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School District of Cadott Community
| 1868 | First school established in Cadott. One room log cabin. |
| 1875 | Township school district organized on Main Street in Cadott. |
| 1882 | On April 4 the town of Sigel voters voted 91-4 to establish a free high school to be located in Cadott. School built on land donated by Mrs. Leonard Dibble. |
| 1884 | On January 16 the doors opened for the first day of classes at Cadott High School. Twenty-six students enrolled. |
| 1886 | An annex was built onto the new school for primary and intermediate grades. |
| 1887 | On June 10 the first class graduated from Cadott High School. The first graduates were Fred Munroe and Maggie Sherman. |
| 1904 | In the winter of this year the "Annex" built in 1886 burned down. It was rebuilt in 1905. |
| 1906 | Boys' and girls' basketball programs at Cadott were approved for a four year course. |
| 1909 | A football program was started at Cadott High School. |
| 1912 | Cadott High School was accredited by the state and thereby became a recognized institution of secondary education under the newly established State Department of Public Instruction. |
| 1916 | It was decided to build a new school. Classes were held in the Presbyterian and German Lutheran churches, the village hall and the Cunningham Block while construction was under way. It was completed in the summer of 1917 and opened its doors that fall. |
| 1926 | The first letters were awarded in boys' basketball. |
| 1930 | Cadott students published the first yearbook, the "Saga". |
| 1931 | An instrumental music department was established in the high school for the first time. Three rehearsals per week. |
| 1932 | January 8, 1932 - Plans were made to organize a high school band. |
| 1935 | July 26 - vote 45-38 to build addition to high school at special school meeting. On April 19 the students of Cadott High School state a one day strike to protest the firing of Principal Paul Rosenberg. |
| 1938 | In this year, the modern high school annex was built, providing a gymnasium, library, music room, laboratory and cloak room. The first school bus was put into operation in 1938 to transport high school pupils. Future Farmers of America was organized for the first time. |
| 1941 | A home economics department was established at Cadott High 'School. |
| 1950 | A driver education course was instituted as part of the high school curriculum. A complete physical education program was also established to qualify the school for the "integrated" rating by the state. |
| 1954 | An independent building to partially house elementary school students was built to relieve crowded conditions at the high school building. The school hot lunch program was started on November 5th. |
| 1955 | The school board purchased 3.5 acres north of Stanley Street for $2,500 for additional playground area and a future building site. Part of the area was used for a practice football field and was commonly known to all students as the "goat pasture". Purchase of the Jake Rice property gave the school access to all property between Stanley Street and Mills Street from Highway 27 west to the alley east of Main Street. Most of the 1961 high school was built on this property. |
| 1960 | Ground was broken for the new high school on September 16. |
| 1973 | The Mueller property of 69 acres was purchased, this includes all land east of Highway 27 from Yellow River to the railroad tracks. This purchase provided space for the construction of a completely independent elementary building and a fine athletic and physical education facility for the high school, consisting of a 400 meter surfaced track, field event areas south to the tracks and north to the river, a football field with lights, practice fields, and softball diamond. |
| 1974 | Earl and Eunice Liddell donated 160 acres to be used for the school forest. |
| 1978 | The new elementary school opened. |
| 1980 | Cadott graduates its largest class in history. One hundred eight seniors received diplomas at graduation. |
| 1982 | Cadott High School becomes a member of the School Evaluation Consortium, a K-12 organization for evaluating school programs. |
| 1988 | An addition was which included several classrooms and office space on the North end of the building along with the remodeling to the commons. |
| 1990 | The bus garage was added. |
| 1992 | Another addition was added to the South end of the building including several classrooms. The small gym was also added. |
| 1994 | Eunice Liddell donated $100,000 for school forest improvements and environmental education materials. |
| 1996 | Completion of a 44x76 foot environmental education building at the school forest along with further trail development. |
| 2000 | At the November 7th election the community approved a $3,825,000 referendum for a building/remodeling project. The army reserve completed installation of a bridge crossing Drywood Creek in the school forest allowing access to the remaining 80 acres of land. |
| 2001 | Excavation began on April 17th for the new high school addition. The construction project was completed in December 2002. |
Updated: Friday, November 10, 2006 08:26 AM