The earliest school at Tenth Legion was a one-room structure built in 1878 at a site to the south of Bethlehem Church on the Valley Pike. This one-room school served until 1888 when student enrollment justified an addition to the school and that two teachers be employed. By the session of 1905-06 an additional teacher was added and by the 1911-12 school session, Tenth Legion became a four-teacher school. The school remained a four-teacher school with the principal as the teacher of the two year high school program until the high school was discontinued in 1942.
During the school year 1920-21 the citizens of the Tenth Legion community realized the need for a new school building to replace the now-aging 1888 structure which housed 118 pupils in four rooms. Mr. R. B. Wickes, who later taught at New Market for many years, was the principal and teacher of the high school department. Land for the new school was deeded to the Plains District school trustees by Jackson Martz on May 20, 1921 and construction of the new school was completed late in the 1921-22 school session. Tenth Legion continued as an elementary and two-year high school until 1942 when the high school program was discontinued and students transported to Broadway High School. During the 1950s the school became very overcrowded and the auditorium on the lower floor was converted to two classrooms. During the late 1950s there was a proposal to add a three-room addition to Tenth Legion but it was later decided to build an Intermediate school at Broadway to provide for the seventh and eighth grades. The Tenth Legion School was closed in 1972 and consolidated into the new Plains Elementary School at Timberville. Teachers known to have taught at Tenth Legion are:
1880-81 J. F. Cootes
1881-84 (three sessions) Alice Cowan
1884-85 Miss H. C. O. Martz
1888-91 (two sessions) Julius J. Martz, Bettie Harrison
1908-09 J. L. Wright, Bertha Spitzer, Maria Moore
1909-10 Jesse H. Green, Bertha Spitzer, Maria Moore
1910-11 Jesse H. Green, Laila Pultz, Emily Moore
1911-12 Jessie H. Green, Lucy Kline, Maggie Kline, Emily Moore
1912-13 F. V. Pultz, Michael Zigler, Hilda Ritchie, Emily Moore
1913-15 (two sessions) Emma Heinrich, Hannah Martz, Ruby Martz, Emily Moore
1915-16 Emma Heinrich, H. C. O. Martz, Ruby Martz, Emily Moore
1916-17 Lucy J. Withrow, Mary Gochenour, Mamie Summers, Jessie Wampler
1917-18 Rev. J. B. Derrick, Effie Dove, Mamie Summers, JessieWampler
1918-19 Rev. J. B. Derrick, Grace Dove, Mamie Summers, Jessie Wampler
1919-20 R. B. Wickes, Grace Dove, Mamie Summers, Jessie Wampler
1920-21 R. B. Wickes, Lois Lohr, Frances Kline, Bessie Geil
1921-22 R. B. Wickes, Lois Lohr, Frances Kline, Valley Landis
1922-23 Earl Holsinger, Mrs. J. L. Driver, Frances Kline, Martha Moore
1923-24 Earl Holsinger, Mrs. J. L. Driver, Emily Moore, Martha Moore
1924-25 Earl Holsinger, Helen Yancey, Emily Moore, Martha Moore
1925-26 Earl Holsinger, Emma Byrd, Emily Moore, Martha Moore
1926-27 Earl Holsinger, Elizabeth Biller, Emily Moore, Martha Moore
1927-29 (two sessions) M. L. Dellinger, Angelene Chapman, Elizabeth Biller, Martha Moore
1929-30 Arthur G. Harman, Louise Martz, Elizabeth Biller, Hazel Hillyard
1930-31 Gilbert R. Kinzie, Louise Martz, Virginia Furry, Hazel Hillyard
1931-32 Gilbert R. Kinzie, Elizabeth Ritchie, Elinor Ritchie, Hazel Hillyard
1932-35 (three sessions) Ralph E. Beidler, Elizabeth Ritchie, Elinor Ritchie, Hazel Hillyard
1935-38 (three sessions) Ralph E. Beidler, Valentine Bolton, Martha Moore, Hazel Hillyard
1938-39 James Moyers, Valentine Bolton, Rachel Roller, Hazel Hillyard
1939-42 (three sessions) Melvin Fitzwater, Valentine Bolton, Rachel Roller, Hazel Hillyard
1942-43 Valentine Bolton, Rachel Roller, Hazel Hillyard
1943-44 Valentine Bolton, Martha Moore, Hazel Hillyard
1944-46 (two sessions) Clara Long, Martha Moore, Hazel Hillyard
1946-47 Clara Long, Evelyn Driver, Hazel Hillyard
1947-51 (four sessions) Clara Long, Martha Moore, Hazel Hillyard
1951-52 Ashby L. Shifflett, Jr., Mrs. James Swain, Thelma Sibert, Hazel Hillyard
1952-53 Earl Wood, Joseph Whetzel, Mrs. Fred Holm, Hazel Hillyard
1953-54 C. J. Diehl, Joseph Whetzel, Julia Hulvey, Hazel Hillyard
1954-55 Denver Warner, Joseph Whetzel, Helen Hillyard, Hazel Hillyard
1955-56 Denver Warner, Joseph Whetzel, Helen Hillyard, Fleta Kline, Hazel Hillyard
1956-57 Denver Warner, Joseph Whetzel, Shirley McInturff, Fleta Kline,
Hazel Hillyard
1957-58 Denver Warner, Joseph Whetzel, Shirley McInturff, Martha Moore,
Fannie Moore, Hazel Hillyard
1958-59 Denver Warner, Joseph Whetzel, Betty Leverty, Shirley McInturff,
Constance Brenaman, Hazel Hillyard
1959-60 Denver Warner, Joseph Whetzel, Donna Layman, Ethel Sperau,
Rachel Fisher, Hazel Hillyard
1960-61 Denver Warner, Joseph Whetzel, Donna Layman, Christine Mast,
Laverne Yoder, Hazel Hillyard
1961-62 Denver Warner, Joseph Whetzel, Donna Layman, Laverne Yoder,
Irene Mullenax, Hazel Hillyard
1962-63 Denver Warner, Joseph Whetzel, Beverly Wood, Betty Holsinger,
Lucille Roller, Hazel Hillyard
1963-64 Denver Warner, Joseph Whetzel, Mary Diehl, Betty Holsinger,
Lucille Roller, Hazel Hillyard
1964-65 Jerry Wampler, Ruth Burkholder, Mary Diehl, Betty Holsinger,
Lucille Roller, Hazel Hillyard
1965-66 Jon Scott Bender, Mae Mefford, Mary Diehl, Beula Moyer,
Lucille Roller, Hazel Hillyard
1966-67 Jon Scott Bender, Florence Showalter, Mary Diehl, Beula Moyer,
Hazel Hillyard, Sylvia Moore
1967-68 Larry R. Huffman, Florence Showalter, Mary Diehl, Beula Moyer,
Hazel Hillyard, Sylvia Moore, Jean Lindsay
1968-69 Larry R. Huffman, Florence Showalter, Mary Diehl, Beula Moyer,
Hazel Hillyard, Mary Louise Zook
1969-70 Larry R. Huffman, Elaine Hartman, Mary Diehl, Florence Showalter,
Hazel Hillyard, Mary Louise Zook
1970-72 (two sessions) Larry R. Huffman, Carole Simmons, Barbara Keller, Mary Diehl,
Mary Louise Zook, Hazel Hillyard
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