Port Byron Central High School - Panther Yearbook (Port Byron, NY)

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ACTIVITIES In order that 1 person may be prepared for a full l1fe 1n the commun1ty he must be pre pared 1n the sk11led ab1hty to work w1th h1s nelghbors toward a common goal By plac1ng certam respons1b1l1t1es on the 1nd1v1dual 1n relat1on to the group the act1v1t1es program at Port Byron Central School teaches those 1nvolved the all 1mportant knowledge of how to work wlth the1r fellow smdprwg preparlng them for a l1fe of mdependence 1n the commun1ty In th1s modern day of more rapld transportauon we f1nd that we must ma1nta1n relauon sh1ps w1th peoples from progresslvely more fore1gn lands that IS peoples from farther lands and so must be enabled to ma1nta1n sausfactory relauonshxps wlth our fellow man Many of the BCIIVIIICS prov1ded a challenge for the students who m1ght otherw1se be hstless or d1s1nterested m the1r attxtudes By prov1d1ng an outlet for then' energles the QCIIVIIY program gtves them a reason for betterlng themselves and glves them an excellent way to learn co operat1ve SXISICHCC and work A greater percentage of the act1v1t1es are concerned mth brlnglng a new type of knowledge to the student that IS knowledge that pr ev1ous to h1gh school 11fe has not been part of the student's curr1culum The mam knowledge concerned lS the knowledge of the group ID EST the mental qual1t1es necessary to group work and co operauve ex1stence Also, the ZCIIVIIICS program gxves those part1c1pat1ng a spec1f1c knowledge of the HCIIVIIY m wh1ch they are tak1ng part wh1ch hence QIVCS them a knowledge of a subject wh1ch M111 be use ful to them ID later l1fe no the student advances 1n h1gh school he usually becomes 1nvolved l.I'l more act1v1t1es and thus ga1ns a more spec1al1zed knowledge along mth h1s more greatly developed sense of co opera t1ve work, 4 , 1 1 I I I . -. V . , f I . 1 . . . H . ,, ' . - 1 1 . 0 1 1 . . . . V. 4 . 1 1 1 g ' ' ' an 11 I 1 T o . . . . . . . V. - 1 . ,A . . . . . . . 1 1 , - -

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CTIVITIIS

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TUDE T COU CIL UFFICER B. Webber, Treasurerg Miss Krayka, Advisor, E. Schweizer, President, J, Connors, Vice-President, Mr. Miskell, Advisor, H. Marshall, Secretary. The Student Council has planned many dances this year which included one dance during the school day, a Harvest Dance, Valentine Day Dance, and many others. The Student Council has furnished busses for many of our away Basketball Games and a full time movie for the enjoyment of the Student Body As a new project this year, the Student Council bought a Bulletin Board to keep track of the lost and found articles and to post notices. REPRE E TATIVE The Student Council helps the students with citi- zenship for it teaches them to work together and help govern themselves. FIRST ROW: R N, Farrell, J. Saxton, B. Takel,