Clayton A Bouton High School - Torch Yearbook (Voorheesville, NY)

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The building, the people, The pro clayTon a. bouTon iunior-senior high school ..........,............................. The graduaTing class beneTiTs Trom The enTire building and program ...........,...........,..................., The adminisTraTion wing houses Those who direcT -. diversiTied classes are held in The senior high wing basic subiecTs are TaughT in The junior high wing -. The exTra curricular program is held ThroughouT Th The swimming pool and expanded gymnasium broaden The sporTs program .......................,........ The building and The program are dependenT on The people who run The services .s........,....... grom e building

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the first yeor ot the cloyton o. bouton iunior-senior high marks 'rhe greaiesi milesione in 'rhe educaiional his+ory of rhe Voorheesville Cenlral School disiricf. In l826. classes were held in a one room wooden schoolhouse localed in iron? of 'rhe presenr grade school. This school house was replaced by a four room brick build- ing and expanded 'ro Jrhe Grange Hall over a period of one hundred years. The original 'rhree slory s+ruc'rure was cons+ruc+ed in I93O. A+ +ha+ +ime ir was a superior and progressively designed edifice. An addiiion was buili in I949. providing more classrooms. Today, 'ren years laier, This building is serving as a grade school. As lime progressed. addirional grades were added un+il Voorheesville became a charrer high school in I943. Wirh each new building, ihe program 'rhar could be provided for 'rhe siudenis was exrended and improved. Today, Jrhe new high school, a modern. one srory brick and glass srrucfure. is beauiifully siiuared iusi benearh +he Helderbergs. This school provides 'rhe esseniial classroom and office faciliiies. as well as adequare physical educaiion 'reaching posrs. an audiiorium. and a modern cafeieria-kiichen combinaiion. The expanding cur- riculum benefiis immensely from 'ihe building as do 'rhe s+uden+s and ieachers. The following pages presenr +he Clayron A. Bouion Junior-Senior High School building. +he program which if facilirares, and The people whom if serves.

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The DedicaTion Service November 9, l958. Thanks To our community You have conTribuTed in many ways To provide a new educaTional cenTer Tor The advancemenT oT your children. The ClayTon A. BouTon Junior-Senior High School. dedicaTed on November 9, l958. represenTs The combined eTTorTs oT The Board of EducaTion, The adminisTraTion, The CiTizen's Com- miTTee, and The Tax payers. This school has given The sTudenTs a chance To expand in many various direcTions. The many class rooms, laboraTories, The gymnasium. The audiTorium. and The swimming pool. have enabled The sTudenTs To parTicipaTe in more and varied Tields in classes and in exTra curricular acTiviTies. We The class of I959 realize and appreciaTe The greaT sacriTice ThaT has been puT TorTh in order To give us, The sTudenTs, a new and beTTer school.