Arlington High School - Accolade Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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Teachers and parents meet for the first time at the Arlington open house. Parents are amazed and fascinated with its new and modern equipment which teachers proudly demonstrate. Oops! Looks like bad news! Many parents took time out to discuss their child's progress in the academic ranks. Parents, Public, Pupils Participate In First pen House As School Displays Facilities Putting its best foot forward, Arlington hosted its first open house on November sixth. Appropriately called Family Night, this event enabled parents and relatives not only to take a grand touru of the building but also to meet all teachers and staff members. Many students were apprehensive because their parents and teachers would be able to talk things over. However, most fears and misgivings soon disappeared as they realized that the parents and teachers have much in common. Most of the concern which unites them centers on one common denomi- nator-us. Two nights later the doors were again openedg however, this time the general public was welcomed. Anyone who didn'r have a relative enrolled was invited to see the building and meet the entire staff. Teachers and students from other schools looked with envy upon the newness and opportunities that gleamed throughout the school. Visitors are impressed with the beauty of design evident throughout the auditorium, which is said to be one of the best engineered in the state.

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Mrs. Margaret Schroedle points out items of interest in the library to eager visitors who admire the excellent woodwork and structure of the athenaeum which furnishes students with a ready supply of reference materials. Eager Envoys Escort Guests on Tours Through Building I . i ff Q fa X-X -V gfvfg rf- With pride as their guide, Student Council members and other students showed guests through the entire building. Visitors of both nights shared the eagerness and enthusiasm of the teenage set that daily travel the halls and sit in the classrooms admired by the visitors. Although most open houses are only to introduce teachers and parents, the majority of this open house guest list was viewing the school for the first time. The one thing that most impressed guests was the size of everything. The auditorium is bigger than many of the movie theaters of today, and the science lecture room enables several classes to attend a lecture or see a film at the same time. The library will ultimately house 16,000 books, and the gymnasium is one of the largest in the area. This certainly surpasses the little red school house. As many of the visitors left, they commented, What I would give to go to a school like this. Arlingtonites know they are very lucky to be in it, and all respond with loyalty and respect. IBM computer? Hardly! However, visitors are just as awed by the stage control center located at stage left.