Photographs of students, teachers, and parents at a Hoosier Grove School event in 1939 (or possibly two different events).

Image 1: A group of Hoosier Grove School students having fun with their teacher. The caption on the back of the photograph reads "District 43 1/2, Claire Carwood, Margyne Volkening, Miss [Aurelia] Sturtevant, teacher, Orval [Volkening], Len, Dorwaldt (?), Margaret. 1939." Aurelia Sturtevant was their teacher.

Image 2: A group of women, some of their children, and a teacher at a picnic in 1939. The front caption reads "May 22, 1939 picnic" and the back of the photograph reads "Mrs. Carwood, Mrs. Ted Lichthardt, Esther Volkening, Emma Volkening, Emma Heine, Selma Tatge, Gustie (?) Volkening, Ruth Pfluger, Martha Berndt, Aurelia Sturtevant. Seated Mrs. J. Dorwaldt (?), Alma Hecht. Women of School Dist. 43 1/2."

Image 1 was most likely taken at the same event as image 2. It is most likely that the Orval in the photo was Orval Volkening.

Hoosier Grove School was a one-room schoolhouse constructed in 1904 across the road from the Deutsche Vereinigte church (what would later be known as the Immanuel United Church of Christ). Its original site was at the southwest corner of Barrington Road and Old Church Road, on a corner of the Schueneman Farm and near the Heine Farm. It was in District 43/12, because it was between Hanover and Schaumburg Townships. The school closed its doors to students in 1954 (and there still wasn't running water in the building). It was the last country school in Hanover Township.

In 1974, Gertrude Odlum donated the school to the Streamwood Park District. It moved in 1975 from its original site at the southwest corner of Barrington Road and Old Church Road to 529 Parkside Circle. The school was dedicated on September 21st, 1980. The school moved to its current site at 700 W. Irving Park Road in 1991, where it is a museum at Hoosier Grove Park.

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