North Ridgeville High School - Shadow Yearbook (North Ridgeville, OH)

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ADMINISTRATION GUIDED SCHUUL The voters of the Ridgeville School Board District elected QL-RQ Mr. Donald Badenhop, Mr. Walter Delventhal, Mr. John L. Henry, Mr. Elias Frey, and Mr. Arthur Hoffman to positions on the school board. These men met the first Tuesday of each month to discuss school matters. School Boom' Ridgeville's Board of Education dealt with many problems which confronted it during the year-- teachers' contracts, approving expenditures, and considering consolidation, and many others. The board members also met with the Napoleon board of education to consider the prospect of future consolidation. An unofficial survey was taken of the residents or Ridgeville and Freedom Townships by the Citizens Committee to discover their opinions on this matter. The results indicated that the citi- zens preferred to remain as we are as long as prac- tical. Mr. Emil Schult served as clerk and treasurer of the school board. When called upon, he also served as a part-time teacher. 56

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FAC LTT fUpper lefty Mrs. Ide getting her mail. fCenter leftj Teachers at lunch. fLower lefty Gloria Short receives additional help from Mr. Beck. fCenterj Mr. Sharp and Mr. Hesterman take a break. fBelowj Mr. Blitz runs off an ever-popular test. Teachers are endowed with the great responsibility of leading their students through a step-by-step ap- proach to the vast resources of knowledge in the world today. They are not super-human, and thus cannot teach those who do not wish to learn. But the teachers at Ridgeville did their best to transfer the knowledge they had gained in their years of schooling to the students.

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Mr. Harry Sharp Qabovej served as principal for two- thirds of the year. He attended Edinboro State and held B.S. and M.S. degrees in education. In addition to teaching English and Speech he was advisor for the Senior Class and the Student Council. ADMINISTRA T10 Providing the best possible school program was the main responsibility of the administration. Principal Harry Sharp painstakingly organized the class schedule to meet the students' needs and interests and to com- ply with state requirements. This schedule was imple- mented through the combined efforts of Superintend- ent F. F. I-Iesterrnan, Mr. Sharp, and later Mr. Dan Norris, who became acting principal when Mr. Sharp resigned to take a position in another school system. These men also worked with the other teachers to keep courses, textbooks, and materials up-to-date. Another important part of the administration's job was to enforce school regulations and make purchases authorized by the board of education. For example , a hall monitor system was established during the 1966-67 school year. Also, a new bus was purchased for a new route to include the students of St. John Iutheran School, Freedom Twp. This was necessary because of the state school bus regulations passed in 1966. Mrs. Marie Schnitkey frightj served as secretary of the school office. Mr. F. F. Hesterman Qabovej received his A.B. degree from Valparaiso University and his M. A. from Bowling Green State University. He carried the responsibility of administering the school's needs as superintendent.