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The citizens of Winnetka hold The Skokie School in special regard. The building was built in 1921 and was funded by money raised from private subscriptions. A list of the donors for Skokie School's construction was designed into a plaque and is housed at Skokie School. The school was named "Skokie" because it overlooked the Skokie marshes. Skokie opened to students in the fall of 1922. Since then there have been many major additions and renovations. The south end of the building was totally renovated to house the sixth grade for the 1998-99 school year. The north end of the building was refurbished to accommodate the inclusion of the fifth grade students completing the fifth/sixth grade center. The Skokie School along with Carleton W. Washburne School, which houses seventh and eighth graders, is part of the Washburne/Skokie Middle School campus. |