Garfield High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Garfield, NJ)

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s , ...Q . , ftv, i X Q in-1' Y, ' I I ,K . K . xx .RMT an X , .-.ff 1 Ur' rf ,-..I' ' , Q-gp-rw .,, - HIGH OOL wff ' GARFIELD HIGH SCHOOL, GARFIELD, NEW JERSEY 1 959 Retrospect As the modern glass doors of Garfield High School open each day, Monday through Friday, five days a week, ten months a year, H55 students pass through. Of these pupils 603 are girls, 55l boys. The divisions of classes are: 245 seniors, 274 iuniors, 312' sophomores, and 324 freshmen. Approximately 35 per cent of the graduating class is college bound, the highest per cent in years. Although Garfield is a relatively new school it offers a diversified program of studies. There is a curriculum of I0 courses, 79 subiects, taught by the 55 members of the faculty. These courses are taught in 37 classrooms which include three laboratories, an art room, a wood shop, and a large gym- nasium. There is also a cafeteria with a capacity of 300 pupils, a recording room, an auditorium which seats 850 persons, 418.2 . ig if .e. Y 1- and a library complete with 8400 volumes. An able nurse is on duty all day in a fully equipped nurse's room. The 3 members of the office staff are ready to assist students at all times. The guidance department is efficiently handled by three counsellors. Garfield High School has received the approval of the State 'Department of Education of New Jersey, and is ac- credited by the Middle Atlantic States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. The L shaped red brick two story building bord-ering along two sides of the Garfield Memorial Stadium occupies 14.5 acres. To facilitate parking, the Board of Education will pave the rear of the building and add a park to what we now call the Brick-yard. in fr ifffk - .ug is ma

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M,,Q-- ' ,..f-ff Landmarks ancl Garfield City Hall situated on Outwater Lane next to the high school. Popular i l Waterfalls on the Passaic River near Division Avenue. Samuel Hird and Son located on Outwater Lane and River Road. Barcellona's, our favorite spot on Friday night.