Maryvale High School - Panthorian Yearbook (Phoenix, AZ)

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. Q, I ll y ,. I U 555 x , Q Now, ten years later, with both men retiring, it is time to see how well they succeeded. Awell rounded activities program with special interest clubs strength- ened the curriculum, the athletic teams with a winning tradition help- ed build suhool spirit and pride, but nowhere did the excellence of the school shine brighter than in the field of curriculum. Although experimentation in team teaching, large group-small group instruction and interdisci- plinary cooperation have had a place in the Maryvale scheme of things, the strength of the Burnett- Myers plan has been in the hiring of competent teachers, giving them the supplies and equipment they need and furnishing a space conducive to learning and letting nature take its course. Burnett's has furnished the leadership in working with new teachers and departments in de- veloping new programs while Myers has been the person responsible for seeing that scheduling kept apace.

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Burnett, Myers close careers dfler 'ren years serving MHS Cutting birthday cakes is a specialty of Principal Louis Burnett labovel. He has been here to cut the cake ever since Mary- vale opened back in 7963. Paper work lcenterl is necessary but unloved by the principal. Like Burnett, Associate Prin- cipal Elzie Myers l far righ tl has been here since Maryvale opened and like Burnett, this is his last year. He works on the schedule lbottom centerl with Mrs. Ralph. H I ll I R 0 Nl' K n n xg ll tx in 0' fi -'-ia? ui -. ul l X n i, ul xiii ' oi ' ,,' 9' is ll v , v s 0' in , lv f 'Ill vu u ll pi V- K' H, 1 wx .1 X., . 'll ll ll' qu .. ' N W 5 ' I ' fn 1 .w ii .W .1 fl I' W' lv' ,pi W ui ' n' ,ll ,., , an ' 'ff' 5 , f When Louis E. Burnett and Elzie Myers led a small cadre of teachers, administrators, and 1670 students from the Carl Hayden campus to the newly completed Maryvale High School in February of 1963, they had one goal in mind: to provide a quality education for those students who would follow.

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X pug, ...4 f N 'A xNm.lvbV ' ' ' Administrativeassistants always have time Through the years the Burnett- I for students. Jane Hamlin labovel looks Myers team has been helped by a UP from he' busy desk 'O gfeefa Student staff of competent assistants: First, while Bill Stephens lupper center! pauses Orville Hamm and lzlalrle DenBoer' on Campus to Speak to one then, in 1965, Bernard Magnusson and Jane Hamlin aided in keeping to keep students personal problems from becoming school problems. With the coming offdouble sessions in problems few 1967, Bill Stephens, who made the