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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F f6l1!e4zK4 nofe he Gwyahy . - i' Eff diff? i.fisbt' v fwiv wgl ' .5 Q lg, e - 4 ',4i, Jg5g,4:n:5'gli:.,3 52,31-1q'3f ,Lu q.Wi,fgfggbg, i 1 Y, .lisgzlgz zyitfgtfgitgj,-H . , 5, -' ' . .. Y., ' f fr 'Z if 31 Open classroom system revised l have realized how extremely important grades are to my future schooling and career. However, North's open classroom concept has made it difficult for the non-motivated students to do well in school. This system is designed basi- cally for the self-motivated. I feel that students need more discipline and a little less freedom to get the job done. I have noticed that the administrators and outsiders are finally realizing this and are trying to create a more disciplined atmosphere. For exam- ple, they have added more walls, limited unas- signed study time, and have emphasized the con- cept of 'back-to-basics' in the classroom. Brenna Katz, Senior