Charlestown High School - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Charlestown, NH)

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Purposes . . . IF? The cafeteria during noon-hour rush. 4 , - Q., Ijmw Members of Ski Club get their instructions. l F 2 Self-expression through music. This year, the staff of the -Blue gg, Gold has chosen as its theme A Small School Meets A Challenge . In our annual, we shall attempt to show you how Charlestown High, a small school, meets the challenge of better education and better living for both the students and the towns- people with limited facilities. The school must provide the best possible educational program for its students and at the same time provide a well-balanced schedule of extracurricula activities. Problems must be faced by every school. But the small school in the small town seems to be very hard pressed by problems which would be minute in larger communities. Problems such as increasing enrollment, which results in over-crowding of class rooms lthis year the number of students in the Junior-Senior High School increased from 233 to 26917 adequate equip- ment for use in classes, as in chemistry fbooks and other laboratory equipment! totals nearly SZ, 000 each year: hiring competent teachers, costs of transportation of students: and expenditures for special programs. How is Charlestown meeting this Challenge? The biggest challenge the school must meet is that of staying within the alloted budget and yet obtaining the best value for the money invested. Because larger schools are supported by a larger number of taxpayers, though they have problems similar to those of the smaller school, they are relieved of many of those resulting from inadequate funds. In Charlestown, the budget is broken into several categories, the greatest fixed expense being indebtness for our Junior-Senior High School building Kwhich amounted to S9, 995, interest and principal, for 1957l. This expense prevents us from building a new school or an addition to the present one. However, the biggest cost is that of teacher's salaries lwhich amounted to S77, 768. 98 this yearl. Since the market for teachers is ex- tremely competitive and the shortage of qualified teachers is continuously growing, salaries are always rising and each year these take up a greater part of the budget.

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A Small School Meets A Challenge 4 Cover Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page WELCOME TO OUR STATE TABLE OF CONTENTS THIS IS THE TOWN C H S onalune Day Students Entering School Building QP-7 ..aiW g Dedication Editorial Purposes Exposition The Staff The Cla s se s Sports Music Drama Student Govemment .Publications Clubs Graduates Advertisements CHALLENGEDI

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