Highland High School - Shield Yearbook (Highland, IN)

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Opening 7 Upon completion the new pool offers modern facilities for classes, competition, and recreation for the community. As construction deadlines rapidly approach, workmen transform the old gymnasium into an olympic-size swimming pool.

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Pool, addition adds new look to campus site In the midst of crowded halls, bull- dozers. hammers, and nails, Highland High students continued in their search for new knowledge. A modern two-story addition housed the English, speech, biology, and aero-space rooms. But, before this was completed, students found themselves tramping to the junior high to learn about nouns and pronouns in the cardboard ghetto. An olympic-size swimming pool with two-one meter boards and six lanes replaced the former gym of HHS. Where trees and grass once grew, a fieldhouse and auditorium began to take shape . . . as did dreams of the school that would soon exist. Trees and shrubs add to the architectural design of the new senior court, formerly the all-school court. 6 Opening

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Sweeping the horizon, the geometric design of the new gymnasium adds a modern, spacious look to the campus, while providing new and better facilities. Tons of steel beams and wooden frames tower over the construction site as the dome of the gymnasium takes shape. Construction work caused major changes in school life. 8 Opening