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Bloomington has its foundation in providing strong educational resources.

Featured Article The Bloomington Playwrights Project is a successful not-for-profit arts organization dedicated to the furthering of new original plays and theatre. They produce original shows, hold playwriting contests and act as a resource for the entire community by offering innovative programs and classes. Over time the BPP has surmounted financial challenges through generous donations from friendly community and corporate sponsors. They enlist help from enthusiastic volunteers. At times dramatic, mysterious, comic or heartwarming, the BPP continues to grow and delight audiences with its original, innovative, educational and thoroughly enjoyable theatrical endeavors. Read the full article.

Featured Picture Image of The Waldron Arts Center

List of Schools

Higher Education

• Indiana University
• Ivy Tech Community College

High Schools

Aurora Alternative Bloomington High School North Bloomington High School South

Edgewood High School Harmony Education Center

Harmony School Hoosier Hills Career Center Pinnacle School

Middle Schools

Batchelor Middle School St. Charles School

Edgewood Middle School Harmony School

Jackson Creek Middle School Pinnacle School Tri-North Middle School

Elementary Schools

Arlington Heights Elementary Binford Elementary St. Charles School Childs Elementary

Clear Creek Elementary Fairview Elementary Grandview Elementary Harmony Education Center

Highland Park Elementary Lakeview Elementary Marlin Elementary Pinnacle School Rogers Elementary

Summit Elementary Templeton Elementary Unionville Elementary University Elementary

Other Schools

• Waldron Arts Center

Closed Schools

Hunter Elementary School

Unionville High School

University High School

Classes from other sources

Arthur Murray Dance Studio

Bloomington Playwrights Project

Fiddle 'n' Feet

Windfall Dancers

Day Care / Preschool

• Childrens Village
• Penny Lane
• Noah's Ark Christian Preschool

History

Classes were being taught as far back as 1818. Originally based in the log courthouse, the teacher was possibily Addison Smith. The next summer a log schoolhouse was built not far from where the County Female Seminary later stood. A few years later, there was another log schoolhouse and a new brick school as well.

In 1863 a high school was established with principal D.E. Hunter, with classes taking place in an old tannery, and later the Center Schoolhouse, a frame building on 7th Street between Lincoln Street and Grant Street, was started. In 1875 the tannery was replaced by a new high school.

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