"Dear Miss Shreck:
Some of the first teachers in Sylvan Grove were:
Florence Baker, 1882
Soretta Waterman, 1883
Anna Farnsworth, 1884
Ella Fenney, 1885
M.E. Lewis, 1886
J.P. Grim, 1891
A. Ford, 1888
Parmelia Ford, 1889
E. Berger, 1890
E.D. Smith, 1890
J.P. Grim, 1891
J.W. Stalions, 1892
S.D. Brumbaugh, 1893
Orpheus Spencer, 1894
J.P. Grim, 1894
H. V. Jeffers, 1895
Etta Kistler, 1895
Arthur Artman, 1896
J.P. Grim, 1896
F. P. Fouts, 1897
O. Spencer, 1897
W.E. Peck, 1898
Ola Thompson, 1898
H.C. Smith, 1899
Mella Nulton, 1899
Nettie Stone, 1901
H.C. Smith, 1901
Mella Nulton, 1901
In 1905, five teachers were on the payroll at Sylvan Grove, District No. 28:
John A. Henning
Lula Roach
Lulu Porter
Anna Biggs
Mella Nulton
During the term of 1892 to 1893 when J.W. Stalions taught, there were fifty-seven pupils in school. In the Grammar grades were:
May Berkley
Minnie Stine
Arthur Bell
The Intermediate grades consisted of:
Emil Wohler
Fred Kohler
Daisy Richardson
Lizzie Botlz
Albert Hillmer
Lee Smith
Lex Morgan
Ivy Morgan
Maud Bowen
Maud Richardson
Willie Bowen
Lewis Gilipin
Henry Buzick
Mildred Bell
Bernace Bell
Mary Bowen
Willie Kohler
Frank Kohler
Ollie Berger
Ernest Holway
Jay Morgan
Ada Seirer
Sam Seirer
Willie Sigley
Alvina Thrun
Willie Thrun
Harry Pilcher
Ray Norris
Fay Norris
Hugh Botlz
In the Primary grades:
Clarence Stine
Bennie Sellman
Guzzie Sellman
Hattie Sigley
Malla Sigley
Pearl Bell
Henry Osterfund
Maud Frazier
Willie Botlz
Charlie Botlz
Dora Blythe
Charlie Sellman
Gladys Richardson
Albert Thrun
Lida Osterfund
Eddie Decker
Charlie Bowen
Clyde Norris
Ella Sigley
Henry Thrun
Ernest Osterfund
Herley Kistler
Kattie Botlz
Otto Botlz