Bloom High School - Bloom Yearbook (Chicago Heights, IL)

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Freshman-Sophomore Division Termed Modem as Well as Functional On September 8,1964, a new era in Bloom’s history began. The Fresh- mcn-Sophomore Division, located on Sauk Trail and Cottage Grove Avenue, was opened. Modern in design both inside and out, the new school housed 940 freshmen this year. Despite the fact that certain areas of the building were not completed by opening day, the freshmen had little trouble getting into the many activities which accompany high school life. Dedication ceremonies were held on Sunday, November 1, in the school’s large gymnasium. Dr. Harold Metcalf, superintendent; Dr. Alex Feldvebel, assistant principal; and Dr. Dale Collins, president of the Board of Education, spoke at the ceremonies. The two-story academic wing, largest of the four sections which comprise the new building, provides for such areas of study as English, business education, and foreign languages. The wing also includes laboratories for science and mathematics, which is the first of this kind in this area. The library with an audio-visual center and the little theatre, which holds 200 students, are also in this wing. Shops for training in auto-mechanics, metals, woods, drafting, and electricity are in the industrial education wing. The unique scalloped roof is a trademark of the wing to the east. Homemaking and art class- rooms, along with the cafeteria, are situated there. The gymnasium is located on the southern end of the campus. Besides three large gym rooms, there arc other smaller rooms for gymnastics and a room for those students needing special attention. The athletic fields are to the south and cast of the wing.

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■ Where have all the students gone? They’ve gone to classes every one, but they do return to these halls. Be- lieve it or not, the second floor actually does look like this during classes. This stairway is familiar to all those foyer-dwellers; it leads to the famous area where they congregate before, between, and after classes. Other buildings of the Junior-Senior Division are the fine arts building, where all the art and music students make their second home, the M’Cann Gymnasium, where the home basketball games are held, and the fieldhouse, which is used for any purpose from decorating floats for a parade to indoor track meets.