Athens Area High School - Athenian Yearbook (Athens, PA)

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RICHARD FINLEY High School Principal Potomac Junior College B.S. Pennsylvania Slate University M.Ed. Pennsylvania State University Principal of A.H.S. The job of High School Principal is one of the most difficult and complicated in the school system. The principal must confer with parents, teachers, and local, county and state supervisors. With the aid of the Supervising Principal and the Board of Education, he studies, corrects, and recommends school policies and activities. The planning of the curriculum and any innovations or experiments are under his supervision. He attends professional meetings and plans the school year. Mr. Finley is an extremely busy man and deserves our appreciation and wholehearted co-operation. II

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Supervising Principal RICHARD W. MARVIN Supervising Principal B.A. Mansfield State College M.S. Bucknell University This January, with the merging of the S. R. U. school jointure with Athens Area School District, Mr. Marvin became Superintendent of Schools. Although the title is new, the face is quite familiar to the students of Athens High School. For the past nine years he has held the position of Supervising Principal of the Athens schools. As Superintendent of Schools, Mr. Marvin assumes the responsibility of having the final say on all matters and decisions concerning the jointure. This position serves a dual purpose; Mr. Marvin is the official representative of the Board of Education as well as of the school. He must submit reports to the Board concerning the 10 general condition of the schools. He recommends the appointments of the faculty members. He has the duty of preparing the annual school budget, and within its limits, or directing expenditures and purchases. Mr. Marvin supervises the Recreation Program of the School District and conducts a program of public relations that will fully inform the people of the activities achievements, and needs of the schools. These are only a few of the administrative duties of the Superintendent of Schools. The responsibilities of Mr. Marvin cannot be underesti- ‘ mated.

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Assistant Principal JAMES PRUYNE Assistant High School Principal B.S. East Stroudsburg State College M.Ed. Cornell University Administrative Assistant Mr. Martin, as the Administrative Assistant to the supervising principal, has many varied responsibilities. First thing each morning he is in the attendance office giving excuses to students that have been absent. He prepares the material for the daily attendance sheet for the secretaries to type. Mr. Martin, in conjunction with Mr. Marvin, supervises the irfbintenance of the school and school equipment. He is the purchaser of school supplies and textbooks. This includes filling the teachers requisitions and making sure that everything gets to the right teacher. Added to all this, he is also athletic director; a big job in itself. He must make out game schedules, buy all uniforms and equipment, keep records of all receipts and expenditures, hire officials for all home games, hire ticket sellers and takers, and he must attend all home games. Mr. Martin is a very busy man, indeed! The role of Assistant Principal is determined primarily by the principal. In many occasions this position is dimly viewed by those who do not sufficiently understand his administrative duties. This stems from the fact that the main job of assistant principal is to insure proper order and discipline within the school. In short, he is the one who delivers the necessary punishment. Although discipline is one of the major duties of the vice principal, it is not the only one. A few of his specific assignments include locker management, homeroom assignments, the regulation of traffic, supervision of assembly and cafeteria conduct, and taking over fo the principal when called upon to do so. Mr. Pruyne is in his own right an educational leader, and he deserves the regard and co-operation called for by this position. ROBERT MARTIN B.S. Shippensburg State College M.Ed. Pennsylvania State University 12