DeWitt Public Schools is a public
school district
A school district is a special-purpose district that operates local public Primary school, primary or Secondary school, secondary schools or both in various countries. It is not to be confused with an attendance zone, which is within a school dis ...
in
Clinton County, Michigan
Clinton County is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 79,128. The county seat is St. Johns, Michigan, St. Johns. The county was created in 1831 and organized in ...
. It serves
DeWitt and parts of
DeWitt Township and
Watertown Township DeWitt Public Schools' mascot is the Panther and the school colors are Blue and Gold.
Four of the district's six schools share a campus south of West Herbison Road between Shavey Road and DeWitt Road.
History
In 1836, the first school in DeWitt was established. A two-story brick school was built in the 1870s.
Eleventh grade was added to the district in 1937, and twelfth grade in 1938, and the high school's first class graduated in 1939. A new school, containing all grades, was built in 1937 after the old one burned.
A new high school opened in February 1966.
In 1970, Herbison Woods Elementary was built as the middle school.
When the current high school was built in 1999, the former high school became the middle school.
Schools
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School districts in Michigan
Education in Clinton County, Michigan
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