Paris Schools: Celebrating 150 Years of Excellence in Education

The images and content featured in this gallery were part of a Hopewell exhibit in 2011. The Hopewell Museum also has an extensive collection of Paris school yearbooks from the 1920s to the present, with those post-1950 digitally available here on our website.

Paris High School State Championship Debate team, 1925

The organization of a wide variety of academic clubs was a natural outgrowth of the high value the school system placed on academic accomplishments.
Lee Kirkpatrick was particularly proud of the Debate Team which won many awards and competitions in the 1920s. Kirkpatrick made sure the team's many accomplishments were prominently highlighted in the local paper.

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