Kaleva Norman Dickson Schools

Kaleva Norman Dickson Schools
Address
4400 North High Bridge Road[1]
Brethren
, Manistee County, Michigan, 49619
United States
District information
MottoSmall school, big family[1]
GradesPreKindergarten–12[1]
SuperintendentJakob Veith[2]
Schools3[3]
Budget$9,614,000 2022–2023 expenditures[3]
NCES District ID2620010[3]
Students and staff
Students514 (2024–2025)[3]
Teachers30.71 (on an FTE basis) (2024–2025)[3]
Staff74.8 FTE (2024–2025)[3]
Student–teacher ratio16.74 (2024–2025)[3]
District mascotBobcats[1]
Other information
Websitekndschools.org

Kaleva Norman Dickson Schools (also known as KND Schools) is a public school district in Northern Michigan. In Manistee County, it serves Brethren, Kaleva, the townships of Dickson, Maple Grove, Norman, and parts of the townships of Bear Lake, Brown, Marilla, Pleasanton, Springdale, and Stronach.[4] It also serves part of Meade Township in Mason County.[5]

The district covers 350 square miles (910 km2) of rural and wilderness areas, including parts of the Manistee National Forest.[6]

History

Kaleva's first school was built in 1904, but it was destroyed by fire in 1912. Kaleva's school district was officially organized in 1914 and its first class graduated in 1917.[7] The Kaleva and Norman-Dickson school districts consolidated around 1964.[7][8]

Voters passed a bond issue in 1963 to expand Brethren High School, site of the district's current K-12 school building.[9] That same year, the school was the first in the state to offer a vocational course in forestry and logging.[10]

The preschool, housed in a portable building near the school, will be housed in a new Early Childhood Center after the passage of a 2025 construction bond. Other improvements will also be made to the school.[11][12]

Schools

Schools in KND school district share a building at 4400 North High Bridge Road in Brethren.[1]

Schools in Kaleva Norman Dickson Schools[3][1]
SchoolNotes
Brethren High SchoolGrades 9–12
Brethren Middle SchoolGrades 7-8
KND ElementaryGrades K-6
4-Star PreschoolPreschool

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Kavela Norman Dickson Schools. "Kavela Norman Dickson Schools". Retrieved June 27, 2026.
  2. ↑ Kavela Norman Dickson Schools. "Administration". Retrieved June 27, 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Kavela Norman Dickson Schools". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences.
  4. ↑ Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget. Manistee County School Districts (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Lansing: Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget. Retrieved June 27, 2026.
  5. ↑ Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget. Mason County School Districts (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Lansing: Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget. Retrieved June 27, 2026.
  6. ↑ Kaleva Norman Dickson Schools. "Our District". Retrieved June 27, 2026.
  7. 1 2 Desarmeaux, Megan. "History of Kaleva School 100 Years". The Kaleva Historical Society. Retrieved June 27, 2026.
  8. ↑ Editorial staff (1967). Blue and White 1967 (Yearbook). Kaleva High School. p. 1.
  9. ↑ "School bonds OK'd in Manistee area". Jackson Citizen Patriot. October 9, 1953. p. 31.
  10. ↑ "Forestry to be offered". Monroe Evening News. Associated Press. September 18, 1963. p. 7.
  11. ↑ KND Schools. "KND Schools: Expected Zero-Mill Net Increase Bond Proposal- Q&A" (PDF). Retrieved June 27, 2026.
  12. ↑ "Work begins on Kaleva Norman Dickson Schools' $9.5 million bond project". Manistee News Advocate. January 19, 2026.
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