Brighton High School - Crossroads Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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These Denizens i A E of the lnner Sanctum i Guide Our Destinies fy O RAI rn O . 'l .5 G - x Z - H x A - ff 5 f -1-- - Aubrey D. Donley, Superintendent and Principal of Brighton Schools Number 'I Gordon Allen, Vice-Principal ofthe High School For the past Sixteen years Aubrey Donley has served this community, First as principal and novv as superintendent of our grade and high school. Displaying the un- usual executive ability that has characterized his vvorksince Brightonis humble beginnings, lVlr. Donley, this spring, accomplished the tremendous taslt ol vvar rationing For a coma munity ol over ten thousand people Without confusion or complaint. Charged with the manifold duties ol high school vice-principal, Gordon Allen is never too busy to tallc with B. l-l. S. boys and girls concerning their problems and their plans. lfeenly interested in all the students in the school, Mr. Allen gives friendly advice and encouragement to all i who need his help. , V.-I nf. I . , .,r -. 'IQ

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Did You Know That- lhere are 650 students in the high school alone with another 'l,000 in the grades? ln 1997 eight students comprised the high school, while there were Q10 grade pupils? This year's graduating class boasts 109 seniors? The lirst graduating class in 1932 numbered only twenty-lour, while the Class of '4'l counted 113 students? The new school alone employs a stall ol 46 including teachers, secretaries, janitors, and lcitchen help? The high school faculty numbers 30 teachers, with 68 in both the grade school and the high school? It costs SBQ67,000 to run both schools this year? The average passing marlcs on all regents exams are 4-5 per cent higher than the state average? Approximately 60 per cent ol Brightons graduating students attend higher institutions of learning? Members ol the Class ol '4'l earned 9 scholarships, totaling 51900 per year? At present there are approximately 40 Brighton grads in the United States armed forces? The ulrapezoidi' usually sells 1,000 copies, the 'Crossroads' made 675 sales, and the lower Clock circulation was 6005? There are 'I6 dihlerent clubs and organizations open to students in addition to the numerous athletic activities? When the grade building was First built, there were only 8 rooms, while the new high school alone contains approximately 50 rooms? The cost ol producing the Crossroads was 51300, and the Hlrapezoidn cost S75 per issue, totalling S675 forthe year? The high school library contains approximately 4,900 books. Two members ofthe senior class, Margaret Jones and Ruth lvlollendorl, won essay awards this year? Each clay, the cafeteria uses an average ol 6 loaves ol bread, 40 bottles ol millt, and 'I45 bottles of chocolate chill? 'l'l

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Office Taslcs Lighten Students' Burdens Nucleus of the school is the office where Mrs. l lelen Yawman and Miss Elizabeth Manslielcl daily keep the complicated routine running smoothly. - Arranging for appointments with Mr. Donley or Mr. Allen, tabulating the records, and operating the phone system are a few of the varied duties ol the otlice force. Phone calls and messages from home are handled there as is the daily mail for the faculty. -lardy students report there for passes to class, and club money is put securely away in the sale. ln the otlice, too, the absence list is compiled and dittoed before Miss Mansfield starts on her twice- daily trelc to the classrooms. To the otlice many students come when they need help-when they canlt unlock their loclcers, when they have forgotten lunch money, when they canlt locate a teacher, when they must get a message to a fellow-student. And no matter what the request, Brighton students are always assured of courteous and sympathetic understanding on the part of the otlice force, Etiiciency plus' Mrs. l'lelen Yawman 'This is Brighton l-ligh School - Miss Elizabeth Mansfield n