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

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-A D OUR CENTRAL SCHOOL THE SILVER CREEK CENTRAL SCHOOL, like the community, is continually changing and growing. Realizing its duty of preparing young people to take their places in the community, the school contributes towards their physical health as well as their academic progress. Good health habits are furthered through physical education and health classes and regular dental check-ups. Polio vaccination clinics and physical examinations are held at school. The students' growth is watched and recorded, as well as their ad- vancement in learning. The school offers a wide variety of studies. Courses in history, English, mathematics, science and foreign languages provide a solid foundation, as many Silver Creek graduates, now in college, can testify. Mechanical drawing and shop courses will be helpful in construction and engineering careers. Art and music will add to the enioyment of life for many, and lead to Professional careers for some. Since the home is so important to everyone, homemaking courses offer girls a fine opportunity to learn many useful skills. Our school also gives commercial courses. A number of seniors have been able to combine with their studies a part-time iob in the school office or downtown. This increased responsibility adds to their knowledge and gives them a chance to prove their ability and gain very useful experience. ln all these ways, our central school works to meet the needs of an ever- increasing number of students, helping them to prepare for the future. At the present time, a great deal of study is being given to the problem of our mounting enrollment. In prospect for the near future are the difficulties of double sessioning and renting quarters outside the present school buildings. This situation is giving added impetus to plans for the construction of a new Junior-Senior High School. The Board of Education has taken an option on land adioining the present athletic field, and architects have now prepared drawings of a building which would provide the classrooms and other facil- ities so badly needed. -B' Qi-0 lv

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OUR COMMU ITY- OUR COMMUNITY, which is very much a part of the modern world in this atomic age, is blessed with many natural advantages. Although it is only about thirty miles from Buffalo, one of the nation's great cities, it is situated in a beautiful, fertile agricultural region. Favorable climate and soil conditions make it one of the largest grape-producing areas in the country. Fine quality strawberries, tomatoes, apples, and beans are also grown in quantity. Beautiful lake-shore frontage and good roads attract many tourists and summer residents, who enjoy the swimming and boating. Many proiects testify to the civic spirit of this community. The Youth Recre- ation Committee has provided swimming instruction, bowling, and dances for young people and a spray pool for tiny tots. Churches, stores, restau- rants and banks are conveniently situated to serve the needs of the com- munity. Industries are many and diverse, products range from canned fruits and vegetables to parts for rockets. Our citizens work towards peace and progress in a variety of ways. They contribute to the nation's strength through enlistment, production, and scientific research. They also help build America's future when they inaugurate plans for a new school and construct new homes and stores, and found new business enterprises. The progress of our community is suggested by such diverse pictures as the opening of the Thruway Interchange, parent's night lwhen the grown- ups examine their children's accomplishments at schooll, and the annual tree-planting ceremony at the Babcock Street School. Cooperation in church and community is evidenced by pictures taken in the park, showing the monument to servicemen and women, and the Christmas Manger Scene. These serve as reminders that our busy citizens often pause in humility and respect to consider the ideals of liberty, freedom of conscience, and the spiritual values which they hold dear, and want to pass on to guide their children in the future years of the atomic age. X . 513: 3 A 1 ' . V 1 ?7?f R cf dl I

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