The first school conducted in Sayre was in a little frame building situated on the grounds that formerly was the homestead of J.M. Danner. It was started in 1901, with Professor Herschel Joseph as superintendent who was assisted by his sister, Miss Mary Joseph.
The children who attended that first school were Ada Kready, Ralph Kready, Eula Mayberry, Cecil E. Mayberry, Irvin Brockman, Tom Clay, Coot Clay, Shelly and Trixie Jones, children of Dr. Jones.
The first graduation excerises were held in 1910 in the old Bryan School building. The graduating class consisted of three students: Irvin Brockman, son of Mrs. W.D. Brockman, and the late W.D. Brocman, Mrs. Ada Jackson of El Reno, daughter of one of the early Baptist ministers of Sayre, and Wilfred Ratliff, son of Mrs.
Angellina Ratliff.
Irvin Brockman was valedictorian of the class. He was neither absent nor tardy for five years during which time he walked four miles to school.
Mrs. Jackson was salutatorian of the class.
