HISTORY

The school is named for the legendary Anna Kirchgater, a long time teacher of Elk Grove Grammar School. Miss Kirchgater also taught at the country schools of Michigan Bar, Victory, and Jackson. She was renowned for her strict discipline and her no nonsense expectations for all students. The school was built to ease the overcrowding in the Elk Grove elementary district due to the post World War II housing boom. As a brand new school in 1957, there were grandiose plans of housing what seemed like a huge enrollment of 300 students in the new school.