Schools SP to SZ

This school was located in the Cumberland Mills area. The teacher for the 1931-32 school year was Esther Mae Ray.

Stedman School was built in 1926. Bethany, Jackson Level, Strickland, Riley, Concord, Sycamore, and Evergreen schools were consolidated with Stedman. It had 11 classrooms, an auditorium, a science lab, and a room for the library that contained 500 volumes. Five classrooms were used for the high school.

According to the 1929-1930 Annual Principal’s report, the home economics room was located in a separate wooden building and equipped with sewing machines, a kitchen range and refrigerator. Latin, English, biology, French, math and history were some of the subjects taught at this time

This one-teacher school was closed in 1940 and students were transported to Long Branch

According to the 1929-1930 Annual Principal’s report, the home economics room was located in a separate wooden building and equipped with sewing machines, a kitchen range and refrigerator. Latin, English, biology, French, math and history were some of the subjects taught at this time

This school was located in Cedar Creek. Eunice Eva Sherman served as its teacher during the early 1930s.

This school was located cross the Cape Fear River Bridge off Hwy 24. Meta Evans and Mary McKoy were its teachers. The school closed in 1950/51 school year when an addition to Armstrong School was completed.

The first public school building in the Vander community was constructed in 1900. It was a one-room school. The school was named Sunnyside due to its proximity to Sunnyside Presbyterian Church. Sunnyside’s first teacher was Hattie McArthur. In 1903 an additional room was added to the front of the one–room school. Later this room served as the janitor’s living quarters.

A brick building was constructed in 1938. In 1944, a new building with a cafeteria and new classrooms was added.

Swan’s Creek School accommodated African American youth in District Four. Before being destroyed by fire in 1942, the school was a four-room structure. A staff of four teachers taught 110 students. In 1940, Gum Springs, Charlotte White and Wilmington Road Schools were eliminated and students were transported to Swan’s Creek. An addition of two primary classrooms, a multipurpose room, kitchen, teachers lounge and office were added to this school in 1954.