When Miller was created in 1924 Aberdeen was producing more lumber than anywhere in the world. Aberdeen was larger than Vancouver or Olympia. Aberdeen was heavily populated with immigrants hungry for the education that would bring their children the American dream. In 1914 George B. Miller at the
age of 29 was elected superintendent of the Aberdeen School District.
(Learn more about him on page 4.)

He saw the education need in Aberdeen with the growth of the community. He greatly expanded the grade school system and in the second semester, January 28, 1924, Miller Junior High became the first school of its kind in the state. The school had 400 pupils in grade 7 through 9. Instead of one teacher these pre-“high schoolers” had several and lockers and P.E. and met students from all over town. In those days that meant in many cases the first time students from different cultures met. They came from families who often grouped together so the parents could speak their first language and share familiar traditions—Finnish, Italian, Scandinavians, German, Croatian, Polish….