Beaverton High School - Beaver Yearbook (Beaverton, OR)

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George Erickson, principal at Beaver- ton for seven years, has constantly en- couraged an atmosphere of study tem- pered With ample extra-curricular activi- ties. Under his able guidance Beaverton has smoothly made the transition from Ceorge E. Erickson, Principal six hundred students to its present fifteen hundred. Extremely active in educational organizations, Mr. Erickson was recently selected program chairman for the Na- tional Education Association Convention held this year in Portland. its 'Yu 9'

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D. Herbert Armstrong, District Superintendent-Clerk D. Herbert Armstrong, now in his sixth year as district superintendent, has smoothly and efficiently handled the problems, of policy, planning, and finance which have arisen from steadily increas- ing enrollments. Typically farsighted, Mr. Armstrong, along with the Board of Education, has been at work this year on a plan to reorganize the area's grade school districts and eventually provide a junior high school system. Ul'1lEl .ACl1'I'1lI'1lSl1 HUJI'S SUDEFWSE

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I .Lf ,, . ..l ,,-X Chairman of the Board of Education Mr. Roy Bowman points out a grade school district in- volved in prospective district reorganization. Mr. Bowman spent many hours preparing the issue for a ballot during the winter. BUETU PUI'1ClEI'S PsBOPQH1llZEll0I1 The Board of Education worked to- wards a well-rounded, comprehensive education for the students of Beaverton High. This year, as every year, brought problems that kept the Board in a con- stant state of budget consideration, popu- lation increase, and curriculum. One of the major projects of the Board was plan- ning the proposed district grade school unification. Taking time out from a semi-monthly meeting are Dr: Vernon Hanson, Dr. Darrel Pennington, Roy Bowman, Herbert Armstrong, Letha Tur- ner, Robert Cottrell, Mrs. Erma Maust. 'X ,,....-- wry