Maple Hill High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Castleton On Hudson, NY)

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FACULTY and ADMINI TRATIO The student and teacher are the components of education. Books, laboratories, equipment and modern facilities are determining factors that help to improve the standard of education. However, the most vital factor in motivating and inspiring the student to learn is the teacher. The faculty at Maple Hill is very capable. The members are well trained and interested in rendering service to the students. Faculty mem- bers, individually and as a group, are interest- ed inthe welfare of the students. Maple Hill has a faculty which has placed much emphasis on its own development. A school program involving in-service education and publication is underway, and teachers are continually acquiring new degrees and further- ing their own education for the betterment of themselves, the students, and the school. Qual- ity is the key word in faculty recruitment at Maple Hill. By means of individual attention, teachers demonstrate many Through in servzce education teachers learn of the changing' world of science. 7I

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By marking report cards, teachers indicate students' progress. To teach modern languages, leachers use the lalest techniques and equipment.

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ADMI ISTRATI EDUTIES Mr. Davis takes time from his busy schedule for counseling. As Chief School Administrator, Mr. Davis plans and carries out the supervisory procedures which aid in the attainment of the goals of elementary and secondary edu'- cation. Working Well into the sum- mer months, he compiles state re- ports concerning such administra- tive duties as attendance, finances, and cafeteria expenditures. The position of the Supervising Principal of the Schodack Central School District is one demanding great versatility. Mr. Larry Davis, Chief School Administrator, acts as planner, advisor, mediator and friend to both student and faculty, no problem or misunderstanding is too minute for Mr. Davis, careful consideration. It is he who maintains the friendly but orderly spirit prevailing at Maple Hill High. Serving as a direct representative of both faculty and student body, he attends all Board of Education meetings, bringing forth any changes of school policy benefi- cial to the welfare of the school system. Mr. Davis takes an avid interest in the Naval Reserve program. Holding nearly all local offices at one time during his participation, he is now Commander of the Naval Reserve Officer's School at Albany and spends one night a Week training others in the principles for which the Navy stands. Maple Hill is fortunate to have a man as capable and diversified as Larry Davis to direct the functioning of our school district. Mr. Davis, Supervising Principal B.A.: Dartmouth Coll., lVI.A.: State U. of N. Y. at Albany.