Northampton Area High School - Amptennian Yearbook (Northampton, PA)

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Staff The sTaTT comprised oT Teachers. adminisTraTors. cus- Todians, secreTaries. cooks. and docTors would be aT a loss if They had no PAPER on which To do Their planning, calculaTing, and bookkeeping. Our enTire school sysTem is under The direcTion of our superinTendenT, Dr. Eichler. His Two hardworking assisTanTs - Mr. Laub and Mr. Berg. along wiTh The elemenTary school principals -- are The people who see ThaT The decisions oT our Taxpayers' represenTaTives. The School Board. are eTTecTively and eTTicienTly carried ouT. All These decisions musT be recorded. This exacTing Task Talls To The indispensable secreTarial sTaTT. The marking sheeTs and The grade books are also inTe- gral parTs of a Teacher's equipment The aTTenclance office daily issues The aTTendance sheeT which is compiled Ti-om each Teacher's absenTee reporT. Our guidance direcTor, Mr. Lerch, worked diligenTly To see ThaT each senior prepared careTully Tor his TuTure. Choosing a college or a job was made easier by Mr. l.erch's lucid explanaTion and able guidance. The ianiTorial sTaTT To which we were deeply indebTed Tor a clean and aTTracTive school was also conscious of PAPER. dirT, and dusT: Tor They worked nighT and day repairing. cleaning. picking up paper, and keeping The school looking iTs besT. The PAPER menus proved The TacT ThaT our caTeTeria daily provided well-balanced meals prepared and served by The large sTaTT oT cooks direcTed by our chief dieTiTian. Mrs. Mary Zirinsky. The annual physical and denTal exams were Taken care of by The medical sTaTT which also adminisTered TirsT aid To The sTudenTs beseT by minor ills and iniuries. Once again, These viTal records were kepT on PAPER. The essenTial elemenT oT our schools Today. page six

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Supervising the Present and Planning Tor. Sealed: Russell Becker, Howard Raubenhold, John Dreisbach iSecreTaryJ, RoberT Jones lPfesidenTl, Dr. George A. Eichler. Arfhur Schaffer. STanding: Raymond Mohreyi Darryl STrohl, Raymond Newhard, Bernard SuTliTT, Jerome Burkepile TSoliciTorl, Kenneih Haidle Und V. PJ, Joseph George. Missing: oberT Schaffer Ureasurerj and Charles Ne.-fhard UsT V. PJ. The school board served The communiTy by acl- minisTering The laws OT The sTaTe in our school sysTem. This capable group of ThirTeen men was elecTed by The people oT The individual school disTricTs and was given The power To TormulaTe educaTional poli- cies, To improve our schools. and To direcT The enTire adminisTraTion oT The school according To The sTand- ards seT TorTh in The school code. The local branch oT The Pennsylvania STaTe Edu- caTion AssociaTion and The school board esTablished a Teachers' workshop. AT each meeTing a diTTerenT Topic was discussed. Leading The discussions were personaliTies well-versed in Their parTicular Tield. These meeTings gave The TaculTy members oppor- TuniTies To discuss The problems ThaT arose in The classroom. They also gained TurTher knowledge on subiecTs oT inTeresT To Them. By aTTempTing These special TuncTions, our Teachers were kepT up To daTe on currenT educaTional Theory and pracTices. page eighT All These TuncTions were performed wiTh The inTenTion oT carrying ouT in a uniTorm manner The dicTaTes oT The school law. They also made our communiTy accepT iTs righTTul place in consTrucTive leadership in The Tield oT educaTional progress. Each board member gave Treely oT his Time To The serious business oT educaTing young people. ln so doing The board esTablished a program oT insTruc- Tion ThaT made iT possible Tor all sTudenTs To become worThwhile ciTi2ens and beTTer TiT'Ted Tor Their liTe work. WiTh The plans oT our new school no longer a dream. buT a realiTy, and wiTh The building problems in The hands oT our capable board. iT is cerTain ThaT This school will be one To be proud oT. Thanks To These men oT ToresighT, our school sys- Tem has become one oT The more advanced orga- nizaTions in The sTaTe.