| 1881 |
Special School District established for Cherryville.
Classes were held in Henry Summitt's granary building with SS Mauney as teacher earning
$25 a month for 4 months. |
| 1892 |
First permanant school building, a
rectangular 2 story building called The Academy, was erected in and across what is now
Academy Street. Used until 1915. |
| 1908-09 |
Cherryville High School meets state requirements for a
standard high school. |
| 1915 |
First brick building was built on first
street. All students were sent here and The Academy was phased out. |
| 1919 |
Building on First Street burned during Christmas holidays
and classes were dispersed all over town - in churches, over fire house, store building,
etc. until it could be rebuilt. |
| 1925 |
West Elemetary school, first know as
Elementary School #2, was build near site of the old academy. |
| 1929 |
Modern gymnasium built; named for
teacher/principal/superintendant Joe R. Nixon. |
| 1932 |
School Athletic field was graded and
fenced through the support of civic organizations. City's unemployed were given work
preparing the field. |
| 1936 |
Senior High School building was built on East First Street
and the 19915 building became and elementary school only. |
| 1938 |
Segregated John Chavis School graduated
it's first students. |
| 1949 |
Modern Auditorium was built; named for Supt. Foster W.
Starnes. Class of '50 first to hold commencement excercises there. |
| 1954 |
New classrooms added to John Chavis
School. |
| 1954-55 |
New auditorium build adjacent to West elementary with
seating capacity of 360. Presently used as Little Theater Building. |
| 1956 |
East Elementary School building was
completed on East Academy Street.grades 1-6 from Elemetary #1 (1915 building) plus 6th
grade students from Elementary #2 (West) moved here. 1915 building became junior high. |
| 1961 |
New cafeteria built on First Street for Jr/Sr High
students. |
| 1963 |
Rudisill stadium was completed as a
city-wide project. |
| 1963 |
Population growth requires addition of four classrooms at
East Elementary. |
| 1964 |
John Chavis School burs. Classes held in
Rudisill Chapel and Fairview Baptist Churches and the Rhyne-Houser Club House until
building was rebuilt. Graduation exercises were held at Lincoln High School in Bessemer
City. |
| 1966 |
Total integration and reorganization of schools takes
place. John Chavis Elementary becomes South Elementary. |
| 1966 |
New, circular Junior High building was
completed on Requa Road and the first brick school (1915) was torn down. |
| 1968 |
Cherryville School System Consolidated with Gaston County
Schools. |
| 1973 |
West School Closed. Grades 4-6 attend
South School; Kindergarten (a new program) - grade 3 attend East School. |
| 1981 |
Addition completed at site of circulaart Junior High
building to include high school. High School buidling on First Street, built in 1936, was
closed and later demolished. |
| 1997 |
Newly remodeled South School becomes a
middle school for grades 6 - 8 and reclams name of John Chavis. Grades 9 - 12 occupy all
of Requa Road campus. |
