Pine Valley Central High School - Pine Knot Yearbook (South Dayton, NY)

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page six Mr. Ellsworth Brown Mr. Herman Mayer South Dayton Branch Cherry Creek Branch Mr. Brown-Hello, Mr. Mayer. l want to talk to you about this year's organiza- tion of the Pine Valley Central School. Mr. Mayer-I am glad you called because I was thinking about the progress we have made this year. Don't you think the co-operation among the students has been remarkable? Mr. Brown--I certainly do. The combined athletic and music programs have been excellent in spite of the transportation problems. The new commercial department and the unified homemalcing work have been very successful. Do you feel that further combinations are indicated? Mr. Mayer-Yes, I believe that the grouping of students according to elemen- tary and high school levels will permit union oi small classes at a great sav- ing as well as provide distinct advantages to the elementary grades. What are the plans for new services next year? Mr. Brown-We are adding industrial arts on a full-time basis. We will have a woman physical education teacher. Also we plan to add a full-time art teacher. Our new librarian will devote her time to the libraries of the two schools. We plan to provide a remedial teacher in the elementary school. Mr. Mayer-I am confident that we are making steps in the right direction to make our dream oi centralization come true. Mr. Brown-I agree. lt the school, home, and community co-operate, we can make Pine Valley Central one of the outstanding central schools oi the state.

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Standing-R. G. Young, W. Aldorfer, I. Waters, B. C. Martin. Seated-I. W. Anderson, L, B. Richardson, Mrs. Dayton, Mrs. Charles W. Newcomb, I. B. Hickox. Bamcfofg ' Pine Valley Central School was organized on Iune 2, 1948 at a meeting held in the South Dayton High School Auditorium. Here voters of the union free school disricts from the towns of Cherry Creek, Dayton, Leon, Villenova, Ark- wright, New Albion, Ellington and Charlotte in Cattaraugus and Chautauqua counties decided to form a central school district and elect school trustees. The following were chosen as members of the Board of Education: Iames B. Hickox, zone lp Mrs. David Charles, zone 25 Robert G. Young, zone 3: Wallace New- comb, zone 45 Mrs. Allen Dayton, zone 5: William Aldorfer and Irvin Vlfaters, zone 67 Burton Martin and Lyle Richardson, zone 7. On Iune ninth the Board or ganized with the following officers: President, William Aldorferp vice-president, Irvin Waters: secretary-clerk, Lyle B. Richardson. The Board of Education administers through the supervising principals two high schools, elementary schools, and kindergartens in the villages of Cherry Creek and South Dayton, a two-teacher school at Leon, and seven one- teacher schools. The kindergartens meet in local church buildings and the South Dayton third grade in the Cherry Creek school. New services added during the first year of centralization include two kindergartens, a school nurse, a part-time dental hygienist, French class, a separate fifth grade teacher at South Dayton, a full-time commercial teacher at South Dayton, and beginning courses in in- dustrial arts. The music, homemaking, and athletic programs of the two high schools were combined. A Mr. I. William Anderson of Kennedy is the District Superintendent of Schools. page seven