Silver Creek High School - Silver Leaves Yearbook (Sellersburg, IN)

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Ground breaking ceremonies for the Junior High School. w an The cornerstone is presented by the Sellersburg trustee and his advisory board. Everything began at the Speed Community House. This is where the first High School was and it had only four rooms in which to hold classes. The year it all started was 1925 and Sil- ver Creek had only 65 students, four of them in the graduating class. Mr. James C. Standiford was the principal and also the coach of Silver Creek's first basketball team. He was a graduate of Franklin College and was principal of the Masonic Home at Franklin before coming to Silver Creek. The Speed Community House Gymnasium was dedicated in 1925 and the first game was on Dec. 11. And the Creekers did win, of course, against New Albany. The Speed Community House was provided by the Louisville Cement Company which at that time was instrumental in formulating the idea of start- ing a school in this community. In 1926, S.C. hit the papers with the idea of building a new high school facility. There was some dispute as to whether the school should be built in Sellersburg or Speed, but it was decided that the school would be constructed upon the big hill between the two towns. The school, now known as Silver Creek Jr. High, was opened in 1927. It has now been totally remodeled into a very modern looking building and facilities have been renovated in order to have more educa- tional advantages for the students. In 1928, Miss Rowena Standiford ioined the faculty as S.C.s English teacher. She taught here until 1969 and is noted for organizing the first library and for faithfully keeping it going for 41 years. In 1940, the gym of Silver Creek was finished and first played in. Prior to then all the ball games were held in the Community House which only held about 250 people. So the community knew that something had to be done. A stage was also built in one end of the gym where school activities could be held. Stout Elementary School was built in 1952 in order to give the students of Speed better oppor- tunities of education. Just recently, this school has acquired new additions such as the cafeteria, and a wing with six classrooms. The old cafeteria was remodeled and carpeted for kindergarten rooms. Additions were also made in 1954-1955 to the junior high building with a sound-proof band room, and a science lab built on the second floor of the left wing, and on the first floor a newly equipped shop and mechanical drawing room were added. The latter fifties started the plans for a new senior high school. A study was made in the township of how many students would be expected to enroll in the high school in the next 10 years. After the study was done, it seemed feasible to extend the facilities even further and so the plans for the present day Silver Creek High School were made. The high school has twenty- six classrooms and three open courtyards. Also included is a cafeteria seating about 400, and the administration offices. The gymnasium has rollaway bleachers for 3,500 people, and a tem- porary stage which is able to be removed after an auditorium is built in the next expansion of the school.

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The school board of our school system is ready for 9 discussion. I 'l Mr. Herman Miller, superintendent of West Clerk Community Schools. He's our boss. Mr. William Bedell is kept busy with his jobs as Administration Assistant and Treasurer. r