Benton Heights High School - Yearbook (Monroe, NC)

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BRIEF HISTORY OF THE SCHOOL In 1917 the Benton Hengghts School was estab lnshed wth only tvxo teachers comprlsrng, nts faculty In 1914 another teacher was employed and rn 1970 strll mother vx 15 tdded In thc lxll ol 19 7 1 modern enght room bflllx burldlnt, was erected In anulry of 1973 there were srx teachers In 1976 the burldnng was re modeled to tclce care of the xncreised enrollment Ihcn thc rxculty was xncrcnsed to ten members The elementary school was stlndardxzed md two Mr Hou ard Wfxllmms beclme prmcrpal rn 1978 A new audrtornum v. as added rn 1977 1979 Four years of hugh school worlc xxcre offered Durant' 195-I an addrtron of four classrooms relrevecl the crovxdecl srtuttron In 1941 Mr Oscar XV Broome assumed the responsrbrlrtxes as prrncirpal The fmancxng and the erecuon of a Cgymnasrum has been an outstand Inc, aecomplrshment clurnng hrs admlnrstratron At present the burldmg has erghteen classrooms an audrtorxum and a cafeterra A modern vsell equrpped cottage houses the home economles dc partmcnt The Boy Qcout Hut has also been moved on thc campus Twenty teachers nom make up the faculty H 1 f 1 - ff, - . Y. Vqk. , Y. A A K A V A ' . - , ' -1 ' 2- 1 - V 1 - ' ' ' , ,. . . I- Q J 1 Q-- V , ' If - . A- , ' ' ya - 1 'L ' V ' z . years of high school work were added. . ' '. z A ' ' A .. . r K , . P y . H ' H . v ' y - - ya . A a h 1 . O , . . Q .A I . y . Q ' , . . L . y . - , U w .N . . . . . I l , I I Y ' A 'I I ' . , , Q ,

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DEDICATION To our sponsor Mnss Anme Mae Flowe for her untnrmg efforts as a teacher and for her loyalty to us as a class, we dedrcate wrth smcere gratrtude the 1949 edmon of THE HhIGHTS I

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