Arcadia High School - Arcadian Yearbook (Arcadia, CA)

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Ciikens Serving as Board M embers Conf e.. .. 1962-1963 Arcadia School Board Members, left to right: Dr. A. W. Nis- C. Lietz, are discussing business for the Arcadia Unified School District son, William O. Merritt, Dr. Robert I. Boyd, Dexter D. Jones, and Harold board meetings. They are elected for two-year terms. .4 ' Q L... e, Interested citizens enter the Arcadia's new Unified School District building to attend the bi-weekly school board meetings. WEIGHING PROPOSALS for the overall am- provement of the Arcadia Unified Schools and adopting policies to implement their decisions, members of the Arcadia Board of Trustees have given unselfishly of their time and talents to benefit young people in the district. Continually climbing enrollment dwuring the year created additional problems with 9,500 students attending the ll schools-an increase of approximately 6'X,. Members of the board are elected for two- year terms and serve without remuneration. On a rotating basis, board members serve as offi- cers of the group. This year Dr. Robert I. Boyd served as president, with William O. Merritt, vice president, Dexter D. Jones, secretary, Harold C. Lietz, and Dr. Antone W. Nisson, members.

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Burtis E. Taylor, Superintendent, stands beside dedicatory plaque mounted in the foyer of the administration building, COMPLETING HIS THIRD YEAR as As- istant Superintendent of Educational ervices, Elbert E. Souders has continued o evaluate and plan improvements in he curriculum. Mr. Souders is a welcome visitor' on ampus, having been the high school rincipal for five years before accepting is district responsibilities. THROUGH the carefully considered ef- orts of Dr. Alton E. Scott, Assistant uperintendent of Business Services, the iscal position of the District is sound, nd many improvements have been ade in the various school plants. Dr. Scott completes his third year in the District. If Avinznzirtrnfive .ffdjf in Ovemll Planning. CONTINUED IMPROVEMENT of the total educational program has been noted under the competent direction of Dr. Burtis E. Taylor, Superintendent. By a 5-'I maiority, citizens of Arcadia approved a tax override, assuring an adequate financial base for a smoothly operating school system. Two new members were added to the administrative staff: Charles Lewin, Jr., who became the Secondary Curriculum Coordinator, and James Gerhardt, who was appointed as Consultant, Instructional Materials. Recommended to the Board by Dr. Taylor, was par- ticipation in an internship program in cooperation with the University of Southern California. Internees, working under the supervision of the university and the school district, were assigned to work with regular classroom teachers. A curricular feature was the completion of a film, America-Our Country, depicting ways in which the American way of life is taught from Kindergarten through the twelfth grade in Arcadia schools. This film was made available to civic groups and P.T.A.'s. Through the efforts of Dr. Taylor, and upon approval of the Board, the Filipino Alumni Association, whose members are graduates of California colleges, received l,725 textbooks no longer used in the district, to be shipped to Filipino public schools and libraries. Assistant Superintendents, Dr. Alton E, Scott, Business Services, and Elbert E. Souders, Educational Services, review one of the many reports pertaining to their administrative duties. ll