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

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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

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SCIENCE 'N' MATH Norlliamplon Junior f Ii j!i school, which this year marks two continuous decades of community service. Scene of many activities, sports and otherwise, is school gym. housed in central portion, which is used both by school and outside groups. Comes now the opportunity to say Happy Birthday to our next door neighbor, the Junior I ligh school, for just twenty years ago. in 1927, its doors opened for the first time to admit a steady and never ending stream of students. A long step forward in Northampton’s educational progress, the school from its inception relieved congested conditions in both elementary buildings and the high school, not to mention causing the permanent disappearance of that class of classes—the Freshman. In addition to raising educational standards and increasing the efficiency of tfie borough school system, the Junior I ligh school has for two decades been a vital influence in the lives of its students, as well as the community and sunounding areas. Here pupils absorb not only academic subject material, but also a well rounded program of activities, including intra- mu ra I athlet ics. Although major emphasis is constantly upon classwork, former students will never forget the Gilbert and Sullivan extravaganzas. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.’’ ‘Hansel and Gretel. the delightful Christmas plays and other nostalgic events. Neither can they forget the perennial school elections. A deeply ingrained tradition is this activity, which provides students with a practical application in good citizenship, now recognized as the foremost objective in education. Each semester, students choose their own government heads through the medium of the polls a la community style with all the trimmings— registration of voters with the grade (ward) assessor, homeroom nomination of candidates (the primary), campaigns complete with managers and placards and finally, the general Page 76