Galena Park High School - Jacket Yearbook (Galena Park, TX)

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SUPER! TE DE T irc ul checks on school programs and recommending teachers who c riinined and able --these are onlv two of the multitude of duties i ii t der the name of superintending. lhe man holding all this. rc- onsisi its is Superintendent XY. Ci. Cunningham. Into his hands is given suit o dig for facts and information to better assist the Useedkbed ol ctmocritx Pav helping with the problems of a growing school. he takes o ccount the millions of minute details that go into a program ot .xpinsion Xlr. Cunningham represents the board in planning new schools. oo c his manv obligations. and he handles them remarlxablv well. cttt c readv for action. Mr. Cunningham loves to hunt deer, quail. xt ning .1 ranch since 1036. he lil-tes to visit it occasionallv to check on his herd of white-faced Herefords. He also contributes time and energv to such touth organivations as the Y.N'l.C.:'X. and the Pmov Scouts. with tt itch he his worked for eighteen vears. AL. In anvthing from textbooks to thumbtacks. Mr. P. I. Stevens, ffxecutive Assistant Superintendent, purchases the needed teachers' supplies everv vear. He is entrusted with the pupil census. teacher registration. and financing from the state. Transportation comes under his supervision. too. For fifteen vears he has been with the Galena Park school system. liking to assist I,ittle League Baseball. to hunt, fish. and golf with his sons. Mr. Stevens leads a verv active life outside of his job. Being an excellent photographer he takes manv pictures and movies of our school sports. ASNSTANTS Bills. bills. bills' Thats the job of Mr. Harold Demcnt. assistant Superintendent in charge of business to pav the schools bills with the schoolis money. Being in charge of the maintenance and physical part of schools. he also watches over all buving and purchasing of school equipment. From the income of taxes, Mr. Dement receives money and budgets it tor each department and class. This being done. he sends periodi callv a financial statement to the board. lor relaxation Mr. Dement loves spectator sports. having previously been a coach for twentv vears at our school. Itch. ing is also one of his favorite activities. Here he is seen with his brother. Robert L. Dement. on his left. planning a fishing expedition.

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'C I 2 f 5 .I I 3 f l 1 5 1' ADMIN STRATION FACULTY F N ' ' A'5D'm ! ASDIPINV

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5 'ic 4-v '91--W-A f ew N or ssx sw The man responsible for the free time on Vv'ednesdays of each month. giving the teachers an opportunity to meet together and dis- cuss newer methods of teaching. is Mr. R. J. Free, Director of Curri- culum. His main duty is to assist teachers. in selecting what to teach and how to teach it. Since information is continually being added to our store of knowledge and must be transferred to teachers to help them in their jobs. Mr. liree tries to improve the quality and work with all intangibles. His home is almost like a library because of the fact that he loves to read and collect newspaper and magarines from all over the country. Another of his interests is in traveling. Any service over and above regular scnool administration comes under the guidance ol Mr. lf. li. McGahan, Director of Pupil Personnel. He has the respon- sibility for the specialiied education of some nine hundred students in the eighteen different types of classes. which include the mentally retarded. arthritic. hard of hearing or seeing. those with brain injuries. and the emotionally disturbed. In his charge there are forty-three schools. His outside interests include working with children and keeping track of his stock farm in North Texas. 'N education. Eierv vear property must be evaluated to find out how much monev should be for gghool taxes, In order to keep sufficient monev in the district. our tax assessor and collector. Mr. Charles XV. Garret. collects these taxes and keeps the records on the transactions.. Beiritl a good family man occupies most of his time outside ot his wOrli- bu! he does DBFUCIPMQ ln spectator sports. especially football. l l Her hobbies being her grandchildren. gardening. and reading. Mrs. Eliyabeth Hubach. our consultant in elementary education. is enjoyably occupied either on or oft' the scene of her job. Her title of Consultant in Elementary Education includes working with teachers and principals in grade school and committee meetings. lirom state agencies and publishers come other consultants with which she discusses textbooks and other items needed to assist in if 'S 5 VJhat's for lunch? That familiar cry is answered by our Cafeteria Supervisor. Mrs. Avis Brand. Following the federal lunch program, she plans the menus and does all the buying for the snack bar and personnel equipment. Therefore. supervising everything from problems in personnel management to dessert on must also keep records for to spend her weekends at sewing. tomorrow's menu. she is kept quite busy. She the state as well as the school. Mrs. Brand likes her farm in Crockett, playing the piano and AS Q55 . 3 f fc- . . gi fi g K . s. -AX S xc elementary ..LA,r w S' R