Montevallo High School - Montala Yearbook (Montevallo, AL)

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M.H.S. Gym A decision on the part of Shelby County citizens to improve education through physical improvement of school buildings led to the most evident of changes during the past ten years. The building of a new elementary school prompted the local administration to move the junior high from the high school building and house them in a facility formerly occupied by elementary children —the Alice Boyd Building. A new gymnasium and band room were constructed and added to the high school and the interior receved some major overhauling as a new science lab was built for high school students. Alice Boyd Building

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1957-67: A “Decade of Decisions’. During any ten year period many changes occur and with these changes come decisions. Life at M.H.S. during the MONTALA’S first ten years has been no exception. Many choices have had to be made involving such areas as school plant, personnel, and academics. At the same time changes were occurring, decisions were being made to continue to maintain the high standards of teaching practices, administration, and basic school principles. M.H.S. 1967

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Mr. Corbett confers with stu- dent in Guidance Room. Sports continue to play im- portant role with physical fit- ness emphasis. Other changes at M.H.S. may have been more subtle—but changes certainly took place! Increased emphasis on guidance, new interest in physical fitness, shift- ing of activity programs and re-introduction of Driver Education are only a few of the changes during this “Decade of Decisions”. Vocational Building