Paramus High School - Delphian Yearbook (Paramus, NJ)

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The End of the The breaking-of-ground ceremonies oc¬ curred on August 25, 1956. Soon after the land was cleared, the first brick was put in place, and the first classrooms took shape. Soon after, where a year before woods and fields tranquilly existed, our high school emerged. It was a school built in record time : only slightly more than one year. i ML.

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This scene of a public meeting, so often attended by many townspeople, was taken during the con¬ struction of the high school, when Mr. Frank Glowaski was president of the Board of Education. Since then the Board members have changed, but their objective of fine schools has not. An important occasion in the history of Paramus High School is shown below. Mr. Frank Glowaski, then presi¬ dent of the Board, is depicted putting the cornerstone into place. It can be seen outside the Century Road en¬ trance of the school. Idea to Reality Paramus, a suburban community, only nine miles from the George Washington Bridge and Manhattan subways, mush¬ roomed in population during the five years before the school was built. Its school population grew enormously, and soon Ridgewood and Hackensack gave notice that they could no longer accept Paramus high school students. In a grand display of cooperation, the citizens of Paramus voted to build a high school to meet the needs of the future as well as the present. The Board of Education went to work immediately, and with the help of citizens’ committees, they planned the Paramus High School. A student commons, a unique music-drama suite, a student store, and classrooms designed to fit the needs of each subject were among the firsts planned by Licht and Johnson, architects. Carefully, but rapidly, they finished plans for the new school. Workmen here are busy painting, sawing, and nailing in the commons between the gyms and the 500 corridor. This commons includes a garden and sitting area for students to chat in the open air.

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Most of Paramus High’s students are transported to school by bus. Shown at left are many eager faces ready to start school on that momentous first day in September, 1957. On September 12, 1957, Paramus High School opened its doors. The first students expectantly crossed the threshold. At 8:45 that morning, the first high school classes ever held in Paramus started. From that point on, our yearbook tells the story of Paramus High. It tells of the administra¬ tion, the faculty and curriculum, the activities, the athletics, and the students. But most of all, it tells of a community of over one thousand students working together to create better citizens. Mrs. Jean Mory, eighth grade teacher, is quite surprised to see our photog¬ rapher taking a peek at the teachers picking up notices and mail in the main office on the first day of school. Mr. William V. Dunn, principal, finds time to welcome students on the first day of school. At the extreme right is Mr. Otto Berchtold, who owns the bus company which transports so many pupils to and from school. With a satisfied smile, Greg Harrison inspects one of the then unfinished shops of Paramus High School. Greg was the first student to enter the school on the first day, and was ap¬ parently pleased with what he saw. 9