El Cajon Valley High School - Legend Yearbook (El Cajon, CA)

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Q Foreword enta Cf Our Years When the El Caj Valley I-Ilgh S ol rrow f1rst flew from the bow 1n n1ne en f1fty f1VG Il ar around East Mad1son Avenue was l1ttl more than a clear1n 1n a small town But for Mr Cornel1us then VICE Pr1nc1p l of Grossmont the many Off1CG workers a v members of the faculty th1s plot of ground meant many a sleepless 1ght of form1 des1gn1ng planmng and replannmg a br d new h1gh s hool for the grow1ng populace Eventually the sun rose on that spec1al September morn1ng 1n flfty f1VG and El n Valley Hlgh School opened 1ts doors to the f1rst fourt n hu e students The arrow sped by as ur nu 1 s 1ncreased lead1ng us to the use of unlnsulated unven portable rooms Yet our talents and 1ntere ts grew t o 1n ten short years members of El Cajon Vall I-I1 h Sc ol have created over twenty clubs and branche na ass at1ons on our campus we hav won 1nnumerabl cholast1c farm1ng sports d mus1cal award and ave fash1oned a new mood and frame of 1nd wh1le we progressed As tl arrow sa1ls the length and breadth of lilflfl the Splfl of the students and faculty workmg togethe ma e and 1mprove our school has made El f ajon alley Hlgh S hool the very s1ngular one lt 1S In salutlng the eople and places of our past who made our prese an future poss1ble the LEGEND traces the path of the a row through El Cajon Valley H1gh School s f1rst ten years 0 4 . A b , I . . Q- . -. , I au: . 1 ! . . . ' 1 , Q 9 . . A . . . 1 : a ' 9 . . ,. . , . . ' ' 4- - e . 1 J - 7 2 1 ' l 1 , . A . . g . ' a 1 9' Q . a , . l I ' I s . -, . Ll ' f 7 a . . , . I G

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I965 EL CAJUN VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL EL CAJUN CALIFORNIA

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EL CAJON UNION HIGH SCHOOL . . . Remember the old Meridian School? Probably not-- the first El Cajon Valley High School was the second story of Meridian School, located at Third Avenue, from 1894 to 1908. About this time, the El Cajon Valley Union High School pictured here was built and lasted until 1920. In 1922, the Grossmont High School District was created . . . . . .Hailing from EltCajon Valley Union High School, these graduates, Mrs. Waverly fLedbetterj jorgenson and Mr. S Mrs. Merrill Porter, look back on the memories of the class of 1916 in their old annual . . . . . This inscription appears on the bell's stand: This bell Pratt, principal of El Cajon Valley Union High School, until his retirement in 1915, at which time it was presented by Claude V. Meyer, grad uate of that year, who presented it to the El Cajon Valley High School November 18, 1961. was used by Prof. W. A.