Iuka Grade School Sending Two Teams to the TeamQuest Regionals!

5/6th Grade and 7th/8th Grade Teams headed to Mt. Vernon!

The Iuka Grade School will be sending two teams to the Regional TeamQuest Tournament in Mt. Vernon this February. The 5th/6th Grade team of Kaden Hancock, Jaycee Powless, Grace Horton, and Ben Barcroft placed 3rd on Wednesday and the 7th/8th Grade team of Rachel Powless, Sophia Hofelich, Clay Webster, and Joe Partain placed 5th on Thursday. Each team will continue on to the Regional Tournament next month. Team Quest is a program that challenges students to apply their knowledge in a group setting to come up with an answer to a question or a solution to a problem. It also allows students to come up with their own . . . read more Feedback

December Students of the Month Announced

The December Students of the Month were announced by Mrs. Phillips on Friday. read more

History of the Iuka Grade School

Written and Edited by Kenneth E. Beaver and David L. Hock

As early as 1841, education was available in the luka township, for those children whose parents could afford to pay. It was during this year that Cynthia Cooper, the first teacher in the Iuka community, conducted classes in a "select school” which was held in a log cabin at String Town. The first schoolhouse, which had been previously used as a dwelling, was purchased for school purposes by District No. 2. This building was made of split logs, 16xl8 feet. The first person to be hired to teach there was T. W. . . . read more