South Kitsap High School - Skuhkum Yearbook (Port Orchard, WA)

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WT J VC' il-Vai S275 1: N Y ii P an 195 , U 5 114 ' V f t . 1. .- A l 7 WENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO in September, 1921, a small brick schoolhouse opened its doors to receive the eager young men and women of a recently consolidated school district. A dream had materialized-South Kitsap came into being. Those first students breathed life into the newly completed building, kindling a spirit of enthusiastic school loyalty which has never been subdued. This was not the beginning, however. Founding of the high school may well be attributed to an initial contribution of effort as early as 1912 when the first attempt to further educa- tional development was launched with Mr. C. A. Hanks as principal. All four high school, grades were gradually added to the course of study-until in 1918 they were discontinued temporarily, forcing students to attend high school elsewhere. Such a situation proved unsatisfactory throughout the entire south end of Kitsap county, thus in the spring of 1921 ten districts-Port Orchard, Waterman, Pleasant Valley, Burley, Long Lake, Banner, Fernwood, Glenwood, Wildwood, and Bethel-consolidated into the South Kitsap Union High School District No. 5. Seventh and eighth grades were in- cluded as well as the four years of high school. Immediate steps were taken, toward securing funds for the erection of the building, and at a school election bonds were voted and sold to raise a portion of the 540,000 necessary for the structure. On June 18, 1921, the corner stone was laid, and school opened that fall with thirteen teachers employed and an enroll- ment of 325 students. The twenties had not passed before increased registration stimulated demand for an addition to the already inadequate school structure. In 1939 expressed hopes for recreational facilities were realized by the construction of a modern gym- nasium complete with locker rooms and stage. The year 1940 brought another large wing with needed classrooms and a cafeteria. In November of 1941, reorganization took place with the grade schools being combined also, resulting in a new district-402,. and Union was dropped from the name of the 'high school. A separate junior high building, enlarged subsequently with an addition, was constructed in 1942 and 1944. The junior high administration was instituted with Mr. Arthur Grosso, South Kitsap graduate, as principal. It seems fitting to enumerate here those administrators who have served South Kitsap so well during the past twenty-five years. H Principals 1925-1930-Ruth Woods 1930-1942-Anna E. Watson 1942-1946-Henry Muyskens Superintendents 1921-1923-Charles Foster 1923-1946-Joe C. Knowles

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,I 5 -'J--' lm l L. ,, Xf if, Q, -775 Gglif iw aL A71 J QQ Q -MBA o THE FIRST SENIOR CLASS of South Kitsap High School, we dedicate this 1946 Skulvkum, thus honoring fourteen young men ancl women who lecl the way for others to follow. C1 kxf TOP ROW, left to right: Roy Baker, Victoria Forsmark, Kathleen Malone, Matt Moilanen. BOTTOM ROW: Lovina Shuler, Frecl Warren, Katherine Whitmore, Henrietta Wil- liams. NOT PICTURED: Dan Davis, james English, Arthur Grosso, Forrest Pledclen, Caryl Woods, Thomas Woods.-

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Ulielling ale nf ,, Q, 5 'twig June 18 , 1921! Ringing up a history, interested s red-letter day in South pectators celebrate the la i Kitsap y ng of the cornerstone. The School-product of a summer's construction offe evidence to the achievements of staunch rs conclusive supporters.