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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
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’N’ CITIZENSHIP Charles Bilheimer. veteran of 48 years as a teacher in Northampton schools, explains the solution ol a math problem to his class while student who performed the work stands by. Taking I ier ninth grade class through the intri-caries of grammar is Laura Weed, instruc tor in English, and one of best loved teachers in the school. Grads continually make pilgrimages to her door. Page 17 (Continued from page 16) election in three separate grade (ward) polling places. Elections are administered hy elec tion hoards, one of which Is depicted on the preceding division page. Caring not only for its own, the Junior High sc hool is the possessor of facilities sorely needed and constantly used by high sc hool students, so that it is also an integral part of high school activities.
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