Port Huron High School - Student Yearbook (Port Huron, MI)

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wa main concern of, cAdmini tration an The 1961-1962 school year was one of the most chal- lenging periods in the history of the Port Huron Area School District. Members of the Board of Education were faced with the task of determining policies for the newly re-organized district - now the eleventh largest in the state, based on student population. An 85-member Staff-Citizen Study Committee was organized at the request of the Board of Education in October. This group made a set of recommenda- tions for the future needs of the district in January. The Board then began the task of examining these { oard o Education recommendations in order to decide what type of building program should be presented to voters in the district. The Board approved a reorganization of the structure of this district from a 6-3-3 program to a 5-3-4-2 organization. In the future, this means the high schools will contain grades 9 through 12, when facilities are available. These and many other basic policies marked the school year in delibera- tions of the Board of Education. Ford H. Whipple, A. B. Carlisle, Mrs. Harlow, B. Meno, President Richard A. Cooley, Thorton S. Kunz, C. Robert Lew- andowski, and F. Bingham Fead. 1

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14 formulating, good educational po licie Because of the annexation of adjoining school systems, Mr. Crull had to face greater problems this year than ever before in the history of the Port Huron School District. Among the more difficult chal- lenges that arose with annexa- tion were reorganization and the school growth problem. Mr. Crull had the assistance of the school board, adminis- trators, numerous committees and many interested citizens in solving these problems. Mr. Crull has been Super- intendent of Schools of the Port Huron School District since October, 1941. He has served in the field of education for the past forty years -- as a classroom teach- er, coach, vocational educa- tion supervisor, a principal, and school superintendent. He was a former president of the Michigan Association of School Administrators, the Schoolmasters ' Club, the St. Clair County Council of Social Agencies, Child Guidance Clinic, and Port Huron Rotary Club. J4oivarcl =2) Crull Superintendent o Schools

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cAdmini miration coped with problem Cole n Sommerville Though Mr. Sommerville has been principal of Port Huron High School only two years, he has been an effective and capable administrator. With admirable ease an d sureness Mr. Som- merville has adjusted himself to the many problems facing any new principal. He is respected by the students for his fairness and genuine interest in the student as an individual. The students of Port Huron High School salute their principal as he completes his second year of administration.