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Pike Valley USD 426 is a public unified school district headquartered in Scandia, Kansas, United States. [1] The district includes the communities of Scandia, Courtland, Kackley, Norway, Rydal, Sherdahl, and nearby rural areas. [2]
Scandia Elementary School is located on Travis Air Force Base. The name of the school "was selected in commemoration of those gallant pioneers who envisioned this local site as a possible creation of the American dream". [4] The school was officially dedicated April 21, 1970, and was open for a short time at the end of that school year.
Travis Unified School District is a Unified School District located in Fairfield. It serves students from Fairfield , Vacaville and Travis A.F.B. in a total of 9 schools throughout its district. These schools include 1 high school, 1 alternative high school, 1 middle school, 2 alternative middle schools and 5 elementary schools.
The name was changed to Scandia in 1876, according to post office records. [9] Scandia was incorporated as a city in 1879. [10] From there it became a transition point for trade and travel in the early 1900s. It is now a small rural community. [11] [12] Scandia is the site of several historic houses dating to the early days of settlement.
As evidenced by the town's name, Scandia has a rich Scandinavian heritage. [6] It is the site of what is believed to have been Minnesota's first Swedish immigrant settlement. In 1850, the first log cabin was built on the shores of Hay Lake. The first sanctuary of Elim Lutheran Church was built in 1856 on a site near Hay Lake. [7] [8]
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The Hay Lake School is a historic schoolhouse in Scandia, Minnesota, United States, in use from 1896 to 1963. It is now operated by the Washington County Historical Society as a museum alongside the 1868 Johannes Erickson House . [ 2 ]
School unification consolidated Courtland and Scandia schools forming the district. The Pike Valley High School mascot is Panthers. [22] Prior to school unification, the Courtland High School mascot was Courtland Tigers. [23] The Courtland Tigers won the Kansas State High School boys class B Indoor Track & Field championship in 1961. [24]