Ardsley High School - Ardsleyan Yearbook (Ardsley, NY)

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L ..pl,i S L,',A' POLICIES OF THE ARDSI EY HIC-H SCHOOL Responsibility, Service and Recognition Responsibility service and recognltlon are the keywords of the ad mmistrative policies of Ardsley l-llgh School Unly by going into the water does a youngster learn to swim but the old method of tossing him into deep water probably fostered fear of the water more than swimming ability The Ardsley policy is to start with small re sponslbilities at first and when they are mastered to Give larger responsiblli ties The ultimate ideal is to have the pupils run the school with the r teachers as advisers for only as pupils increasingly learn to govern their affairs in school will they be able to take their proper places as citizens of this 1 reat self governing country ln the Ardsley School ex ery grade has elected class officers or com mittees who handle much of the routine formerly managed by the teachers The class presidents form the Student Council which cares for student affairs and finances conducts room inspections and advises with the Principal on matters of school policy The Honor Society Effort Club Audubon Club orchestra band Junior chorus athletic teams Boy Scouts and Curl Scouts re all voluntary organizations largely self governing and several home School is more attractlxe nowadays because pupils are gn en more lib erty But liberty without responsibility is anarchy Ex ery privilege entails a responsibility Only as responsibilities are recognized can privileges be extended lihe privilege of early entry to the school building extended to the non residents umors and Seniors entails the responsibility of quiet work in the home rooms The noon prnilege typing priulege library prnilege and Senior lunch privilege have equal responsibilities Seldom has a prnllege been withdrawn because the responsibility was not respected Further prixi leges now under consideration mvolxe the unchaperoned use of the carpenter shop and sewing room by pupils of superior scholarship in their vacant perx ods the extension of high school subjects to qualified pupils of Grade El hr and of conference periods to the Seniors in place of study halls SCYXICC IS another form of responsibility Fortunate are the boys and girls fthough they may not recognize it now who have certain definite re sponslbilitles at home The daxs of the empty woodbox and the kerosene lamp have passed Home is no longer the family work shop where even the children haxe duties that consume all their free time The pendulum has ll 19 ll'lI.'l,l'llX rooms have learned to function on their own initiative. . . , Y y N . H Y. Y . 1 . . M. . . . Q V r . . . M . . 5 . A

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l I 511 TROOP 3 ARDSLEY Mr Harlan Thomas Scoutmaster Ronald Townsend Asslstant Scoutmaster Notes The Boy Scouts of Ardsley have had one of their most successful sea sons during the year Whlle at Camp Slwanoy the Ardsley Scouts had the prlze wmmng tent for the month It seems that even after the Scouts returned home they kept up thexr good work After they were home from the camp about one month Mr Bell gave the Scouts thelr annual corn roast This IS sald to be the best party of the year for the Scouts The month after that they started work on their cabin They received support from many orgamzatlons and prxvate people lf they hadn t had thus support xt would have been impossible for them to finish the project thus year The troop has been havmff an Inter patrol contest and the Beavers are now m the lead The Boy Scouts know that they will contmue to prosper under their new Scoutmaster Mr Thomas and that the people of Ardsley will keep up thenr vreat support Richard E Barr Scribe I!l.'lI .I If llVl,l3'l'.l ,Y 11 .M ., V, l'l1uI1v by Xl'hilf- Q'I11l'H

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1111 swung to the other extreme DCTVICC is the school equivalent for the whole some home duties of yesteryear Pupils are encouraged to pass on to their successors in perfect condition the school equipment so generously furnished by the school district Books are covered and mended desks scraped shades adjusted rooms decorated flowers planted and hundreds of other important details are cared for More important than the tangible results are the ideals attitudes and appreclations growing out of these duties xoluntarily undertaken for the good of the school Recognition has two reasons to encourage effort and to capitalize the success of the individual for the general benefit of the school The best known forms are the various school insignia awarded to pupils who have met moderate requirements in scholarship attendance athletic alCJllltV and service For the younger pupils four yearly awards are possible for the older two awards The fact that practically every pupil wears one of these insignia shows how high they are held The awards are made at the monthly Honor Assemblies by a member of the Board of Education Stress is laid on the service symbolized rather than the award itself The pupils who have re ceived all the awards are organized into the Honor Society for the following year and at a solemn initiation take the Honor Society pledge to aid my school in service scholarship attendance conduct and welcoming strangers tion affecting the honor or welfare of the school Other forms of recognition include election to offices selection for edi torial staff of the Ardsleyan letters and visits of Commendation to parents appointment on school committees mention in the High School News and local papers in all of which the contrlbution to the general welfare rather than the individual is emphasized Group awards made this year include framed citations to Qrades Fxxe and bexen from the Student Council for no tardiness last year weekly attendance and banking banners to all Grades quall fwing monthly health banners and attendance cups framed citations to grades for diphtheria mnoculation and weekly inspection plaques Nearly all the awards group and ll'1dlXldU3l are non competitive under conditions decided law the Student Council and reused to meet new conditions For eight years these policies have been growing and each year brmf s its increased yield of true school citizenship Other schools are beginning to look to Ardsley for leadership That IS our recognition All that we haxe learned and developed is at the command of the schools of the state That is our service and our responsibility as a unit in the Great school system of the Empire State AWS fl- l .el It ll S L If Y .-1 X lfl . . Z D . . Monthly meetings are held and committees organized to cope with any situa- x V. . . . . - y ! tj v . . 5