West High School - Warrior Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

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TOP: Kenneth L. Orton, assistant superintendent of schools, Vera E. Walling, administrative assistant in charge of business ofiiceg Roger Reno, attorney. CEN- TER: Dr. john O. Heald, physician, West side schools, Cosette Markle, superintendent of nurses, Esther Brower, director of lunch roomsg John E. Fortin, trade and industrial education director, Astrid W. Gustafson, music supervisor. BOTTOM: Alma Hall, director of attendance and visiting teacher departmentg Marlin McGinty, art supervisor, Charles O'Brien, production, printing foreman, Gerald E. Raasch, director of builda ings, grounds, and maintenance, Peers F. Ray, visual aids director. AJ .W ,ff X A round of laughter is in order for members of the educational com- mittee, Frank St. Angel, Mrs. Frances Shafer, and Kenneth Jensen, as they relax a moment after completing a very strenuous session. In a general conference of board members, President Alan Mattison, with the assistance of Roger Reno, attempts to solve a perplexing problem brought to light by Gerald Raasch, while Max Liebling con- tinues to sign a seemingly-inexhaustible supply of oflicial documents. WM tits ' .ff M - Vai? J 'H '13 A --.. , + V ,ay-Af 'ln-,. ,f,E,.J-I I .,,. ' -- . A ir II. 5 , . ---is ea f Jf . V , t - 3- V 5. . J ,ii - - K - rigs. . f.-.wwf 1 , es, ri ' . ' ' Q. -- ' 3, ' E A. . 'V iff! 75 ' P -4 p 2.3 V 03:5 gzi - . . 27

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W. RAY MCINTOSH, M. A. Superintendent, Rockford Public Schools BOARD OF EDUCATION, STANDING: Gerald E. Raasch, Roger Reno, Kenneth L. Orton fassistant superintendentj, David W. johnson fbuilding and grounds committee chairmanl, Kenneth A. Jensen tedu- cational committee chairmanj, W. Ray Mclntosh fsuperintendentj, Miss Vera E. Walling, Miss Anne Gustafson, Arthur johnson. SEATED: Completion of new school elimaxes Board's activities This year as in the past the Board of Education, under the commendable leadership of Superintendent of Rockford Public Schools W. Ray McIntosh and President Alan C. Mattison, has maintained a creditable record in dealing with the develop- ment of better schools and facilities for the ever-increasing school enrollment. Through various committees such as that of educational affairs headed by Kenneth A. Jensen, finance and purchasing headed by Harry F. Wemple, and building and grounds headed by David W. Johnson, the working efficiency of the group as a whole is greatly broadened. The principal accent this year has been on the completion of the third senior high school, to be known as Auburn Senior High School, and the study of the curriculum of grades 7 through 12 by the Commission on Secondary Education. This is a commission composed of about 75 citizens and parents and approximately the same number of staff members in the five junior high schools and the two senior high schools. The commission is devotihg its attention to a study of the six-year program proposed during the life of the Junior High School Commission of 1958-1959. The essential features of the six-year program provide for a four-track organization of subject matter and assignment of pupils to the various tracks on the basis of their interests, abilities, aptitudes, and demon- strated achievements. It is anticipated that each of the three high schools will operate on a single shift next year, even though East Senior High School will continue to be crowded until a fourth senior high school is provided on the east side. Harry F. Wemple finance and purchasing chairmanb, Gordon Skee, Alan C. Matrison fpresidentb, Richard I. Boden, Mrs. Frances S. Shafer, Frank G. St. Angel, Max Leibling. ABSENT: Mrs. Phoebe J. Barnes fsecretaryj, Clifford P. Carlson. 26

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