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

Page 13 text:

Our Dream on Paper The archiiecf's drawing of fhe new Norihampfon Area Join? High School The new school. an inferesl fo us all, is finally more fhan iusl a dream. Expecfed fo be finished by l96O, if will be erecfed on a 20 acre plof of ground. which was donafed fo The school disfricf of fhe Borough of Norfhampfon. This plof is adia- cenf To fhe Norfhampfon Memorial Communify Cenfer, and direcfly across The sfreef from fhe pres- enf afhlefic field. Cosfing approximafely Sl.845.000. fhe school will hold 769 pupils. This building will be used as a senior high school for fhe lO+h. llfh. and I2fh grades. The ioinfure is comprised of seven school clisfricfs. They are Borough of Norfhampfon, Borough of Bafh. Borough of Chapman Quarries, Township of Allen. Township of Easf Allen. Township of Moore and Township of Lehigh. The planning of fhis school has been in full swing for The pasf few years. There is a special School Board Aulhorify which does +he acfual planning. The affairs of fhe Aufhorify are adminisfered by page nine a Board of seven members. One member is ap- poinfed by each of fhe individual Boards of School Direcfors of fhe School Disfricfs. The plans of fhe school have been laid in order fo give us The exfra space which is now lacking because of fhe increased enrollmenf. The new building will confain eleven sfandard classrooms, fhree oversized classrooms, fhree science and geography rooms. four commercial rooms, one homemalcing room, fwo inclusfrial arfs rooms, one agriculfure room. one arf room, one music room. one library, a sfudenf acfivify room, a conference room. a cafeferia which will seaf 235 people. a gym. an audiforium. a healfh room. fwo faculfy rooms, and an adminisfrafive suife. However, The building of fhe new school does noi mean fhaf fhere will be changes in courses. lf will provide for more flexi- bilify in fhe curriculum. however. and should addi- fional subiecfs prove necessary. fhey can be accommoclafed.

Page 12 text:

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.

Page 14 text:

Budgets . Schedules NORMAN A. LAUB. B.S.. lvl.A. Principal Upon Mr. Laub, our principai. resTs The greaT responsibiliTy oT overseeing our educaTion. IT is imporTanT ThaT This educaTion be one which will develop The whole individual. Mr. Laub noT only co- ordinaTes The academic program buT also draTTs The exTracurricular acTiviTies which are such a viTaI parT of our school life. A TaiThTul aTTendanT of school evenTs, he is The promoTer oT good school spiriT. To make The school a success is his goal. GEORGE A. EICHLER A.B.. MA., Ed.D. SuperinTenclenT of Schools Dr. Eichler, our superinTenclenT, underTakes The complicaTed Task oT The supervision and direcTion OT our schools. l-le has devoTed TwenTy-seven years of ouTsTanding service To The eclucaTional and adminisTraTive worlc in our ioinTure. WiTh a consTanT inTeresT in us and our TuTure, he is always sTriving Toward The beTTermenT oT our school sysTem. Proof oT This is exhibiTecl by his membership in The Commission on EThics, RighTs, and CompeTence of The Pennsylvania STaTe EducaTion AssociaTion Tor The pasT TourTeen years, and serv- ing as chairman Tor The pasT Twelve years. He is an acTive member in communiTy aTTairs and has numer- ous associaTions wiTh educaTional commiTTees. We are honored To have Dr. Eichler as The direcTor of our schools. page Ten