Paxton High School - Reflector Yearbook (Paxton, IL)

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HONOR STUDENTS The REFLECTOR staff ns happy to con gratulate the honor students of our hlgh school Thls group of students have mamtalned an aver age of 3 J or better throughout their hlgh school career Thls year our admlnlstratlon set up an average of 3 5 as the basls for any student to be Included ID th1s group The average IS made at the close of the flrst semester so xt may be pub lxshed ln the REFLECTOR The staff hopes that next year there w1ll be an even larger group w1th1n thls average Those ID the honor group thls year are Freshmen Bull Gullett Sophomores Loulse Dahl Jlm Hender Nancy Webber, Jumors Neva Currxe, Dlane Ecklund Roberta Peters, Senxors Paul Ander son, Nancy Furby Robert Hexcher, Carol Peter son and Blll Whowell Semors Robert Helcher Nancy Furby Paul Anderson B111Whowell Carol Peterson Jumors Nexa Currie Roberta Peters Dlane Eeklund Sophomores Alan Olson Loulse Dahl Sklp Shavx Jean Stlne Nancy Webber Jlm Hendershott F1 eshmen B111 Gullett 3 L' D 1 . ' shott, Walter Shaw, ,lack Stifle, lean Stine, 9 K . ' ti ' ni , . '

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Health IS a vltal factor 1n our llves durlng our schoollng and afterwards An extenslve health program 1s belng carrled on th1s year by our school nurse, Mrs Sandhagen Her work conslsts of fxrst and, checkmg attendance, controlllng contaglous dlseases, vrsnon testlng, conductlng audlo metrnc tests, and glVll'1g health lectures to varlous classes As her work extends over the entrre COmmUnlfY Unnt No 2, she attends the town schools every day and the rural schools once a week Physlcal education classes for both glrls and boys play an xmportant part ln our health program P E classes for boys meet every day and lnclude actlvmes such as basketball volleyball wrestlmg, tumblmg, and relays The gurls classes meet only three days a week and lnclude volleyball basketball, tumbllng, square dancing, and games and stunts HEALTH

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MUSIC DEPARTMENT The Musrc Department has two prmclpal objectlves Frrst of all thc department rs lnterested rn encouragmg all those who desrre to partrcrpate and who have suffrcnent baslc muslcal skrlls so that the mdrvxdual can emoy at least some success as he partlclpates Thxs objecnve has been largely accompllshed a evxdenced by the fact that 99 students, nearly half of our student body, w1ll compete m some capacrty rn the 1931 dlstrxct muslc contest The second objectrve 18 to develop muslcal skrlls ln each student whnch wlll be sufflclent to rncrease hns mterest and apprecmtlon of musrc of all types so that lelsure trme actxvrtres may mclude musrc ln October l9JO, the musrc department moved mto the new addmon These quarters mclude a band room, a choral room, an mstrument room, a umform room, and four practice rooms The beauty, convemence and ut1l1ty of these new quarters IS near perfect The musrc department tenders smcere thanks and deep apprecmtlon to those generous taxpayers who have made the burldmg posslble The staff lncludes lvlrss Norma Coventry, Mr Harry Swenson, and Mr A lvlcK1nney Th1s group works together to provlde the best posslble musxcal mstructron for the grrls and boys of Paxton The orgamzatuons of the school system mclude four bands and three choral groups lndlvxdual solo work and ensemble playmg are encouraged whenever possrble Class mstrumental mstructron IS furnrshed each student throughout the system free of charge The pracnce rooms are available to all students for use durlng thelr free tlme hr' . . . . . , Q Q QQ .' J. ' I l. 5 -T .1 tl nl K -h .N -l K my sl my . . N nl- K -1 -T C C .. A I I , 1- . . 0 .