Riverside Brookfield High School - Rouser Yearbook (Riverside, IL)

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1 .4 F g, E ., Q gf? 1 5 Vg J 1. If An architect's drawing of the gym entrance to the proposed new building. Early in the fall of 1951 the Board hopes to the sharp rise in school population in the very have the final plans ready for approval by the near future should be adequately handled by not voters of our school district, so that construction only the local grammar schools but by an en- may begin the following spring. By 1953 the largcd and modern Riverside-Brookfield High proposed new addition to the east of the present School. building should be completed. This means that Mr. F. Benda, Mrs. C. B. Allen, Mr. C. MacGowan, Mr. F. E. Hodek fPresidentj , Mr I. E. I-Iaebich, Miss E. M. Curtis CSecretaryj, Mr. H. A. Bamford.

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, ,,.............u President Hodek congratulates Gordon, val edictorian of the graduating class. THE BOARD OE EDUCATION PLANS EOR THE EUTURE A tremendous increase of enrollment in the elementary schools since the close of World War II has called for rapid planning and action on the part of Boards of Education of the Brookfield and Riverside Elementary Schools. The two communities have approved the ex- penditure of nearly za million dollars for ad- ditions and new schools in the past three years to provide adequate facilities for the boys and girls in kindergarten through eighth grades. Now, our High School Board of Education has been kept busy, especially for the past year, with this big problem of accommodating R-B to a rapidly increasing school population. Some- time before 1960 the expected enrollment of Page ten R-B H.S. will reach a peak of 1800 students, or twice the number we have today. It would be impossible to accommodate that number with the present facilities. Serious planning and consideration have been the school board's theme throughout this school year. Preliminary blueprints and plans, drawn up by the architects, are now ready for study by patrons, faculty, students, and interested cit- izens of our community. Included in these plans are a number of new classrooms, an enlarged library and cafeteria, a new gymnasium, swimming pool, and improved facilities in the science, home economics, music, art, and shop programs of R-B.

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MR. I. E. HAEBICH, SUPERINTENDENT .,!iA' Adj fdv JIHILUIIJ ll, APUFI. Another successful year has been experienced at R-B High School through the guiding hand of our superintendent. B.S., LaCrosse State Teachers' College, Baldwin-Wallace Collegeg M.S., University of Chicagog Purdue Universityg Superintendent. Page twelve