San Jon High School - El Coyote Yearbook (San Jon, NM)

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Zacvwlofg ' Secretary - - ' ' C. L. BOWE, JR. President - - - A. F. FLINT Member - - - -CLARK WHITE Vice-President CASZ JACKSON Superintendent WAYNE OWEN Member ------- H. M. STANLEY The San Jon Municipal Board of Edu- cation considers as one of its princi- pal duties that of formulating and adopting administrative policies that will grengthen and advance the edu- cationalprogram of our community. ff

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O I A great deal of improvement has been made on the school buildings in order that the educational needs of the students may be better cared for. In the summer of 1956 the Music building was moved from Porter to San Jon but was not repaired and put into use until this year. It has now been completely refinished inside and has been in use this year for chorus and band classes. Other major repairs that were com- pleted and put in use this year were the two balconies, one in the gymnasium and one in the auditorium. 9 Q IAS .fa- N'. a,Z.. ms x g f fi g I Un 4 , ' . fl' An improvement in the cafeteria this year has been the installation of a new steam table which has greatly fa- cilitated the serving of approximately two hundred students per day,

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W w . ' a It is the purpose of our school to constantly evaluate and improve the educational opportunities for youth. At the present time, the schools in America are perhaps being evaluated, and in many instances criticized, by more people than ever before. It is a fine thing to have the lay public interested in schools. lf we do not lose sight of the principles upon which our schools were founded, but at the same time acknowledge and strengthen the points wherein they have become weak, this will have been a valuable era for education in America. The educational program of a county, state, or nation can only be as strong as the individual schools are strong. Let us do our part.