Charter Oak High School - Shield Yearbook (Covina, CA)

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Our Administration has the responsibility of main- taining a high scholastic standard and making available an education that would prepare all of Charter Oak ' s students for college of careers. They went beyond simply doing jobs and spent extra hours of their time helping students grasp basic concepts and run student body organizations. There was no rest from papers and problems but it was worth it to the teachers to sharpen our quest for learning. Always busy with the responsibility of running the school, the principal and vice-principals patiently solved each minor crisis as it came along. They were always ready to give advice and solve problems with a smile. Also ready to help were the secretaries and librar- ians. Though burdened with much paper work and many responsibilities, the secretaries were never too busy to help locate a teacher or answer a question. The librarians always guided us to useful books and references. The counselors answered countless questions about job opportunities, higher education, and the armed forces. They helped seniors decide on colleges and scholarships, while encouraging under-classmen to do their best. Keeping pace with the changing times, the Board of Education has kept the quality of our courses above average. They formulated district policy and the district administrators carried it out. The dedication and plain hard work of our adminis- tration gave the students a greater understanding of life and the year closed with the feeling of a job well done.

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Dr. Donn Bair, Asst. Superintendent of Personnel Services, Dr. Frank Kittinger, Superintendent of Schools, Mr. Robert Fnck, Director of Business, and Mr. Robert lorentz. Director of Educational Services meet to discuss a proposed curriculum change. Not shown is Mr. John Daily, Asst. Business Manager. Administrators, Board, and Principal Strive BOARD OF EDUCATION [I. to r.): Joseph Cook, Mr. Theodore Strehle. Mr. Richard Diehl, Mrs. Leslie Vaniman, Dr. Lawrence Taylor, Mr. With a rapidly growing school district like Charter Oak, the School Board and District Administrators have had a busy year from start to finish. Even before school started in the fall, they had to deal with the controversy raging state-wide over the new textbook for use in the eighth grade, Land of the Free. But the Board wisely made as much infor- mation as possible available to the teachers, principals, P.T.A., and parents, and there was not much open objection to this book because parents knew what was in the text before it went into use in the schools. New health books were also obtained for use in the elementary schools and for freshmen so- cial studies at the high school level. These books had been revised because of the in- creasing amount of drug abuse throughout the state. In addition the Board and Adminis- trators discussed the possibility of a pro- gram for following up seniors after they leave high school to aid in planning courses which will be useful to the student later in life. These, along with numerous other crises both major and minor, were capably handled by the Board and the District Administrators during the past year. 10