Pekin High School - Pekinian Yearbook (Pekin, IL)

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Tiie English Building is seen acr and serves as loading area for the The Leeway provides easy and comfortable passage between the buildings. Named in honor of Jimmy “Doc” Lee, the Leeway also served as the sight of the all-school dances and Junior-Senior Prom this year. Pekin High presents its newest front to Eighth Street traffic, showing the dragon and emblem purchased for the school by the Boys Club. The Broadway entrance has long been a familiar sight to Pekin residents' traveling the busy street. 5

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Erected in 1955, the English Building houses the conference room, superintendent’s office, the Main Office, the coun selors’ offices, speech, publications, English, Latin, physical science and mathematics classes. This Is Pekin High . . . 4

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EVERYDAY LEARNING . . . in a classroom . . . by finding out for oneself The everyday learning opportunities available at Pekin High are enhanced by the many adequate facilities of the physical plant. Basic needs are satisfied through well-equipped classrooms. The availability of library facilities provides students with many opportunities to improve self-knowledge. Students may further gain knowledge through laboratory and shop facilities. Experiments in chemistry help further a student’s understanding of the workings of his environment. The industrial arts equipment provides facilities to increase vocational abilities. In the language lab a student may increase his ability to comprehend one of the three foreign languages offered in the curriculum. The reading clinic, an innovation in education, assists students in increasing their reading abilities. Thus, any student may gain as much as he wants from everyday learning.