Enterprise, One of Four Grade Schools That Made Up Campus High School

Enterprise Grade School one of four elementary schools that was served by Campus High School when it opened in the fall of 1960.



Enterprise 8th Grade Banquet attended by Campus 1961 Alumni.

Enterprise 8th Grade Banquet attended by Campus 1962 Alumni. Class Officers: President, Dale Russell; Vice-President, Ronald Kissack; Secretary, Judith Thompson.

Class Motto: "Success: Our Goal"

HISTORY OF ENTERPRISE GRADE SCHOOL

Enterprise School District 15 was organized in 1875 with a half dozen or so pupils. The schoolhouse was located first at the corner of Broadway and MacArthur Road. Church was held in the building and according to the old timers, a number of men jacked up the structure on Sunday after church in 1880 or 81 and moved it to the prsent location at 3612 South Seneca.

That building served the district until the 1918-19 school year when a two-room modern brick schoolhouse was built. Enrollment had risen to 62 pupils by 1924 and the need for more room brought about construction of two more rooms by 1926.

Addition of three more classrooms and an auditorium in 1949-50 helped relieve crowding. A five-room addition was constructed in 1952 and more classrooms were added in 1954 and 1956.

The last major addition to the building was completed in 1958. Enrollment increased rapidly the next year or two, and it was necessary to locate three classrooms of fifth grade across the street in the National Guard Armory until completion of a new school, South Enterprise located at 2101 West 45th St. South. After the annexation to the Wichita School system in 1963-64 South Enterprise was renamed Clyde V. Cessna.

Upon completion of new school projects than began in 2000 after approval of a $284.5 million bond issue the original red brick Enterprise School house was demolished despite efforts by the community to save the historic school building.

Information compiled from Internet Elementary School Web pages of Haysville and Wichita KS.