Stivers History
1907 - 1915
The different wings of the building where erected at different times, the north and west wings began in 1907-1908. The cornerstone was laid January 3, 1909.
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Students where shuffled from the Ruskin School building under the name of East End School once wings where finished of the Stivers Building.
The school name was changed from East End High School to Stivers Manual Training High School in 1913. By 1915 Manual Training had been dropped from the name, by the Board of Education.
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Stivers High School was named after Captain Charles B. Stivers. Captain Stivers served in the Civil War; an instructor in military tactics and mathematics. Captain Stivers was a Dayton Public School Principal for 26 years.
1912 - 1925
In 1912 the old Lincoln Building was torn down, making room for the last wing to be constructed. Finished September of 1914, the school grew rapidly, faculty increased from eight to sixty- three. The walls of Stivers contained four other schools: Co-Operative, Continuation, Prevocational, and Make-Time.
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Boys in the Co-Op school worked in factories then studied in the class room for two weeks alternating. The Continuation school students worked in shops or factories for half the day, spending the second half at Stivers.
The Prevocational school was meant to prepare younger classman for the Co-Op School as Juniors and Seniors. The Make-Time students took eighth grade and freshman course work at the same time.
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Stivers continued to grow, in 1925 the Board of Education decided that all 9th grade students would be assigned to a junior high school building. Stivers then became a Senior High School.
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1982 - 2002
The grounds of 1313 E. Fifth Street has worn many hats through out the last century. What is most important is that everyone who entered the halls of Stivers is a Tiger.
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In 1982 The building was put to use as an intermediate magnet school serving seventh though ninth grade students. Renamed again to Stivers Middle School for the Arts, with a focus on visual and performing arts. The growth continued in 1996, a grade was added each year, this would produce the first class to graduate from Stivers School for the Arts in 2000.
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The year 2000 was a very big year for Stivers, not only was it the first class to graduate again after a 34 year break, the building was in jeopardy of being demolished. This is when the fight to save Stivers began. In 2001 Stivers was added to the Register of National Historic Places. The community of Stivers began to to raise funding for the renovation. In 2002 a bond issue was passed matching the funds that where generated by the community of Stivers. The renovations could begin.
2008
The rebirth of the building would cause students to be temporarily relocated to the Homewood Campus (Old Julianne High School Building), 1313 E. Fifth Street was reopened October 2008. The $35 million renovation would bring the original building back to life, with updated HVAC, lighting , ADA restrooms, new technology throughout the building.
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The addition to the building would create space for a state of the art performance auditorium, sound-isolated practice rooms, 1,300 seat gymnasium, new soccer field with track.
Stivers offers eight art programs, advance placement classes, along with many extra curricular activities.
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You can read more about Stivers today on the Dayton Public Schools website.
Details & Snapshots
Flood of 1913
Dayton residents paddled down 5th street in front of the doors of Stivers during the Great Dayton Flood.
Fallen Tigers
We honor the memory of our fellow alumni who are no longer with us. Their contributions, friendships, and spirit remain an enduring part of our community.
The following information was gathered from all of the Stivers Newsletters stored in the Alumni Room, with the first issue being September 1989 to our current issue. There are a little over 2000 names listed to date. We have formatted this into as easily readable file, broken down into 10 year increments, followed by Unknown class years and Faculty. We update this file quarterly with each newsletter publication. If you have information of a Fallen Tiger, past or present, please share it with stiversalumni@gmail.com
Athletic Hall of Fame
The Stivers High School Athletic Hall of was first organized in 2006 and led by Ed Tate, Class of 1948.
Stivers High School/Stivers School for the Arts honors the most deserving of its past athletes with induction into the school’s
Athletic Hall of Fame. Eligibility is considered based on athletic accomplishments at Stivers High School/Stivers School for the Arts and beyond, but specifically how such participation has brought credit to the school and served as a model for its community.
We have listed all recipients of this prestigious award. More information can be found on the Stivers Hall of Fame website.