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The Zephyr SCHOOL Every spring before school lets out, Mr. Ammon has the Freshmen, Sophomores, and Juniors register for the coming year. The eighth graders are also allowed to register. Our school day lasts from 8:57 A. M. until 3:30 P. M. with each period lasting 40 minutes. There are eight periods in a day. We have three minutes between classes in which to get from one class to another. We observe the following holidays: Labor Day, Armistice Day, and Good Friday. For Thanksgiving we have two days off and for Christmas we generally have between 10 and 14 days. The students have two more days when teachers go to institute. These institutes are held at LaSalle the second Friday in October and at Princeton the second Friday in February. The teachers take turns at policing the building during noon. Every week a different one is assigned. Each class is responsible for at least one school party through the year. The parties usually start at 7:30 and end at 10:30, depending on the occasion. Basketball games begin at 7:00 with the second team game and the first team plays at approximately 8:30. The first party of the year is the Freshman initiation party given by the Sophomores. The Freshman in turn give the Valentine Party. The Christmas Party which is a dress-up affair is given by the Seniors. The Juniors are responsible for the St. Patrick’s Party and the Junior-Senior banquet and Prom. During the school year there are always a few people who skip-out. In order to get back into class after being absent you must bring an excuse from your parents. Mr. Ammon will then give you an admit to get in class. Tardiness also requires an admit to class. If you are unlucky and get kicked out of class the only way to get back in is to see the principal and get an admit. Of course it isn’t as POLICIES easy as that and in the end you’ll wish you had never received that kick. Each class has the problem of earning money for its activities. The Junior class has the privilege of selling pop, candy, and popcorn at all the home basketball and football games, because it has to put on the prom. In addition to selling at the games they sell candy during the noon hour in study hall. Each student is required to have sixteen credits before they can graduate. Of these 16 credits four of them must be English, at least two science, one mathematics,, and one American history. Everybody must take physical education unless they have a doctor’s excuse. In the agriculture and homemaking departments the pupils enrolled must carry on a home project of some sort. These classes last for two periods. Books are checked out of the library by the English teacher. When a book is overdue, a fine of two cents a day for each day that it is overdrawn is paid. Magazines and newspapers are kept in racks in the back of study hall. When you are through reading them they must be returned to the respective racks. At the beginning of the school year textbooks are rented to all students. These books are returned to the school again at the end of the year and if they have been damaged, fines are imposed upon the person to whom the book was rented. Each spring Miss Morton, the county nurse, gives us TB tests. In two or three days she returns to check them. If a student proves positive, he is required to have an x-ray. A positive test does not mean that you have TB but you are carrying the germ in your body. On other occasions we have speakers from Vocational schools, Nursing schools, Military service, etc., which put on programs. Occasionally we have a commercial entertainer put on a program in the study hall. This page sponsored by Victor Lyford, Agent, Pfistcr Seed Corn Co., Neponset, Illinois
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The Z E P H Y R NEPONSET HIGH SCHOOL FACULTY 4 STELLA PLETKOVICH Miss Pletkovich, who was our Commercial teacher, was granted a leave of absence in November, 1949, until September, 1950. She attended Western Illinois State Teachers College where she received her B.S. degree. CARYL JUNIS Miss Junis received her high school education here at Neponset High School. Caryl has been the school secretary for the past three years. VERNON LUTHER Mr. Luther, who has been the Vocational Agricultural teacher here for the past five years, received his B.S. in Agriculture at the University of Wisconsin. He has also taken graduate and undergraduate study at the University of Illinois. THOMAS FITZPATRICK For the past three and one-half years Mr. Fitzpatrick has taught the History courses and coached the athletic teams. He received his B.S. at Knox College. He also attended Oberlin College, and University of Illinois. CLAUDE AMMON Mr. Ammon has been a high school principal for many years. The past four years at Neponset High School. He received his Bachelor of Education at Illinois State Normal and his Master of Arts degree at the University of Illinois. PHILLIP PINI Degree B.S. Attended University of Illinois. First year of teaching. Teacher of English I, II, III, IV. MISS FLORENCE CARY Gregg College, Chicago, Illinois; Whitewater State Teachers College, Whitewater, Wisconsin; and Milwaukee State Teachers College, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Has taught five years as grade teacher, two years in Business Colleges, and 24 years as commercial teacher in High Schools. Degree B.S. Teacher of Typing I and II, and Shorthand I. MARY ELLEN STENGEL Carthage College. Degree B.S. First year of teaching. Teacher of Home Economics I, II, III, IV. EDNA HASELTINE B.S. Drury College, post graduate work and music. New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, Massachusetts. University of California. School of Dramatics, New York City, Columbia College of Expression, Chicago, pupil of Mme. Emma Calve L.d’. Paris, France. Teacher of Music, Speech, and General Science. T hi' ts page sponsored by Neponset Farmer’s Grain Klevator
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