Coyle High School - Bluejacket Yearbook (Coyle, OK)

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James Freudenberger Roy Starks Fred Schnieder Tom Bentley Linden Maker Larry Northcutt School Board and Administration 4

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The school had no automatic bell system as we have today. A push button lust inside the office door was used each hour. Someone watched the big clock that hung in the hall and rang the bell for each class change. The clock had a long pendulum. It was necessary to wind the clock with a key about once a week. Our first yearbook was made in 1948. It has changed drastically over the years — from a mimeographed book to one done very professionally. The first two yearbooks had soft covers. Most of the work was done here at school. The 1950 yearbook was the first yearbook to be published by a publisher. Coyle School's first local stock show was held in 1949, on the south side of the gym, In 1949 the school purchased a barracks from Tinker Field. It was moved to the school property and became the first Vocational Agriculture building In 1980. our new Vocational Agriculture building was built on the same site. By 1983 the stock shows outgrew the bus oam, so through a community effort the Agriculture Science building was built. The Board of Education felt strongly that the Supenntendent should live in the community. The Board of Education decided in 1965 to build a house for the Superintendent. Later the Principal's house was constructed in 1969. The original Coyle School District was not very large, but over the years as the rural, one-room school closed, it grew Oak Dale, Paradise. Pro- gress. Pleasant Valley, Victory and Vassar were some of the schools that arc now included in the Coyle School District. These rural schools had classes from first through eighth grades. High School students were transported by bus to Coyle. In the late '50 s, after the loss of Langston High School, most Langston students came to CToyle. In 1969, the Meridian School District was annexed to the Coyle School District. This nearly doubled the school population. With a much larger student population, the school was quickly outgrowing the old buildings There was not enough classroom space. Classes had to double up, two grades in one room. So in 1970, a Bond was voted and the Elementary Building was constructed for the first through fourth erades. Another Bond was voted in 1973 for the new Junior High and Cafeteria Enrollment continued to increase, causing a need for a new High School. A Bond was voted, and the new High School was built in the summer of 1977. The Principal's office was moved to the new building The enrollment kept increasing in the grade school. In 1983, two portable buildings were purchased and located south of the cafeteria. We have an excellent baseball park that has gone from a grassy field to a very professional park. In the early '70's, the field was fenced and a few years later the lights were added. A debt of gratitude is owed to Pat Smalley for getting the baseball program started at Coyle. The baseball park is named in his honor. From the very beginning of Coyle School, it has grown and expanded into a very functional campus. Much is owed to the administrators and Boards of Education, who over the years have had the foresight to build and expand so that our young people might have the very best facilities and educational opportunities available for them.

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