Ashtabula High School - Dart Yearbook (Ashtabula, OH)

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Did you know that at one time the Park Building used to be the high school? It wasn't always a condomned building just sitting around waiting to be burned down. Change was a part of our lives. Building uaod to bo Ashtabula High School Tho Park Building wan burned at the beginning of the year. There were really a lot of differences in our school, both inside and out. Gono were the days of the hickory stick and McGuffey Readers. Also gone were the teachers who looked liko Miss Emma Warmington. Our teachers had new ideas they had developed especially for our benefit. It became the rule rather than the exception never to strike a student. Could you have even imagined having your knuckles slapped by a teacher? Our punishments were Room 4 detentions and suspensions Grade cards were made up by computers, and if you were placed in the wrong class, there was no one to blame but technology. At times it seemed that the computer made more work than doing things yourself - like X-day! It had some definite advantages though, like the time grade cards were two weeks late and it gave those with poor mnrks two extra weekends before being grounded! These new developments made a difference in the quality of education we received and helped to prepare us for the evor-changing world Math lMtb«n «ur dost look like this anymore 11

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We hud a taste of culture with an orchestra In 1908 Our day begins bright and 12