
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| 1899
A third addition was completed at a cost of $15,000 for the 2 story frame
structure. |
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| 1902 |
Steam heating with iron radiators replaced the original wood stove in every room. |
| 1903 |
The school now consisted of 12 grades. |
| 1904 |
The first class with four years of high school to graduate consisted of Frances Kerr, Emma Brown and Ethel Stewart. |
| 1915
The Manilla School District voted overwhelmingly to bond the district for
$45,000 to build a new brick school. The Catholic Church bought part of the wooden structure for a grade school. George Holdsworth Sr. bought and dismantled the rest. |
Under construction 1915
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| Board of Education:
Earl D. McLaren - President
Frank Proscholdt
Frank Bolander
James McCracken
W.C. White - Secretary
F.L. VanSlyke - Treasurer
B.J. Still - Superintendent
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| 1916 |
Dedication of the new building took place on October 11th. |
| 1923 |
Kindergarten classes were held for the first time.
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| 1934 |
A hot lunch program was added. Prior to that time, students brought sandwiches to be eaten with a hot dish prepared by the Home Economics Department. These lunches were available for 15 cents a week |
| 1935 |
A $25,154 W.P.A. funded playground project north of the school was
started. All employed were relief workers with common laborers to receive
$40 per month and the Foreman to receive $65 per month. New gym and auditorium were voted in with $19,000 to build and equip, funded by Local bonds issued for $10,000 and Federal Grant (W.P.A.) of
$9000. |
| 1936
December 7th new gym dedication. Superintendent R.O.
Borreson, School
Board members: Charles Schram Sr. (merchant), Frank Bohlander (farmer), A.M. Peterson (railroader),
E.M. Mark (physician), Dave
Kensinger (electrician), 400 estimated in attendance.
December 18th first Basketball games in new gym. Girls defeated Gray
22-6, Boys won 50-21.
Manilla’s starting line-ups: |
IKM School West Gym (photo 2002)
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Girls Team
Forwards
Jeanne Schram -
Margaret Collier - Junior
Hazel Grage - Junior
Guards
Lorretta Harvey - Senior
Edna Jones - Senior
Ethyl Gruhn - Senior |
Boys Team
Victor Grage - Senior - Center
Freshman Donald Costello - Senior - Forward
Charles Schram Jr.- Senior - Forward
Louis Shields - Senior - Guard
Gerald McMahon - Senior - Guard |
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| 1956 |
The Manilla Independent School District was reorganized and became the Manilla Community School.
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| 1959
A new elementary wing was built. All country schools in the county were closed. |
2002 Photo of Elementary Wing
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| 1972
A bond issue of $220,000 was voted for a new gymnasium.
1974
The new gym built on the spot where the old wooden school stood (1889)
was dedicated. |
New Gym Completed in 1973
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| 1984 |
The Manilla school and the Irwin-Kirkman school began a co-op program with athletic activities. IKM baseball was first and by 1987, all sports were in 1KM uniforms of the green, gold and white Hawks and
Hawkettes. |
| 1992
On July 1st the Manilla and Irwin-Kirkman school boards signed an official
consolidation agreement to combine the two school systems. Hence
Irwin-Kirkman-Manilla or IKM. |
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| 2002
IKM has 485 students K-12. The high school is in Manilla with an
attendance center in Irwin. Manilla hosts Varsity boys and girls basket- ball, volleyball and baseball. Irwin has softball and football complexes. The 1KM school and the Denison-Schleswig school share a joint wrestling program. |
IKM School Main Building,
Started in 1915.
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