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

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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

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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.

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Absentee Reports . . . Applications . . ALBERT M. LERCI-I. B.S.. M. Ed. Guidance Director Problems? Mr. Lerch. our As- sistant Administrator and Guid- ance Director. is the man to see. l-lis worthwhile advice and guid- ance have been ot im ortance to all ot us. We have all depended on him tor information concerning tests. job placement, and college entrance exams. His counsel has otten been requested by service returnees and college students. l-le also helps students with their emo- tional problems and handles such activities as clubs and assemblies. Doc's hobby ot writing tor edu- cational magazines has given him many hours ot profitable enioy- ment. EDWIN A. BERG, A.B. Assistant Principal Mr. Berg. our assistant principal. capably supervises building tacili- ties and special activities. adiusts schedule contlicts. tackles adminis- trative problems. and organizes the lunch room schedule. l-le be- lieves that the basis ot an educa- tion is good. sound. logical thinking and endeavors through his Thought tor the day to develop among the student body just suc thinking.