Forest Lake High School - Forester Yearbook (Forest Lake, MN)

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Administration, Board Guide Plans for New Facilities Responsibility for the effective management of the sprawling Forest Lake School System falls on the shoulders of the Board of Education and the school administrators. These policy-makers work tediously long hours to keep things running smoothly throughout the year. The members of the school board, who are elected by the people of school district 831 for a three-year term, have the authority to hire new teachers, accept bids for school services or development, and generally act as representatives of the people. Though the managing of the school's business details falls on Mr. Hughes and the Board of Education, the cur- riculum planning and general managing of the daily operation of the school are the responsibili- ties of the principals. These various operations of business management, teacher assignments, cur- riculum planning, and scheduling, when put to- gether, constitute the organization that is known as the Forest Lake School. J. A. Hughes Superintendent of Schools

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. . . the First Fifty Years F OREST Lake High School began its first classes in the building dedicated in 1909 . . . In 1912 George Simmons became the first graduate of a tiny high school with a total enrollment of 41 students . . . By 1920 enrollment had jumped to over 100 and the addition of another building became necessary . . . First records of faculty mem- bers from the year 1925 show eight teachers leading a student body of 125 ... A decided increase in high school enrollment was noted in 1935 as seventh and eighth graders became part of junior high . FLHS's Student Council had its beginnings in 1936 with Grace Forsberg serving as the first Prexie ... The high school's 1936 Silver Anniversary was a tremendous success, although it was held a year late, in 1937 . . . With the building of the 1948 addition. Forest Lake began the start of an expansion program which became necessary to meet the rapid population explosion ... In 1952 a major reorganiza- tion of the district, including consolidation with several smaller schools placed FLHS in the large school category . . The modern gymnasium facilities and classrooms of the new building were completed and ready for use by the fall of 1953 . . . New grade school additions of 1952 and 1958 gave high school increased amount of room ... In October of i960 Superintendent J. A. Hughes officiated at the ground- breaking for another new addition to a growing high school . . . Fiftieth anniversary commemorated by an anniversary FORESTER and special graduation exercises ... On June 2, 1961, 125 seniors proudly accept their diplomas as they become the fiftieth class to graduate from Forest Lake High School.

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FLOYD W. COHOES HAROLD C. MANLEY High School Principal Assistant High School Principal GEORGE J. SEDLACEK Elementary School Principal BOARD OF EDUCATION MEM- BERS Left to Right — Harvey West- berg, James L, Purdie, Joseph M. Morley, J. A. Hughes, superintend- ent of schools, Norton Y. Taylor, Herbert W, Engquist, Henning W. Engstrom.