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

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Students, Faculty, Citizens - the Main Ingredient: They Make the School You can have a building, and you can have a name, but without the people, there is no school. The idea of starting a school in this area began when the popu- lation of the Silver Creek township started to grow rather rapidly. One might sayvthat Mr. Speed, of the Louisville Cement Company, was the main person involved with the school that was built on top of the hill. llt is now known as the Silver Creek Jr. High.l He offered to give all the cement to be used in the con- struction of the building, purchase the ground for the building, give free electric- ity and water for five years, and the com- pany would build a walk connecting Speed and Sellersburg if the new school would be built between the two communi- ties. . Also, Mr. Standiford helped the school when he came from Franklin to Silver Creek to be the principal of the first school. He also worked as the first basket- ball coach at S.C. This started the tradition of sports at Silver Creek. But credit has to be given to the main ingredient. The people of the communities, the students who attended Silver Creek, and the staff. Throughout the years, these people have seen to it that activities have been held to keep the town citizens involved in the school. Clubs and organi- zations have come to light during the fifty years which have been very helpful in The first High School in 1925, was attended by these people. occupying extra time of the students. The clubs have varied in nature from recrea- tional to academics. The teachers are involved with these since they are elected as sponsors for the organizations. This also gives an opportunity for the student- teacher relationship to expand. The sports scene, especially basketball, seemed to get the community involved with the school more than anything. The citizens of this township always liked an exciting game, so when these were played, there was a crowd watching. The population of the Silver Creek town- ship has grown, and the people have changed, but they STILL make up the school. pm s...x

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The Who 95 Who of Silver Creek: School Board Directs the Action ex n A as Is Mr. Beyl really working, or is he playing opossum? Mr. Mollohan is trying to put classes together, match- ing students and teachers. -a Aye The school board - an office which is rarely discussed. A lot of work is put into this group. But what? The board is made up of five members, three of which are elected by the residen- tial districts and two of which are elected by everyone for a four year term. There are three main functions of the board. One, to develop a policy of how the schools in its district should operate under the state laws,- two, to make sure we can finance the school system; and three, to hire a staff to carry out the curriculum. There are also two other people who work with the school board. Mr. William Bedell, who is the administrative assistant and treasurer; and Mr. Herman Miller, the executive officer. Mr. Bedell's main job is to work with the finances and purchasing of materials for the school system. Mr. Miller is to see to it that the policies of the board are carried out and that everyone is doing his or her job. S.C. has only been under the West Clark Community School Board since 1968. Prior to then, $.C. was underjhe township trustee and his advisory board. The two people who are really known around Silver Creek are Mr. Mollohan and Mr. Beyl: Mr. Beyl, the principal of S.C.H.S., is directly responsible to the school board for this school building. He takes care of all the staff and sees that they are doing their iob. He is also respon- sible for problems which come up with the students. On the other side of the door is Mr. Mollohan. He is part-time assistant principal and part-time guidance counse- lor. When disciplinary actions need to be taken, Mr. Mollohan goes to work.

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w V L :2 looking, Mr. Makowsky! tknow you were that good I didn' t?! A queen of yesteryear at S.C. The senior class ploy fradi ion has been around a long time. ids really know how to give a cheer! These k