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By late 1924, a new, four-room brick school opened at what is now Route 60 and Aspen Drive. The land was donated by utility magnate and first ComEd President Samuel Insull, and construction was financed by a $20,000 bond issue. The school opened with an enrollment of 65 students.
The district has been celebrating its centennial all year with activities including having students fill time capsules and posting the videos on Facebook. The last time capsules are scheduled to be created today at middle schools North and South. Tiny snapshots of all students in the district have been incorporated into a mural in the shape of the school logo and displayed in each school building to mark"100 years of learning.""We just called him the Hawthorn Eagle, and now it's Sam" as in Insull, said Samantha Cook, communications specialist.
"From the growth and development of physical space to the use of 1:1 devices, students today have a very different K-8 experience than they did 100 years ago," she said.
According to an article by Jenny Barry, local history librarian at Cook Memorial Library District, Insull came to the U.S. from England in 1881 as Thomas Edison's private secretary. Insull became known for the Italianate mansion completed in 1916 that later was sold to the Cuneo family, but the old Locke School also was among the acquisitions.
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