Monongahela High School - Flame Yearbook (Monongahela, PA)

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Mr Thomas Barbero controls student traffic In the cafeteria each day The gym IS busy throughout The day wuth student achvmes Traffic around the high school reaches a peak at dusmzssal time

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SEPTEMBER 1-School opens 5-Labor Day 19-X-ray Unit 27-Get-acquainted Dance OCTOBER 13-14-Sophomore Testing Program 29-F.B.L.A. Convention NOVEMBER 7-114American Education Week 9-Election of Senior Class Officers 9-College Orientation Night 10-Veterans' Day Assembly 17-All Class Play 23-Thanksgiving Assembly Program 24-25-Thanksgiving Vacation DECEMBER 23-Christmas Choral Concert 23-Senior Class Christmas Dance 23-January 2-Christmas Vacation JANUARY 3-Mrs. Betty Dials, receptionist, arrives 11-Biology Club Dance 12-French Club Dinner CALENDAR Q9 1 l 1 I 60-61 FEBRUARY 14-F.B.L'.A. Valentine Dance 22-Opportunity Day 23-Professional Day for Faculty 24-Spring Recess MARCH 17, 18-Senior Play 22-Biology Club Field Trip APRIL 13, 14, 15-D. C. Trip 20-California PFJH Meeting 20-21-Band Concert MAY 5-Prom 1 1-Choral Concert 26-Class Night 28-Commencement 29--Graduation JUNE 2-School Ends 3

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The high school period in our lives serves as the bridge to maturity for us. As a bridge in a real sense, serves to by-pass obstacles, span chasma, connect regions, etc., so a student's career in high school may also be said to serve. A student who utilizes his high school environment fully will be able to continue to fill gaps in his education to make worth-while choices to func- tion as a contributing member of society. Though nature acci- dentally created the first crude bridge when lightning felled a tree across a stream, modern bridges are all complex, manmade structures serving a variety of needs. Bridges have become in- creasingly complex in response to the ever-changing patterns of our cultural environment. Our schools have changed in a comparable way. No longer will the open-air school of Socrates or the one room school of early America serve the needs of the twentieth century. Expanding populations and challenging technology have made necessary vast school systems which will provide many and varied oppor- tunities to its students. Every new school year gives evidence of the change through expanded and revised program offerings. Thus, our own high school, constantly changing in response to the demands of society, is serving as our bridge to the future -a future in which we shall continue to forge ahead to success because we have successfully bridged the gaps in our lives.