Mount Gilead

Yesterday, our 4th and 5th grade students at the opportunity to experience 1880's school life when they visited Mount Gilead in Kearney, MO.  Mount Gilead ​operated for over 100 years until it closed its doors in 1946. The present two story school was built in 1879. Historians believe that Mt. Gilead was the only school in the area to continuously hold classes during the Civil War.