Shawnee Mission East High School - Hauberk Yearbook (Prairie Village, KS)

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As co-hosts of a well-attended open house, the PTA felt that their two-thousand guests had adjusted themselves to the new surround- ings remarkably well and had gotten acquaint- ed easily. But in order to make future re- lationships strong and more dependent, the Parent-Teacher Association held a dinner ena- bling family groups to meet and join together in fellowship in a warm, friendly atmosphere. As the link between home and school grew clos- er, the ties in the home began to loosen with the realization that the young person would soon be going to college and choosing his life work; consequently, another meeting in February served as an aid in counseling the parent in guiding his son or daughter toward that fut ure life of being on his own. The finale of the year ' s activities was a talk by Dr. James McCain of Kansas State College, who discussed the trend toward notional em- phasis on science. Interesting programs and better understanding had been created, as the PTA closed the door on another successful year. Say, this is as fun as my wife said.it would be! Another PTA husband readies his wares to sell to a hungry crowd. PARENT -PROF PROGRAM Maternol workers in the field of home-school relations, the PTA officers: Mrs. M. B. Leith, historian; Mrs. L. A. Bauman, Treasurer; Mrs. Earl Word, First Vice-President; Mrs. C. E. Moeller, President; Mrs. C. M. Lintecum, Recording Sec- retary; Mrs. E. O. Gibb, Parliamentarian; Mrs. C. B. Briggs, Jr., Second Vice-President. Standing: Mr. Carl Ison, consultant. 15

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BOARD OF EDUCATION The meeting will please come to order! de- cl ared the President at the monthly School Board meeting. The minutes were read and approved; and bill payments and salary claims were discussed, then the treasurer placed new entries in the ledger. Moving to new business, the board discussed assisting Dr. McEochen with the hiring of the teachers. Following on the agenda was the important job of accepting or rejecting school policies and educational pro- grams. They drew up and adopted a policy de- ciding whether some outside groups could use school facilities and if so, the fee to be charged them. Another problem was to find the addi- tional land to build new schools for a district of nearly eight thousand students. The schools would be on asset to the already modern sys- tem, but the entire success of the school dis- trict and its nation-wide reputation was credited to the School Board and their tireless efforts. What would this school do without our sup- port? Double meaning is implied by a School Board member on a touring inspection through Eost. I Fraternal workers in the field of education, the School Board: Melvin Flowers, Treosurer; Howard D. McEachen, Super- intendent; Richard V. Garrett, President; Kennith P. Rankin, Secretary; Charles A. Long, Vice-President; and Roy Welch. 14

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POWER UNIT Headmaster, Mr. Richard Trast, ponders on the puzzles and problems of his charge, the S-M Faculty Association. Problems? They won ' t be hard to solve if we work on them together. The accelerated class in teamwork, called the Shawnee-Mission Faculty Association, had volunteer members, teachers from the two senior and five junior high schools. Their class periods were held only four times a year, but good use was made of the time allotted: they compiled and compared their teaching notes and by discus- sing them, improved their own methods and developed a more unified program. They an- alyzed and studied their problems during the informal review sessions, then experimented with the results in the classroom. Jerry Wilhm, Building Representative for Shawnee-Mission East, appointed the staff to committees with- in the whole group; promotion of profession- al relations, a group insurance plan, and a college scholarship grew out of their co-opera- tive efforts. The popular faculty picnic high- lighted the year ' s activities, and over sand- wiches and toasted morshmallows, the teachers became better acquainted with their co-workers. Mr. Wilhm looks pleased with the products of his plonning. Salesman Clyde Reed steps forth to explain the guarantee on his favorite product, the Republican Party in Kansas. 16