1906 -路德自由教会, a predecessor of today’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, agrees at its spring conference to start a high school for girls at a time when their mothers are not eligible to vote in the United States. 教会领袖买下了巴恩斯的房子, 叫做“城堡”,沿着法戈北部的红河. 选定城市, 在某种程度上, for its central location among church constituencies and its transportation access. Oak Grove Lutheran Ladies Seminary becomes reality on Nov. 1 with six faculty and classes for 24 young women in domestic studies, 挪威, 音乐与查经. The original graduates earn “normal” diplomas that prepare them to teach in elementary schools.
1907 — A carriage shed on the former Barnes property is moved to a new foundation near The Castle. The building — called North Hall — provides space for a chapel and classrooms on the main floor, 地下室有厨房和餐厅, and residential rooms and faculty apartments on the upper floors.
1908 — Four young women comprise the first graduating class from Oak Grove Lutheran Ladies Seminary, 在五月完成他们的课程.
1922 — Construction starts on the Main building after 10 years of fundraising and World War I. 学生和老师一年后开始使用它. It also provides living spaces for girls on the upper floors. The building today is Jackson Hall and houses classrooms and administrative offices.
1926 — Boys are enrolled for the incoming fall class, and the school becomes Oak Grove Seminary. Oak Grove achieves accreditation by the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement. Oak Grove has been accredited continuously since 1926 by North Central and its successor organizations. The current accreditation, affirmed by Cognia, runs through 2027.
1936 ——《正规的棋牌平台排行榜》, 原校园建筑, is demolished due to concerns about the foundation after flooding.
1947 — A new boys’ residence hall was finished in November on the west side of campus, 容纳60名学生. The new auditorium and gymnasium are completed the following January as part of the same building. The complex is named 将大厅 in honor of Oak Grove’s longest-serving president.
1952 — The school name changes to Oak Grove Lutheran High School.
1962 -教室-行政大楼, 今天的本森大厅, 是在校园的北侧完成的吗. 它主要用于高中课程.
1963 -路德自由教会 becomes part of the American Lutheran Church (ALC).
1966 — The city of Fargo closes North Terrace, a street formerly skirting the north side of campus. This enables Oak Grove to become a walking campus with sidewalks between buildings.
1973 — 今天’s Darwin Gorder Gymnasium opens for physical education classes and home athletic events, 感谢格罗弗俱乐部成员的努力.
1978 — School leaders add a junior high division for grades 7 and 8.
1985 — The Eid Center opens in December as the campus foodservice facility. The Jorgine Roen house, built in 1937, was sold and moved to provide space for the new building.
1988 — The American Lutheran Church (ALC) joins two similar synods to create the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), the largest Lutheran body in the Western Hemisphere. Oak Grove becomes the ELCA’s only residential high school.
1990 — School leaders and volunteers successfully complete a fundraising campaign that surpasses $2.800万美元，并使领导人能够偿还债务.
1992 — The Oak Grove Lutheran School 基金会 is established to hold endowed funds for the school’s benefit. The 基金会, at times, also has owned property on behalf of the school.
1997 — Oak Grove endures a historic Red River flood that changes the landscape of Fargo, 摩尔黑德和许多其他社区. Jackson, Benson and 将大厅s were impacted by high water. 几家媒体报道了正规的棋牌平台排行榜的故事, and donors support the school’s recovery effort into 1998.
1997(秋季) — Oak Grove adds sixth grade to the academic setting. 校名改为正规的棋牌平台排行榜路德教会学校.
2000 — Oak Grove ends 96 years of students living on campus. Fewer than 20 students were living in residential facilities the previous academic year. 今天, international students live with host families in the Fargo-Moorhead area.
2005 — Oak Grove opens its 南校区 小学 School along 32nd Avenue. 长期支持者蒙特·乔斯和他的儿子, 斯科特(1996届), oversee renovations of buildings they own and sell the property to Oak Grove with terms that fit for the school’s financial situation. 今天, the 小学 School and the Kjos 早教中心 serve approximately 400 students from age 3 through fifth grade.
2006 — Grovers celebrate a successful centennial capital campaign with three phases that update the 北校区. A concourse connects Gorder Gymnasium and a remodeled Jackson Hall. 将大厅, 男生宿舍楼和礼堂, is demolished to enable construction of the Scheels Center for the 表演艺术, 赫克特纳教堂和一间技术教室. An exhibit noting the importance of 将大厅 is featured in the atrium of the Scheels Center. Funds also provide the seeds for a wellness center adjacent to Gorder Gymnasium.
2007 -教室-行政大楼 is renamed Arvid Benson Hall.
2023 — Oak Grove officially launches its Acorns to Oaks campaign, a comprehensive effort to raise $32 million for new construction, 具体的改造, and endowed funds to support student and faculty engagement.
Information for the timeline comes from A Century in the Park: Oak Grove Lutheran School, 由已故历史学家Hiram Drache撰写, 学校档案.