Ransom High School - Longhorn Yearbook (Ransom, KS)

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WWW Campus RANSOM GRADE SCHOOL—1953

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17 Mile The Ransom High School was built in 1916. In 1926 the gymnasium and the rooms above it were added. Arnold High School and Ransom High School were combined in 1961. Joint District No. 21 was formed in 1962 when Brownell consolidated with Ransom and Arnold. The Arnold school wasbuiltinl923. it served the dual purpose of a high school and a grade school. Ransom’s grade school was built in 1953. Another change took place in 1962 when the first four grades were combined at Ransom and the upper four grades went to Arnold’s school. Brownell’s high school, which is now being used as a grade school, was built in 1921.

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THE OLD AND THE NEW Entering the familiar doorway, former students note immediately there is something new about high school this year. Walking into the old music room, they find it is now the math room. In class they are pleasantly surprised to find new programmed text-workbooks, a new way of teaching math, which enables each stu- dent to progress just as rapidly as he is capable of doing. To make room for urgently needed class space the vocal part of the music department moved to the gymnasium; the band remained in the band room. New uniforms helped band members feel a little prouder to belong to Ransom High School Band. The old math room became the new language room with both Spanish I and II offered this year. The new language laboratory provides individual listening stations, so that students may be given the individual instruction they need. The business department expanded its curricu- lum, offering economics, business law, business ma- chines and office practice. Several new business machines had been purchased to make possible the new courses. Shop offerings have been enlarged by offering open shop classes which permits more than one grade level of students to work together by the use of the project method of teaching. The vocational guidance counselor is on hand to assist students select suitable courses of study to guide them toward their life’s work. It is an old building, but there is a new spirit. Better methods of teaching and new equipment plus vocational guidance equal a better Ransom High School.