Morenci High School - Copper Cat Yearbook (Morenci, AZ)

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SHARING joke with Mr. Myers is Mr. L Bazzetta, former MHS teacher, now Tucson Industrial Art Supervisor. Mr. Everett E. Myers, Jr. Mr. Darrell Evans Principal Assistant Principal 25

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After three years of anticipation and a year of detailed ground work under the direction of Mr. Everett Myers, high school principal, our school w as visited, the last week in October, by a group of fifteen evaluators of the North Central Associ- ation. While Morenci High School has been fully accredited since 1942, and the faculty has period- ically studied their regulations and recommenda- tions, this was the first time since 1941 that an evaluation team has visited our classes. We are the first Arizona school to be re-evaluated under the new policy requiring team visits every seven years. The Board of Education and Superintend- ent Davidson have planned towards this for four years. A change in high school administration, however, caused the postponement until this year. Faculty members and the North Central repre- sentatives met for the first time at a dinner hosted by Mr. Davidson and the Board of Education on October 25. Following this, the guests visited with teachers in their classrooms, becoming ac- quainted w ith the school facilities and the philoso- phies and problems of the various departments. North Central Team Mr. P. II. Davidson Superintendent of Schools Cite Youths’ Courtesy; Faculty-Students Rapport 24 FACI LTY MEMBERS visit with evaluators, preceding dinner held for team, left LISTENING to animated discussion between representatives is Mr. Davidson.

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Sets Policy; Builds Elementary Addition; Honors CAP BRIMS DOWN against the sun’s glare, coach and partial squad anxiously observe the game in progress. Board of Education During the following day, classes in all depart- ments were visited. From these observations, the evaluators made commendations and recom- mendations, taking into consideration local com- munity needs. Following these visits and prior to the written reports, an oral summary was taped to be played to the faculty the following afternoon. While the North Central Re-evaluation was the extra project of the year, the Board of Education meets regularly with Mr. Davidson to handle rou- tine matters of finance, school personnel and pol- icy. They also gave active support to plans for improvement of instruction and school activities. F ollowing the condemnation of the Longfellow F.lementary School last winter when it became un- safe for further occupancy, the board authorized the addition to the East Plantsite School, that was finished the last of December. The Longfellow building, w hich was demolished last summer, was constructed in 1902, with the second story being added, to the brick structure in 1907. The first class had only one student, Merna Robison, still a local citizen, who received her diploma in 1906. 26 Mr. Claude C. Tuell President Mr. A. L. Alexander Secretary