 The first school only lasted for about five years, the other school named “Deer Creek” experienced increasing enrollments and started being used for church services by the Lutheran congregation and the United Brethren on Sundays.Along with church services, the school held debates, voting for general elections, and competitions in baseball, horseshoes, sewing, and cooking.The school continued until 1962 when it closed; students thereafter went to Lecompton to continue their education.