Ruskin High School - Mirage Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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BOARD OF ED UGA T10 is - ck- si- the lof ills At 53' VHS ns . 52, ,ew ac- .um fol- iile ?eet ca- fa- ave The :ual age The school board members have been elected to the high responsi bility of helping to guide the youth of today toward success. Their do nation of many hours of time are sincerely appreciated by the school the students, and the community. LEFT TO RIGHT: Donald Newkirk, Robert Edwards, joeseph Nesbit, Assistant Superintendent of Schools Tom Foraker, Superintendent of Schools, Billy Wall, Presidentg jane Leavens, Secretary, A. A. McElroy Vice Pres identg Paul Kamitsuka, Paul Province, Purchasing Agent, Not pictured, R. C. Oliver, Robert Sharp, Director of Buildings and Grounds. lil msnsfv 7 .P .,.,.,,,i..,.-,,,W,,,,MwwM ,I

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'ilk Administration Building HiSf07j1 gf Ruskin High School Ruskin High School District, or Consolidated District No . 1, jackson County, Mis- souri, was originally composed of four districts: Holmes Park, Hickman Mills, Rock- ford, and Union Point. 0 Under a state law of 1901, the leading citizens of these four districts met to consi- der uniting the districts . In the later part of 1901, the citizens voted to consolidate the districts, a site was selected and a bond was voted to build a schoolhouse . ln the fall of 1902, school opened in the first consolidated district in the state of Missouri. The high school, with an enrollment of thirty-three, was situated in Hickman Mills and by the county superintendent was named Ruskin in honor of the English author . At first Ruskin had only one room and offered only a three-year course . AnAssistant tea- cher was hired in 1904, and a third teacher was added in 1908 when another room was added and a four-year course established. In 1931, a building facing Blue Ridge was completed, housing ten regular class rooms . In 1950, an annex for the industrial arts, music, and acafeteria was completed . ln 1952, a building boom brought hundreds of new students to the school district. In 1955, a new building consisting of 18 regular class rooms, a cafeteria and a library was built to ac- commodate the increased enrollment. A four room annex and a gymnasium-auditorium were added in 1956. A All Ruskin's buildings were demolished by the tornado on May 20, 1957. The fol- lowing school year Burke Elementary School served as a temporary high school while the new Ruskin was being constructed . The new building, two-stories high and 698 feet long, was ready to use in September 1958. Twenty-two class rooms, a library, a ca- feteria, and a gymnasium-auditorium served eight hundred and sixty students . The fa- culty was increased to 46 teachers handling 75 courses and 56 374 units of credit. Since 1958 twenty-three class rooms and a separate industrial arts-music wing have been added to Ruskin. Today the faculty has grown to 75: the student body, 1800. The school offers 80 courses and 67 units of credit in 54 class rooms, two audio-visual rooms, withalibrary, cafeteria, offices, agymnasium-auditorium, a36 station language laboratory, and an industrial arts-music annex of six rooms. 6

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