Downers Grove North High School - Cauldron Yearbook (Downers Grove, IL)

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ACADEMICS

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Academics The challenge To inquisitive, enthusiastic minds; The dri ve For knowledge and wisdom.... Teachers are both counselors and task- masters as they help students to travel suc- cessfully through the high-school maze. It is the aim of dedicated instructors and administrators to provide a physical and emotional environment that will stimulate student curiosity about the knowable and the unknowable, that will develop a healthy awe and wonder concerning the mys- teries of infinity, and that will produce real respect for the great body of human knowledge and the accomplishments of men and women whose lives and deeds are recorded on the written page. Through widened panoramic hori- zons students catch the challenge which the academic process is designed to foster. The democracy of our nation is perpetuated by the training and education given to young people through the free public schools. High-school teachers and administrators are the country's representatives in helping to indoctrinate future citizens in their privileges and responsibilities and the important relationship between the two.

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qgden ave Grant St. CH'CA O Avr Glenn E. Pickrel- SUP!-KINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS University of Nebraska, D.Ed. 8 years Dr. GlennPickrel,SUPERINTENDENT o OF SCHOOLS, Districts 58 and 99, £ has for eight years provided wise and able leadership in solving the educational problems of our fast growing community. Dr. Pickrel's administrative staff func- tions from the school executive offices on the top floor of the Lincoln School where the Superintendent is assisted by Dr. Hetland, Assistant Superintendent in charge of instructional programs; Dr. Elmlinger, Assistant Superintendent in charge of certified personnel; and Mr. Charles Coker, Assistant Superintendent for business. Dr. Pickrel, a leader in the community, is also a leader in educational circles. He, with nineteen other American school administrators, was recently a member of a Seminar on Comparative Education sponsored by the United States Office of Education and the Department of State. In addition to discharging his ex- ecutive duties as Superintendent, Dr. Pickrel keeps the public fully informed on educational developments, local and national. He is a contributing membe of the American Association of School Administrators, the Illinois Education Association, and the National Association of Secondary School Principals. Dr. Hetland is responsible for main- taining and improving the instructional programs in grade schools and high school, while Dr. Elmlinger serves both school districts as Director of Certified Personnel. Mr. Coker also serves both school districts as Guardian of Finances, is in charge of non-certified personnel, supervises physical and financial aspects of new buildings, and is the officer to whom all building, grounds and trans- portation managers report. All Assistant Superintendents are directly responsible to Dr. Glenn Pickrel. Charles Coker BUSINESS MANAGER : Bradley U., B.F. 1 year Charles E. Elmlinger PERSONNEL DIRECTOR U. of Nebraska, D.Ed. 6 years Melvin J. Hetland CURRICULUM DIRECTOR Columbia U., D.Ed. 7 years Dr. Pickrel and His Administrative Aids Serve Community