Ponca City High School - Cat Tale Yearbook (Ponca City, OK)

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Today Ponca City Senior High School has one of the most spacious and beautiful campuses in the entire Southwest. The well planned landscape covers forty acres and contains educational and recreational facilities for over sixteen hundred students.

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cation The first high school was located at the site of the present East Junior High School. On September 16, 1893, the new Ok- lahomans erected their tents in the Ponca City area and immediately called a t own meeting. It was only two months later that the first school building was placed at the site of the present East Junior High School. These dynamic, far-sighted pioneers knew what the value of education would mean to their children. Our public high school is among the best in the state and nation. PO-HI students win many honors— National Merit Scholar- ships, National English and Science Awards. They are also winners in the fields of ath- letics, music, and art. With the help and guidance of our counselors and our principal, Mr. Anderson, a student knows he can leave high school ' prepared to face the challenges ahead. We also have excellent education on the city-wide level. Ponca City has elemen- tary schools, two junior high schools, a spe- cial school, two parochial schools, a Military Academy, the American Legion Home School, and, of course, our own PO-HI. We have many opportunities to hear outstanding speakers and artists. Students may see local works of art through the an- nual art exhibit, see dramas by the Ponca Playhouse and hear concerts by local and professional groups. This is Ponca City-a place of chal- lenge, a place of learning. All of these- industry, recreation, education-had their beginning with the . . .

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