Hillcrest High School - Highlighter Yearbook (Springfield, MO)

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Needs of Schools Mei Adminishfaiors Share Respeoi for Eduoaiion ConTinuing his posiTion Tor The second year as DepuTy SuperinTendenT Tor insTrucTion, Dr. Joe Kulclenski assumed re- sponsibiliTy Tor direcTing and coordinaTing The sysTem's edu- caTional program under The general direcTion OT Superin- TendenT GraTT and in accordance wiTh The Board oT Educa- Tion policy. Dr. Kulclenslci's responsibiliTies included supervis- ing long and shorT-range planning oT The educaTional pro- gram, compiling reporTs Tor The Board oT EducaTion and The public, and evaluaTing The progress oT The schools. AnoTher member oT The adminisTraTive sTaTT, Dr. A. lvl. Alexander, assisTanT superinTendenT Tor secondary educa- Tion, was responsible Tor The adminisTraTion and general supervision Tor The secondary school program. l-lis posiTion required consTanT conTacT wiTh principals, Teachers, and sTu- 'denTs. Principals meT wiTh him regularly To consulT and To discuss plans and problems. Dr. Joe Kuklenski Deplffy SuperinTenclenT W W W T ' Ili Paren P.T r f I 5 r yyff. M, ,,,.. . I - 4: , W ,,, ,-Q -vw E E 3 P7 T i. T Ex Dr. A. M. Alexander PARENT-TE M's. Floyd . Erfsbzw Tri SuperlnTendenT Tor Secondary EducaTion

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2 CenTer s vice-presidenT: Dr. ArCl'1 r. William CanTrell. in ,.,,,,., c3,,,.., ,mI . N... ,-...N-F. . -.-V...-. -M - - -- -Aim - 'i ': 1f vis iii? EducaTors Build eadership in ducaiion Dr. Willard J. Graff SuperinTendenT oT Schools Through his posiTion as superinTendenT oT schools, Dr. Willard GraTT has shown an acTive inTeresT in The school and communiTy and a basic concern Tor every individual sTudenT in his years oT service To The Springiield Public Schools, Believing ThaT The main Taslc oT The schools is To help each young person acquire The undersTanding, skills, ideals, and values necessary Tor him To achieve his highesT personal developmenT, he has helped esTablish an aTmosphere in which The sTudenT and Teacher can worlc Togefher in muTual TrusT and digniTy. As superinTendenT, Dr. GraTT provided leadership Tor The more Than 25,000 sTudenTs in The TiTTy-seven public schools and. advised The. board on,maTTers oT school policy and adminisTraTion. Under his leadership, SpringTield has The lowesT pupil-Teacher raTio iT has ever had, and Technical Training has been provided Tor sTudenTs and adulTs. As a resulT oT careTul planning, SpringTield has been TorTunaTe in having a public school sysTem ThaT is well-sTaTTed and equipped To serve children Through The TwelTTh grade. The educaTional qualiTy oT The schools and The proTessional qualiTicaTions oT Teachers here have been high compared To oTher ciTies. An inTormed and acTive educaTor, Dr. GraTT concluded his year as presidenT oT The Missouri STaTe Teachers AssociaTion, was a delegaTe To The Governors ConTerence on EducaTion, and aTTended a meeT- ing oT a ioinT commiTTee on vocaTional educaTion comprised oT Three represenTaTives Trom The NaTional EducaTional AssociaTion. Besides perTorming The many duTies oT his demanding iob, Dr. GraTT was also a devoTed Tamily man. One oT his TavoriTe pasTimes was relaxing wiTh his Two grandchildren, ElisabeTh and STephen. ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD: Row Ig Dr, A. M. Alexander, assisTanT super- Mr. KenneTh KraTT, direcTor of business services: Dr. Howard J. Lowe. inhgndenf for secondary educaTion: Dr. Joe Kulclenslci. depuTy super- research and federal programs: Mr. David Berryman, direcTor of voca- inIendenI of PUIDIIC Schools: Dr, Willard J. GraTT. superinTendenT oT Tional Technical indusTrial educaTion: Mr. Larry Follcins, direcTor of public schools: Mrs. Alice DiTTenderTTer, pr6SiCl9f1l Ol SE-A-i and Dr , personnel services: and Mr. Joe GranT, direcTor oT building services. Roy F. Lille, assisTanT superinTendenT Tor elemenTary educaTion. Row 2. I

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afion . 'f . .3 f, Q A i c Secondary 1 .ld Parenis. Teachers . -.--. 4 -- A PE. f-991-eff... -7- 7 erferf - .lgesseiefre-efeaeffefeer are -e P.T.A. Feaiures Involvemeni lnvolvemenl' was The rheme around which Jrhe l-lillcresl' High School P.T.A. program was builr. Parenrs, Jreachers and srudenls worked rogerher 'ro undersrand The demands and pressures placed upon youlh and adulrs by a lasl-changing sociely. Pro- grams were aimed ar undersranding rhese problems by parenrs and sfudenls. Mr. Gisf has a lively char wifh Debbie Hunler and Paula Taylor as he leases Them in his usual friendly manner. 7 pf- - ffl, 1 f ' r ., ln. 'T 'fi fi 'N V I mf: rm ' ' ' he -sq , .. , . ' PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATION: Mrs. Clifford Adams. hisforiani Miss Mdfflhi Ann WellS. SeC0f'd VlCe'PV95ld9 'lT Mrs. Floyd Gregory, lirsr vice-presidenl: Mrs. Hillary Brighlwell. presidenl: Mrs. Roy Myers, secrelary, and Mrs. W. W. Brunson lreasurer.