Northampton Area High School - Amptennian Yearbook (Northampton, PA)

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Educational needs ol residents in tlie southern portion of the area were provided for by I be Dry Run school, said to have been erected about 1840. Land for th is institution, once washed away by a flood, was furnished by J. P. Butz. I he year I860 saw the Stem ton school. a line, two-room brick building, disseminating the three R s and the hickory stick to children of this district. On the same site today stands the Franklin building, constructed in 1007. The Gay N ineties saw the advent of the B ooklyn school, later enlarged to become who, as governor of Pennsylvania, in 1834 fathered free public education in the state. Continuing in their forefathers footsteps, Northamptonians have always been leaders in developing and improving modern educational processes. Pioneering in public kindergarten, this p ogram was inaugurated in 1030. Now in its ninth consecutive year, kindergarten has proven a valuable asset to the community's educational system, and is attended by practically all bo.ough tots within eligible pre-school age groups. Elementary teachers, from young folk just Central school second graders lend a will- ing hand ’ to an art project inspired by Teacher Ruth Farber. I he Central building, which served as the high school until 1010. Old grads still remember bearing the lectures given by the then few faculty members from the raised platforms of die class, ooms. In 1014 came the Wolf s( hool. named for ( eorge Wolfe, the native of Allen township, ( f which Northampton was originally a part. beginning their careers to those grown gray through years of set vice, are well prepared and do an excellent job of gearing children for the years ahead. Grade and high school work are kept integrated through constant research and frequent confeiences to prevent gaps in the learning process. Page 13

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Am Kindergarten kiddies oi the Wolf s liool arc taught valuable babits and attitudes designed to guide them throughout school and life through activities carefully supervised by Pauline Smith. The val ue of lea ning was realized by pioneer settlers and forebears of present day residents of this area many years ago, and the business of elementary education was therefore firmly established long before the communities of Siegfried. Newport, and Laubachsville or Stem-ton united to form first Alliance, and then Noithampton borough. Northampton’s educa- tional ancestry dates bach to 1793. when the Levan school, on land furnished by Colonel John Siegfried, Michael B ;aver and Abraham Levan, came into being. This school, in an enlarged form, continued to serve the area until 1904, when the Washington building replaced it. Mabel New h a r J leads lirst grade tot of die f ranklin school into a nature study adventure centered about autumn. Eagerness for project is motivated partly by use of 4 hanksgiving. Page 12

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Robert St.ne. asliin on school principal, directs liis sixtli on a phase ol I lie wonders of nature. grade science class through a project Here also, as in the high schools, changes are continually talcing place, so that youngsters will always have the advantage of latest developments in education. Staff of the Franklin school comprises Evan J. Hankee. principal, fifth and sixth grades; Arlene Miller, fourth grade; Edith Easterday Stauffer, third grade; Emma Lentz, second grade; Mabel Newhard. first grade, and Francis Mol irey, custodian. Operating on a reduced scale this year is the Central buildi ng. with Myrtle Moll, principal. fourth grade; Ruth barber, second grade; Beatrice Santee, first grade, and Paul Miller, custodian. Heading the ( ieorge Wolf school are John Ci. Koch, principal. Edith Odenwelder. Ruth Oackenbach and Catherine Ryan, fifth and sixth grades; Helen Heckman, fourth grade; Renee Shellhamer, third grade; Helen Cummings, second grade; Kathryn Miller, first grade, and Francis Laury, custodian. Serving in the Washington school are Robert Stine, principal, and Margaret Berg, fifth and sixth grades; Catherine Berg, fourth grade; Emma Powers Snyder, third grade; Marion Smith, second grade; Bessie Boyer, first grade, and Edwin Oardner, custodian. Two kindergarten teachers provide this training in all borough elementary schools. Instructing half-day sessions in the Woll and Franklin schools is Pauline Smith, while Mrs. Russell Kern similarly covers the Central and Washington schools. One teacher, Mrs. Harriet Miller Ben Yenuti. is on leave of absence. Page 14