Jackson High School - Silver Arrow Yearbook (Jackson, MO)

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xh 6 L A F Mx ,ff A140 Uur Public Schools Each year hundreds of boys and g1rls take advantage of our modern school system Some are just beg1nn1ng then' school days yxh1le others are compleung The present Tackson Publlc School Systexn vxas founded 1n 1906 Thi Stat: Dcpartment of Educatmon um every annual 1nspect1on smce 1906 has placed lackson 1-hgh School on the 11st of approved fxrst class hxgh schools The hlgh school bulldmg was erected LH 1920 at a cost of S125 OOO and U1 1928 at a cost of S45 OOO a gymnasulm and extra classrooms xxc re addnd In 1939 a stad1u.1'n vxhlch vxlll seat 2000 people and an elementary school vvhlch lS one of the fmest m the state vxere erected The grade school bmld 1ng has an aud1tor1uxn vu 1th a seatmg capac1ty of 614 vxh1ch 15 modern m exery respect It IS eqxnpped vuth border lights foothghts movxe projector pub11c address system and scenery Our pubhc school system added another nevx bulldmg m 1952 the 1xlus1c Arts Bu1ld1ng located just east of the grade school Gur schools xx mth thc 1r grounds bu11d1ngs and equ1pment have been valued at nearly S1 OOO OOO It IS m these fme surrounduxgs that the boys and glrls of Jackson are tramed for tornorroyx In 1951 the klndergarten yxas added to our school systenm and the emghth grade vxas moved to the hlgh school bulldmg In 1952 our school changed to the slx SIX plan vuth both the seventh and e1ghth grade s 1n the hlgh school btuldmg Our h1gh school IS a AAA school and xs an appx ox ed member ot thc North central Assoclatlon of Secondary Schools and C ollcge s On March 12 1953 a S275 000 bond lssue xxas approxzd by the xotn rs tor the purpose of addmg nevx classrooms and a neyx gyxnnasuun xx hu h arc noxx Ln use 'mf' ' Q Jw .0 v . JJ V .Vs Vip fly? Jr' J'-Mlv M W . gf ,f . tx lf Q11 1 'QU 'SQ' W V' ll xy .-aff, .af m 9 U-1 flfl W P their education. K . . . V V V . V V , V V x , , V . I V I' 1. ' U 1 I V. . . . V V V I V . - . . . V V. . . V V . . . V V . . V. . V . V . , V V .V , . . . V V . . VV K . V. I ' . , . I Y I ' 9 1 x V 9 - ' ' X -9 I

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.L 'N-H xJ Dedication Ti Y Q? C '3 Q.. 5532 T139 L, 'W Sz is xy Fi 32? Z 'Li Awfv og X11 ! A AYLL kvcf wwf 114 M l QW W . H,-C' AJ rw Q V 'NDXMH M C .WS , L n my L U, fe M' of nf' x 1 MM X 'sl 5 1 1 eff 2 0:55 , 1 ' I of W n fb Wx 9 UK? QV L f M . Llxxgfijfii fx 'V JUI4 RXJ 1 , 1 4 A f Lf' 1 v kf' wi v In appreclatlon for h1s never endmg cheer Jw fulness, h1s helpfulness, and h1s devotxon to X QV Jackson Hzgh School and 1ts students, we, the Ly xf 1 4 Q 'X Sllver Arrow Staff of 1955, dedzcate thls year bookto............ VV Mr. Leonard Peerman . X - 1 f P H' 1-,. V. .2 I 'Z ' ' F - es' if M 'Q fn! ' I ,Vx 'TC Q f . 1: , .. 'fl' ' L 7 Q A j , 'MJ AQ P.VLZ , , .V- ?ff Af! VA' Y I JK' 5-,grin 'ffl M14 ' , rx Q ! f5JH4ff f. ,Y lm .ffl 1 - I' f 24- - . ' ,.-. 1 L., f , Jfff ' , jx ' 1 '54-' C' .j, A K-1 . i K- W .- -nf ' I, - Y fir A ' 'J V' Ci 1 7 71 .4-,.fr4' 75 f f f A CU X' ie .h I ' K! V, Q , 1' ' A! 7 M X - X . , C L, J , fir ' w .f , 2' L 'I' ff ij X ,, J f' ,sz Au ,f jx L12-'W' f , KIA fdft I ' A .,,,' I , - v J j ,. a. . ,J f , , 5 ' 1 1 1- , J sf ,c 3 y I ' 7 1 fl .4 V. F - -I --'sv I , jf aff' Xy, f ' f -, , NX! . 4 Q1 n ,Sv my IW 5

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Board of Education 'Ni' fs- Q87- 'wzadf 3' we ROW ONE Kurre Allen Pres1dent Glenn Whxtledge Vxce President lohn Fred Hartle ROW TWO Paul Mueller Wlllxam Sander Earl Smlth School Dlstrlct R 2 The County Board of Educatwn redzstrlcted Cape Gzrardeau County and called for an elec t1on to reoruanme the school dxstrxcts on March 9 1954 In proposed Reorganxzed School Dxs trlct R Z pollmg places were set up at Burfordvzlle Frumtland, Jackson, Neelys Landxng Poca hontas and T1.ls1t. The propos1t1on carrxed 790 for to 499 agamst At the regular school electron mn Aprxl the followmg dlrectors were elected Mr Glenn Mr Paul A Mueller Jr Reorgaxuzed School D1str1ct R Z was composed of nmeteen school dxstrzcts, namely 1-hgh H111 Sheppard, Schoenebeck Chppard Roberts McFerron, Randol Cane Creek, Stroder, Gravel H111 Burfordv1lle, Sandy Rldge Poplar Grove T1.ls1t, Helderman, Poplar Ridge Fruxtland Pocahontas, and Jackson School was conducted In all these dzstrxcts except Mel-'erron Randol, Sandy Rxdge, and Pop lar Grove, who transported thenr students to Jackson Elementary School and Helderman who transported the1r students to Burfordvxlle In settmg up a plan of operatxon for the school year 1954 55 the Board of Educatlon set up nme attendance centers at Neelys Landmg Pocahontas Fruxtland Jackson, Burfordvxlle and what was formerly the Roberts School the Cane Creek School, the T1ls1t School and Poplar Rzdge School By reducmg the number of attendance centers, lt was poss1ble to provnde specxal servzces such as a muslc teacher, guldance person school nurse remed1al reading teacher and art supervtsor These servxces are spread too thinly to derlve the maxxmum benef1t and as the attendance centers become fewer m number, benefxts from them can be mcreased School Dmstrxct R Z has an area of approxlmately 400 square m11es and at the txme of re organxzatxon, was sa1d to be the largest school dzstrmct mn the state Last sprxng, lt enumerated 1 838 pupxls The present enrollment m hxgh school grades nxne through twelve IS 470 The elementary schools grades one through exght have 962 enrolled, w1th 62 enrolled zn kmder garten The school d1str1ct owns 17 buses, operates 16 They load and unload between 900 and 1 000 boys and gzrls twice datly The faculty 15 composed of 61 members The Janxtorlal staff IS composed of flve full t1me and suc part tlme employees Ten full txme lunchroom workers are employed Their efforts are supplemented by sixteen part time employees Three full t1me and four part txme secre tarles are employed The part tune employees are all school students ,N . 1 sf fr 1 I I 1 Whitledge, Mr. Kurre Allen, Mr. Wm. K. Sander, Mr. John F. I-Iartle, Mr. Earl B. Smith, and . I ' . D I . ' . .I . I l . I l I D ' I . J l I ' . . D .