Arcadia High School - Arcadian Yearbook (Arcadia, CA)

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zu Pzfinczjml Assumed Hzyglz School Lmdembzjb. ARTHUR H. NORTH COMPLETING HIS FIRST YEAR aT Arcadia High School, ArThur H. NorTh has assumed his responsibilifies as prin- cipal wiTh skill and enThusiasm. He came To Arcadia July I, 1962, in Time To parTicipaTe in The planning for The opening of school SepT. II. As The year progressed, he assumed The leadership of The sTaff, proving himself a compeTenT adminisTraTor. His ready smile and quick wiT have been much in evi- dence as he has consuITed wiTh sTaff members ancl sTudenTs. Mr. NorTh began his career in educaTion as a hisTory and maThemaTics Teacher aT John Burroughs High School in Burbank. He enTered The adminisTraTive field as prin- cipal of Temple CiTy High School and Then wenT on To PRINCIPAL San Marcos High School in SanTa Barbara before coming To Arcadia. He has also served as presidenT of DisTricT I8 of The California AssociaTion of Secondary School Principals. In addiTion, for Two summers he has been a guesT speaker and lecTurer aT The STanford UniversiTy Confer- ences of Secondary EducaTors. A graduaTe of WhiTTier College, where he received his A.B. and M.A. degrees, Mr. NorTh has also served The college's alumni associaTion as iTs presidenT. Early in The year Mr. NorTh said, I accepTed This posiTion parTiaIly because of my experience as a parenf in The disTricT. I consider iT a good high school wiTh a Top noTch sTudenT body.

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Dr. Burtis E. Taylor, Superintendent of schools, chats informally with Mr. Arthur E. North, Principal. AS DISTRICT PERSONNEL DIRECTOR, Donald D. Hughes, is responsible for the selection cmd recommendation to the superintendent and the Board of Educa- tion of all district employees. During his eleven years as Personnel Director, Mr. Hughes has recommended personnel policies which have been re- sponsible forthe selection and retention of district employees. With about 9,500 students enrolled in the Arcadia schools at all grade levels, the employees num- ber about 600. Completing her first year as president of the Arcadia Teachers Association is Mrs. Jeanet M. Barker, high school Eng- lish teacher. As president of the local professional organization, she has been instrumental in arranging for outstand- ing speakers for ATA meetings. Also under her direction, many committees have considered and recommended ac- tion on various professional matters. 12 District Weeie Enrollment Showed , Inere IN ITS SECOND YEAR as a three year high school, Arcad again began to build toward an overcrowded condition. T campus was designed to accommodate 2,200, and early in t year, more than 2,260 students were in attendance. District wide, the enrollment had climbed to 9,550, with overall gain of nearly 62. Greatest increase in enrollment w shown at the elementary levels, although at the high school, t sophomore class numbered nearly 800. In studying enrollme trends within the district, therefore, administrators had to beg planning for additional facilities. During the previous summ quonset huts had been converted to classrooms at various el mentary schools. Whether this type of temporary housing wou be increased had not been determined at press time. One of the maior concerns of the Board of Trustees and t administration, then, was to analyze the growth patterns of t city. With the increased multiple unit construction in the city, became evident that even greater numbers of students wou soon be crowding the schools, with close to 10,000 being e rolled at the beginning of the next school year. At the high school, no relief was in sight, with incomi classes from the junior highs scheduled to total more than 80 This, then, was the situation-a familiar one to the distri which unified in 1951, had its first graduating class of less th 350, in 1955, and which in 1963 is graduating in excess of 70 enema? Ere fwwezz, M jiwwedeeev, District Personnel Director, Donald Hughes, discusses business with Mrs. Jeanet Barker, president of the local professional organization, the Arcadia Teachers Association.

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Competent Administrative Steiff Members GERALD P. RAYL Assistant Principal KENT BARNEY Attendance Officer SUPERVISING A STAFF of 103 faculty m bers is one of the responsibilities of Geral Rayl, Assistant Principal. In addition he dir the overall assignment of classrooms, coo nates work of the counseling staff, directs calaureate and graduation ceremonies, arranges for athletics events. He is a nine year veteran of Arcadia School's staff and has completed his eighth as an administrator. After receiving both Bachelor and Master of Arts degrees from I ana University, he completed additional at Notre Dame, Cornell, San Diego State, the University of Southern California. Helping to make decisions concerning many individual problems created by the vari facets of the school program, Mr. Rayl has b a competent and courteous administrator. WITH PERSONAL CONSIDERATION for e individual, Richard Carroll, in his capacity Assistant of Pupil Personnel, consults with dents on problems of attendance and cam citizenship. One of his responsibilities is to meet d with the Executive Council to discuss and p many student activities during the year. Mr. Carroll received his B.S. and M.S. grees from the University of California at Angeles. He has done additional work at Cl mont Graduate School. Prior to assuming his present role in p personnel, he taught mathematics and coaches both football and varsity baseball. SUPERVISING ATTENDANCE procedures and counseling students on attendance requirements is the responsibility of Kent Barney. The coordi- nator of pupil attendance sees that students comply with state compulsory attendance laws. Mr. Barney's B.S. degree in Social Studies was earned at Loyola University. He received his M.A. degree in supervision and administra- tion from Los Angeles State College. Before assuming his present position, Mr. Barney also coached football and track.