DeWitt Public Schools
DeWitt Public Schools is a public school district in Clinton County, Michigan. 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.