Parkway North High School - Saga Yearbook (Creve Coeur, MO)

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Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday dear Parkway. Happy birth- day to you. The Parkway School District cele- brated its twenty-fifth anniversary during the 1978-79 school year. In 1954, five elementary schools CBarretts, Fern Ridge, Manchester, Mason Ridge and We- bery merged to create the Parkway School Dis- trict. After a bond issue was passed to build a high school, Central Junior-Senior High was built in 1958. Three years later a separate Central Senior was constructed and opened. Because of the crowded conditions at Central, another school, West Senior High, was built in 1968. Four years after West was built the construc- WT 'ii 1. Students gather by the Guidance and Counsel- 'I ing Center to find out where their classes meet on North's Grand Opening Day. Teachers distrib- uted maps so the students could find their way around easier. 2. The construction of North steadily goes on until its completion in 1972. 3. Students unload from the very first bus to go to school while a worker arrives to complete the finishing touches. 4. Cement layers complete one of North's courtyards. In the background, the South Side Roofing Company prepares North's supposedly leak-proof roof. 5. Workers try to figure out which wire goes where, as North's electrical system is assembled piece by tion of North began. Before North was finished in 1971, students attended Central for a year. Sophomores who would soon come to North attended school on a split level basis at Central. From 6:00 to 12:30 students and administration from Central went to school. Then at noon North's students and faculty took over until 6:30 p.m. This made Central like two schools at once. North finally opened its doors in 1972. Now there are thirty-one schools in the dis- trict with 24,740 students, compared to 1,448 when the district first started. After 25 years, the enrollment in the Parkway district has finally stabilized, and for now there are no future plans for another school. i piece. E2

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Mr. West notes changes in school Throughout the eight years at Parkway North, English teacher Larry West has experienced changes. He stated, lf this isn't the finest high school in the state, you'll have to name the one that is better. I hope the students will realize it and dern- onstrate some school spirit. Mr. West also feels the students have changed. He added, The student of the sixties could be charac- terized as the rebel with a cause. The student today is clearly rnore pacified, less angry with society, and looking more toward working within the framework of society for success. For the most part the changes have been necessary and beneficial. -p...r - '17, 1. P 1 y 3' e 1 The fans in the stands show their purple pride, a reflection of the spirit that has increased as the years go on at Parkway 1, North. 2. Sara Jaehne. Sheri Soffer and Susan Vowell show off the HN on the northeend of the football field one ot the latest additions constructed by the Letter- men's Club. 3. Senior Bob Walker takes advantage of the Mopen classroom' ers fect, a popular learning technique or tire . seventies. 4. Progress continues at Park' way North, where additional areas are added to simplify and organrge mateira s forthe students' benefits 5 Students are comfortable in a relaxed learning srtuat as Mr. Williams, french teacher uses the r hallway as a teaching area a . J- 5, . 'v iw. ' Q, . ' . -. ',, V MW- Y .Y '- zj.-13 ix.. 'r ale.: x ' ,'- r is . F- .4 - f X -1, ' gf. .. 4 . . . . . ,,x,4 l,- , . 1

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