Bear Creek High School

Bear Creek High School was established in 1894 as the Mt. Carbon School. The school was a single room that served elementary grades one through eight. It was not until 1920 that the neighboring community decided to consolidate, thus giving the region its first high school.

The original Mount Carbon School was one of four schools built in the late 1890s and is the only structure of the four still standing. It is now a residence, one and a half miles west of Kipling Street on Hampden Avenue. Mount Carbon is also the name of a knoll located northwest of Simms and Highway 285, part of Bear Creek Lake Park.

Mount Carbon’s current building opened its doors in 1996 and serves preschool students through fifth grade. The school is in the Summit Ridge Middle and Dakota Ridge High School attendance area.

Mount Carbon is a high-achieving, data-driven school. Social emotional needs and interactions are also cultivated in safe and nurturing environments.

 

Bear Creek High School 1936-1937
All placenames are Mt. Morrison, Colorado or Bear Creek Valley or Bear Creek School.

Class Officers:
President - George Daniel Simpson
VPresident - Charleen Dell Nelson
Secretary - Max Daniel Feleming
Treasurer - Bertha Mae La Grow

Class Members:
Floyd Marvin
June Styron, sister to the owner of the book
Clara Maxwell
Gracie Gelkisson
Charlotte Fister
Mildred
Alice R John
Olsen Charles
Effie Brackett
Wm Schweppe
Berta Lou Nelson
M. K.
Matsu Ito
Jack M
Doris Alley
Max Fleming (Uncle Dudly)
C T File
Betty Lee
Bertha La Grow
Warren [Adams]
Betty Jo
Clyde Hocking
Lillian Miyasoto
Yuniko Miyasoto
"Frankanstine"
Bertha Styron
Marjorie Potter
Viola Mae
Larry Sandusky
Frances Darting Harry
Zora Mae Styron, another sister
Dorothy J Montgomery
Bertha C Styron
Vivian Settles
Ethel Hashberger
Mary Bell
Miss Palmquist
Mary H Edna Bell
McClure (Teacher)
Gail Larew
Don McCall
Roseanna
Betty Severson
Maxine Thompson
Florence Scott
Zara Mae [Styron], a sister
Ina Barton
Mary McDaniels
Jeanette Smith
Leon Bachman
Edward Wilcox Bruce
Mildred Smith
Leon Reed
George D Simpson
Nina Lightburn
Bertha Mae La Grow
Evelyn Denbow Dugan M (the boyfriend in 1937) Ingrid Johnson </div>
Inscription inside Book: Mt. Morrison -- Colo. May 11 1936
Dear Gayle: The deer is always swift to hear And heed the slightest
warning Tonight, be wise -- just like the deer And happy in the morning.

Lovingly, Mother

Information donated by: Barbara Wyche

 

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