Hudson High School - Hudsonian Yearbook (Hudson, MI)

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Mr. Douglas Ferman, our Superinten- dent of Schools, is completing his third year as administrator. He has worked to furnish adequate parking facilities at the High School and this year a new student parking lot was completed. Mr. Ferman was previously Junior High principal and later advanced to the posi- tion of High School principal. Meeting educational problems and planning for the future have been his major goals. He has been supported in his plans by the community and the Board of Education. Having attended Adrian College and Wayne State University, he holds both B.A. and M.A. degrees. Mrs. Kinsey has worked as the Super- intendent’s secretary for the past three years. Mrs. Elliott has been working for the schools for five years. Together they have kept Mr. Ferman’s office run- ning smoothly. Mr. Ferman was involved in much paper work. ■V Superintendent’s Office Mrs. Kinsey was responsible for writing checks and letters. Mrs. Elliott spent much time balancing books. 8

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A school is a small world in itself. There is more to a school than students, present and past: a school is also a faculty. A school is teachers, teachers as people. We can see the engineer’s bridge, the arch- itect’s building or the artist’s painting, but how do we measure the work and labor of a teacher? There is no guarantee in the invest- ment a teacher makes of his life. What he produces with the work of all his years goes unseen in hidden, scattered lives of all the students he so briefly meets. School then is people: students, for whom it is a personal experience: and teachers for whom school, like life, is a calculated risk. ADMINISTRATION AND STAFF

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Concluding his third year at Hudson Area High School as principal, Mr. James H. Champion, a graduate of Adrian College, and Western Michigan University, holds both B.A. and M.A. degrees. For ten years he was teacher and coach at Otsego High School; the last three years of which he served as assistant principal. He is very interested in the newer and more progres- sive methods of education. Each day he deals with problems of scheduling, attendance, and discipline. Along with these duties he is advisor to the student council. This year he planned and gave vigorous support to the new home construction course, which will be added to the 1966-67 curriculum. Mr. Champion is active in the com- munity. He is a member of Kiwanis, Lena- wee County Principals’ Association, M.E. A. and N.E.A. Mr. Champion conducted much business by telephone Principals Office Keeping accurate school records and balancing the treasurers’ books, were only two of the many demanding tasks of Mrs. Donaldson, Secretary at Hudson Area High School. Students found her a never ending source of information. Mrs. Donaldson’s friendly smile and helpful attitude were a great asset during the past school year. 9 Filing was one of Mrs. Donaldson’s many duties.