Silver Creek Central School - Hi Lites Yearbook (Silver Creek, NY)

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I FSL LIIC Jllllbllllll U1 IXUULCE J dllll LU, lll Llls V111dgC Ol DIIVCI' Creek, lies the park with its monument to service men and women, its central fountain and its manger scene at Christmas time. Cars and trucks flow steadily past this quiet spot. Soon the thruway, now under construction, will conduct even more traffic through this lake shore region of flourishing vineyards and thriving villages. Here are the churches, homes, and businesses of citizens who not only provide good schools for their children but even such recreational facilities as a new spray pool offering safe bathing for the very young in summer and ice skating for all in winter. These people have furnished evening classes for the adults of the community. They are quick to assist each other when disaster strikes. Their concern does not stop at homeg during the past year they have reached out to help Victims of tyranny abroad. Now they are working to bring a foreign student to Silver Creek Central School next year, realizing that today the future of every community is linked with that of the rest of the world.

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Foreword 'l'he stock market, an institution of widespread importance in our modern world, has been chosen for the theme of the Hi-Lites of 1957. When we compare the stock market with our school, we find many similarities. Our newly-formed centralized district corresponds to the stock exchange, it is a central organization for the orderly transfer of educational values to the young people of our community. In fact, not only every student, but every member of the community has a share in this important venture. The classes of our school, increasing in experience and knowledge from year to year, are similar to the various divisions of brokerage houses. The investors of the stock market resemble our club members, individuals who .invest in their futures by developing their especial interests and talents. In competitive sports, those who give their best on our school teams, whether we win or lose, may be compared to the speculators who dare the varying fortunes of the business world. The advertisements in our yearbook are similar to the ticker-tape, because they furnish the public with useful information about the market. Finally, just as the Securities and Exchange Commission has the authority to regulate the stock market, the administration of our school has the responsibility of directing the movement of our school affairs. As the value and worth of securities increase with the growth of industry over the years, so does our knowledge. The experiences of individuals who have studied the stock trading profession have contributed greatly to new investors' alertness. So do we become aware of our opportunities, desires, abilities, and accomplishments by making thc most of our education. As we, the class of 1957, advance into the business world, we will try to invest ourselves wisely. Our success will depend greatly upon the knowledge obtained at Silver Creek Central School. No matter how far our paths in life may go, we will never forget the values that we learned here.

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Centralization . is LAKE EQiE v-I-5 S vera I Clasp ' I SWE 'I 5 RXDP-N NTEFL 5 S 5 Q ll THQUWAY 0 DRESENT 015111.-,-r ' just as business men may find a merger to be advantageous, so the citizens of this community decided on May 15, 1956 to consolidate their educational interests. They voted to form a central school district in order to equalize and increase opportunities for all children in the area. The newly-formed Silver Creek Central School District extends from the time-honored Cattaraugus Indian Reservation to the shores of Lake Erie. It includes parts of the towns of Hanover and Sheridan and a small section of Brant, in the vicinity of Irving. In addition to the elementary and high schools in the village of Silver Creek, seven outlying elementary schools are operating at present. Additional art, music, nurse and dental service have been extended to these component schools, Soon a building program will give to all students improvements in the curriculum along with such material benefits as better plant and transportation facilities. Already plans are being made for expansion, certainly a necessity: the +8 seniors who leave in June will be replaced by 120 new students entering the system next September. A Building Survey Committee, composed of interested citizens, has investigated schools in other communities and its members have met with State Edu- cation Department oflicials and the Board of Education to discuss the building problems of the new district. Final recommendations of the Building Survey Committee were: 1. That the new building to be erected should be a junior-senior high school. 2 That the board select sites for the building with a minimum of 50 acres of land. 3. That the present high school building be converted into an elementary school. 4 That the board engage an architect to prepare estimates. The Board of Education has accepted these recommendations and is planning the selection of a site and the choice of an architect. In the near future the citizens of this district will be able to see their aspirations for their childrenls educa- tion taking material form as a fine new school building. In the meanwhile, the members of the Class of 1957 have the distinction of being the first graduates of the Silver Creek Central School. 6