Mars Area Junior Senior High School - Planet Yearbook (Mars, PA)

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Middle School For The school board has proposed and is planning the building of a Middle School in order to eliminate the problem of overcrowded conditions in the Jr.-Sr. High School and Elementary Schools. According to Dr. Albert Manerino, Supervising Principal: A new building for 60 students by 1969 is a must if we are to avoid half day or split sessions. A Middle School for grades six, seven, and eight will relieve the overcrowded conditions in the Junior-Senior High School and also in the Elemen- tary. This age group has similar growth and be- havior patterns that will improve the present school organization. The School Board and Administration are looking for a location for the building. It is hoped to build it in a place convenient to the high school's central location. They will also work together to evaluate bids and proposals by various contractors. Y summc me Mumionr ou, Mars Area sam: so.-fa discusses me snag.: lor iw-aa. I 1969 Monermo Principal BOARD SECRETARY Mr. Donald Owens ruviows board meeting nohx with Dr. Mansrino. 15

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School THOMAS TINDALL presents award ta Raymond Nichols and Victor Kaufman. Q . es UQ ' 45 STEVEN R. BARTOLAC JR., manager of the Accident and Health Department of the Fire- man's Fund American Insurance has served the Mars Area School District sincw 1963. Mr. Bartoloc has served as the president al the Adams Township School Board prior to the merger of the Adams, Mars, Middlesex, Val- encia Boards. WILLIAM F. BELL of Mars has been a board member for Iour years and ls also serving as on American School Board Representative to the American Field Service. Mrl Bell is the past vice-president of Adams Township School Board, a member of Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, and active in Church and P.T.A. work. He is a draftsman for Swindell-Dressler Company. PARKER DOBSON JR. former Secretary, Vice- president and president of the local Mars Boro School Board, has been o member at the Board for over seven years. Mr. Dobson is a member oi the American legion Past 787, church trustee and has done Little league work. He has been employed by the Gull Research and Development Company lor the past fourteen years as a Proiect Engineer and ls o member of rllo Society of Automotive Engineers. num E. Hom-len ls beginning not om- year as a board member residing in Middlesex Twp. She is a member of the Middlesex Action Council, Middlesex Area Republican Women's Club, Thiel Women's Club and a Sunday School teacher. Her previous activities Include serving as vice-president ol Middlesex Grade School PTA, orogrom chairman ood den mother for Cub Scout Pack 58, a member ofthe Girl Scout Council. 14 I r O., '32 N 1 Board Plans RAYMOND NICHOLS, lcenterl president of Mars Area School Board, a board member lor tive years serving as president and vice-president ot bath Middlesex Township and the Mars Area School District. He was the manager al the schedulingltralhc department at the Pittsburgh Corning Corporation and is now retired. VICTOR KAUFMAN, lrightj vlce-president of the Mars Area Board has served as a member since 195B and has been vice president of the Valencia Board as well. He ls also active in Little league and volunteer fireman work. He is employed as a heating and alr conditioning sales engineer. SCHOOL BOARD NOMINATION for the National Educa- tion Association School Board Award Contest for out- standing work in education was made to Raymond Nichols, president ei the Mars Board Qcenterl and Victor Kaufman, vice-president lrightl. Announcing the nomina- tion ls Thomas Tindall lleftl. President of the Mars Area Education Association. EUGENE H. KOCHER, is the former prusidonl of Mars Area School Board and is now presl- dent of the Butler County School Board. A member of the Kiwanis, he has been a board member since 1945 and has also served as vice-president and secretory of the Mars Board. Mr. Kocller is a resident at Mars Bore and owns a florist business, CARL SINKULA, a board member for live years, previously served as the president ol the Adams Township School Board and Mars Area School District. Mr. Sinltulo has been employed by North Allegheny School onmor for the past twenty years and ls now serving as the assistant principal of lngomar Junior High School. l-lo it poor ofoolaool at nl. PseA Allegheny County-Western Pennsylvania Area ll, Junior High Prlncipal's Association and a former Kiwanlun. JAMES A. THOMPSON, has been a board member for leur years. He is presently an engineer lor rl-o coroooso Institute ot 'fooli- nology, Nuclear Research Center. Mr. Thomp- son, llas been vice-president of the Middlesex Township School Board and was a director of the Middlesex Action Council. He is also a Boy Scout Committeeman, Adult Sunday school teacher and Elder of his church. ADVISORY MEMBERS. The following people are Advisory members to the Mars Area School Board until their elected terms expire: Darvin D. Purvis . . . 1967 John Abramovic, Jr .... 1969

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Three Positions Filled Mr. F. P. Long Elementary Principal ...I ACTING EIEMENTARY PRINCIPAL, Mft. Hulda SCIIUIII, and Dirirfbr of Instructional Sorvicas, Tllamas Hawkins, dinvsx lilo E.5.E.A, Title ll library funds Ior 1967-68. F. P. Long, Elomnnlnry Principal, was on sabbatical loava this year. 16 Mr. Thomas R. Hawkins, Jr. Director of Instructional Services Mr. Thomas Hawkins' title has been changed to Director of instructional Services. He graduated from Slippery Rock State College and received his masters at the University of Pittsburgh and Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Hawkins will assist Dr. Manerino in several phases of administration in the school sys- tem. His duties include selecting instructional ma- terials and coordinating instructional services, help in developing the budget, and recruiting teachers. His services have also involved sponsoring school publications and directing public relations. Mr. F. P. Long is the elementary principal and co- ordinates the primary and intermediate schools. Re- cent work in the elementary schools have included an evaluation ofthe program and the development of new courses of studies. Mr. Long has taken a sabattical leave during the 1966-67 school year to work on his doctorate. Mrs. Hulda Schultz has as- sumed his duties during his absence. Though new positions have been created and filled, the ultimate goal of the educating of Mars students has remained the same. Working together on both maior and minor details and issues, the ad- ministration encouraged learning and provided many opportunities for student and faculty development.