Evergreen High School - Valhalla Yearbook (Metamora, OH)

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Evergreen High School, built in 1967. EVERGREEN Meeting with the ages in an endless dream Its heritage our future, beloved Evergreen. Ever means long living, as of its best giving. Childish voices and footsteps will echo through her halls. Then out into the world and they will recall That in beautiful Ohio, there nestled serene. The past and the future, beloved Evergreen. Mrs. Ruth Gephart A Built in 1926, additions were made to Evergreen South Elementary in 1956.

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IN THE BEGINNING . . . August 1964, our beginning. Fulton, Lyons, and Metamora, three neighboring school districts, following careful consideration voted to consolidate. Soon afterwards Chesterfield School District voted to join the consolidation creating the district known as Metamora-Fulton-Lyons- Chesterfield District. In 1965, the Metamora-Fulton- Lyons-Chesterfield Board of Education sponsored a contest to select a new name for the district. Ruth Gephart, of Lyons, not only submitted a name but also included an original poem, “Evergreen and was chosen as the best entry thus designating Evergreen as our new name. During November of the same year a bond issue of $1,495,000 was passed to fund the building of Evergreen High School. The new school opened in Feburary 1968, welcoming 542 students under the leadership of Superintendant Leland Dorsey and Principal Leroy Brownell. While new desks, books and equipment greeted the students, the gym and locker rooms were not ready and gym classes were held in the ag shop and hallways. Contrary to the annual freshman rumor no swimming pool was built under the gym floor. Our current enrollment of 473 includes the sixty-eight juniors and seniors who make the daily pilgramage to Four County Joint Vocational School near Archbold, Ohio. Through the combined efforts of the community, school board, administrators faculty, staff and students Evergreen High School has continued to improve and gain recognition. We hope to soon qualify for North Central Accreditation. Top: Evergreen East Middle School, built 1910, en- rolls 6-8th graders. Middle: Evergreen North Elemen- tary, built 1909 enrolls K-5 graders. Bottom: Chester- field Community Center, formerly Evergreen West, built in 1916, and auctioned in October of 1982. 8

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THE REST OF YOUR LIFE AT THE TIP OF YOGR FINGERS High school students' lives focus al- most entirely on their classes. It is therefore important that the student chooses his classes wisely. If the stu- dent is planning on going to college he usually takes as many college prep courses as he can, such as: Hon- ors English, physics, and Senior Math. If he isn’t going to college he usually takes classes that will assist him in daily life after high school, such as: Vo-Ag, Cabinetmaking, and Child Development. No matter what the future holds for a student, he makes sure he takes at least one class in which to relax or to persue a hobby such as: art, mixed choir or study hall. Even though every stu- dent picks his own classes, the classes required to graduate are up- permost. Four County, extended work, and early graduation are also options that the student must de- bate. While selecting, students have found parents and the guidance de- partment helpful. Above. Patty Solly caught studying, a com- mon sight around exam time. Right. Eric Blaylock keeps in good physical condition by working out on the weight ma- chine.