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Tidehaven Schools |
Tres Palacios For Kids includes Tidehaven, El Maton, Ashby, Simpsonville & Tintop |
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Tidehaven Independent School District is approximately 293 square miles in area. This is roughly about forty percent or two-fifths the size of the state of Rhode Island or about one-third the size of the state of Connecticut. Within its boundaries are the communities of Ashby, Blessing, Buckeye, Clemville, El Maton, Markham, and Midfield. Tidehaven High School is only a few miles from the old Tidehaven landing which was situated near the junction of State Highway 35 and FM 1095. The first plans for consolidating and creating a new school district came in the summer of 1948 when the school boards of Blessing and Markham ISD met to discuss plans to provide better educational facilities for their sparse and widely scattered Negro scholastics. Before the evening was over, the board was enthusiastically discussing plans for the consolidation of the whole area, and it was decided to submit the plan to the voters of the area. Petitions were received and elections ordered in both districts for the purpose of consolidation. On July 12, 1948, the people gave the proposal a five-to-one landslide at the polls thereby creating the new Tidehaven District taking its name from the early historic port on the Tres Palacios Creek. Tidehaven High School opened in the fall of 1950 heralding a long step forward in the educational facilities of Matagorda County. The scholastic census in 1950 was 614 persons between the age of 6 and 17. In 1986 the scholastic population was approximately 915.
Historic Matagorda County, Volume 1, page
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The Tidehaven Schools will open the 1949-50 school year on September 5 with a general faculty meeting. Registration of students will be held on Tuesday, September 6, beginning at 9 a. m. Students of the first eight grades living in the original Markham district will attend the Markham School as it is now classed as an eight-grade elementary school. First and second grade pupils living in the Midfield area will attend the Midfield School, all others from this area, third through 12th grade, will attend the Blessing School. Pupils from Ashby, El Maton, and Blessing areas will attend in Blessing. Pupils of the four high school grades from the entire district will attend classes in Blessing until the new high school building, now under construction, is ready for occupancy. The district is known as Tidehaven Consolidated Independent School District. The new high school is to be known as Tidehaven High School, and our high school will be identified by this name during the coming school year. Although classes are to be held in the building which has, in the past, been known as Blessing High School, the high school will operate as Tidehaven High School, come September 5. Bus routes will be approximately the same as last year, with only one major change. After all buses arrive at the Markham School, one bus will make the run to Blessing for the high school students. In the afternoon this bus will deliver the high school pupils back to Markham, where they will take their respective buses for the return home. Only those children six years of age on or before the first day of September will be admitted to the first grade. This does not mean those who are six before the first day of school. The law which defines a scholastic is clear on this point. All beginners must have their birth certificates. This has been made an entrance requirement for all pupils entering the first grade. Teachers for the year are;
Markham Elementary
School: Due to the recent resignation of Miss Sybil Runnells, the first grade is vacant at the present time.
Blessing Elementary
School: O. F. Havlik will have charge of the band work in the high school and both elementary schools. The Blessing eight graders will be in the high school building and will be taught by the high school teachers.
In the high school Alfred Hansen is business manager for the district, Mrs. Laura McIntyre is assistant in the tax office and George K. Nelson is superintendent of the district.
Palacios Beacon,
August 18, 1949 |
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In a communication sent to this paper, it was announced that a change had been made in the opening date of the Tidehaven School District. The District Schools were originally set for Tuesday, September 6, and has been changed to 9:00 a. m. Monday, September 12th. Other schools in the county seemed to be about evenly divided on the opening date. Van Vleck, Holy Cross Parochial School of Bay City and the Palacios Independent School District Schools will open on Tuesday, September 6. The Bay City Independent School District and Tidehaven Independent School District will open on September 12.
Palacios Beacon,
August 25, 1949 |
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Bids will be received by the Board of Education of Tidehaven Consolidated Independent School District up to 7:30 p. m., Monday, January 9, 1950, to be opened at that time at Markham, on the following described property: That plot of land known as the Ashby school site containing approximately 2 acres, more or less, and the following buildings: Teacherage: 5 rooms with bath, sound construction School building, approximately 30 feet by 60 feet, of good construction and in sound condition. Included in plot are butane tank, and system, water well with electric pump. Bids must be accompanied by good-faith check for 5% of bid which will be returned to all unsuccessful bidders. Bids must be on entire plot and all buildings as described and no bids will be accepted on any portion or separate building. The board of education reserves the right to reject any or all bids. Mail or bring bids to Lee M. Pierce, secretary, Blessing, Texas.
Palacios Beacon,
December 15, 1949 |
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Tidehaven Independent Schools have a total faculty of 29 persons, with two vacancies existing at the time George K. Nelson, school superintendent, made his list for publication. Tidehaven High School, which anticipates an enrollment of 140 students, has 10 teachers listed, including one vacancy. Delvin L. Taska is principal. New coach is Ray Adkins, who will be assisted by Allan Labay. Teachers include Lillian G. Adams, Robert E. Black, O. F. Havlik, Earl B. Kahla, Aleta B. Nelson, E. Rudd, James A. Pennington, band in all schools. The vacancy is the girl's coaching and physical education post. Markham Elementary school has an anticipated enrollment of 225 students. William G. King is principal, with instructors Bonnie L. Etie, Hula M. Henderson, Bernadene Heyn, Verna M. King, Corinne Lesikar, Gladys M. Rogers and Ray Sparks. Earl R. Adams, Jr., is principal of Blessing Elementary School. An enrollment of 235 in anticipated at the school this year. Teachers include Helen G. Fromen, Vincent T. Fromen, Bettie A. Havlik, John J. Louderback, Florence E. Morris, Willie Mae Schoelman. There is one vacancy. A. Jefferson (Negro School) has an anticipated enrollment of 90 students. Faculty includes Paul D. Hinson, principal, and James Green, Stella Mae Fisher, and Loraine Green.
Matagorda County Tribune, August 23, 1956 |
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