1880 – | Joseph Churchyard funded and established a school on Gold Street that was known as the “Churchyard School” |
| 1892 – | The school was purchased by the city and made an annex to School 25. |
| 1892 – | District School No. 43 was created at the site on Gold Street. |
| 1898 – | The building at East Lovejoy Avenue and Gold Street was opened |
| September, 1925 – | An addition to the school was opened on the corner of East Lovejoy Avenue and Benzinger Street. |
| 1935 – | Frederick Fisher, Principal for 40 years, retired. |
| 1980 – | Passive Park was build on the front lawn of the school |
| June, 2005 – | The Board of Education motioned for a conversion to a prekindergarten to sixth grade Discovery Academy of Fine Arts |
| September, 2006 – | The population of #43 Academy was expanded to Prekindergarten to eighth grade |
| March, 2008 – | The entire population was relocated to School #71 |
| September, 2009 – | The school population will return to the location at East Lovejoy Avenue and Benzinger Street. |
