Falls Church High School - Jaguar Yearbook (Falls Church, VA)

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F.CH.S. Operates Smoothly Under The Administration’s Attending county planning meetings, main¬ taining the building, bussing students, plan¬ ning assemblies, evaluating teachers, were the myriad duties assumed by our administrators whose work was vital to the smooth operation of the school. Although Mr, Todd was by no means a newcomer to the administration, many stu¬ dents still didn ' t quite understand exactly what his function was in operating the school. As Head Principal he acted as a Mason be¬ tween Falls Church High School and the county school board and was always present to unravel whatever problems, whether re¬ lated to academics, extra-curricular activities, or athletics, which occured on the local scene. Mr. Joseph King, an educator who has taught in. Germany as well as the United States, joined the adm inistrative staff as Assistant Principal for Instruction. As well as assuming the duties of reviewing textbooks, distributing supplies, and evaluating teachers, he took part in assemblies and spoke at the October induction program of the National Honor Society. In his position as Assi ant Principal for Administration, Mr. Marlon Martin found each day filled with new and unexpected 12

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New administrators and teachers combine efforts with sea¬ soned faculty to make the envisioned year a success . . . thought-provoking computer problems . . . stim¬ ulating discussions . . . newly Ignited interest In the humanities . . . planetarium facilities for stimulating student Interest in as¬ tronomy and contemporary space activity. Faculty 11

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1968 ' ' 69 Sees Changes in Administration Mr. King: Spokesman on Scholarship for the National Honor Society induction. Direction duties and responsibilities. While he sat in his office surrounded by volumes of rules on county policy and piles of memos on the school budget, he constantly received tele¬ phone calls about new needs but he was always ready to deal with any situation. One could find Mr. John Shultz, Aide to the Assistant Principals, checking attendance, regulating bussing, or discussing problems with freshmen or sophomores. Day by day, throughout the school year, the administrators pursued their numerous duties, always willing and never too busy to assist the demanding students. MR. JOSEPH L. KING-B.A. and M.A. George Washington University-Ass ' t. Principal for Instruction MR. MARION L. MARTIN-B.A. and M.A. University of Virginia-Ass ' t. Principal for Administration MR. JOHN J. SHULTZ-B.A. and M.A. George Washington University-Administrative Aide MR. THOMAS TODD-B.A. University of Richmond; M.A. University of Michigan-Head Principal Mr. Todd receives the Ecuadorian flag from foreign-exchange student, Nancy Menendez. 13