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The History of Alvin High School
 
Alvin (population 316) is located in far eastern Illinois. The town sits just north of Illinois Route 119 about 3 miles west of the Indiana/Illinois state line.  This places Alvin about 10 miles north of Danville in upper-eastern Vermillion County.  The Louisville & Nashville Railroad also travels through Alvin.  A branch of the North Fork of the Vermillion River flows in and around Alvin as well.
 
The history of the town and its school system is in need of research.  It is believed that Alvin offered education to its kids beginning in the late 1800s to early 1900s.  Alvin definately supported a high school in the late 1920s as the boys basketball team of 1928 won a District title (www.ihsa.org).  Unfortunately this is the extent of the information currently available on Alvin High School. 
 
It is known that in the late 1940s, the townspeople of Alvin and nearby Rossville began consolidation talks.  The exact year was 1948 when a new school district was established between the two towns.  The district was appropriately named Rossville-Alvin.
 
The high school for Rossville-Alvin was located in Rossville. It is not known if possibly the original Alvin High School building was used as part of the Rossville-Alvin School District.  The fate of the original Alvin school building is a familiar but sad one as it has been torn down.
 
Rossville-Alvin High School District closed in 2005.  The Alvin kids now have the option of attending Bismarck-Henning or Hoopeston Area high schools.
 
Alvin High School Quick Facts
 
Year opened:                late 1800s / early 1900s
Year closed:                 1948
Consolidated to:            Rossville-Alvin School District
School nickname:          the "Pirates"
School colors:               Orange & Black
School Fight Song:        unavailable
Athletics
 
Alvin High School definately offered boys basketball. The school also produced a STATE CHAMPION in boys track and field! It is probable that baseball was also offered.  However there is VERY limited information on the athletic program  If you have any information you wish to share please write to us via e-mail.
 
Boys Basketball
 
The IHSA website shows Alvin High School winning a District title in boys basketball.  Unfortunately the team record and coaches names of this and other successful Alvin High School teams are not available. 
 
1927-28           District Champions
 
Boys Track & Field
 
Alvin High School had many good athletes over the years, however only one placed in the IHSA State Track Meet, and he was crowned STATE CHAMPION!. The follwoing was sent to us by Bruce Samoore and is verified on the IHSA website at the web address of http://www.ihsa.org/SportsActivities/BoysTrackField/RecordsHistory.aspx?url=/data/trb/records/index.htm :
 

"A student from Alvin High School, believed to be William E. Bivans, in 1919, placed First in the Mile Run, at the Boys State Track and Field, Class B  Championships. On the IHSA Records his name is spelled Bevans, with no first name listed. With the school now closed, and possibility that the student records could be in Hoopeston, or Rossville, or even in Bismark, might turn up verification of enrollment. The 1920 US census, shows a William Bivans living with his parents and brother, in the village of Alvin, in Ross Twp., Vermillian CO. There is no surname  of Bevans listed for Vermillian Co., 1920."

1918-19   IHSA Class 'B' Championship Meet

William Bivans     State Champion   1 Mile Run

If You Wish To Share Any Information...
...regarding the many successes and memories created by Alvin High School please share them with us.  Alvin High School has alumni and carried with it a lot of town pride at one time. Help us recapture that pride on this page.  You can e-mail information and, if you have one, a photo of the original Alvin High School building.  Our e-mail address is ihsgdwebsite@comcast.net.  You can write to us via real mail at:
 
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