Southeast High School - Shield Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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for the Lincoln schools were illustrated uperintendent of Schools Steven N. Watkins. t of City, Lincoln Southeast Personnel With a total 1 961-62 enrollment of 26,309 students and 1,129 faculty members in the Lin¬ coln Public Schools, it was not surprising that the operation cost reached a high of $12,405,151. Instructional expenses covered salaries of certified personnel, general school supplies, supplementary and audio-visual ma¬ terials and textbooks. Approximately $342.91 was budgeted for each student completing 12 grades in the Lincoln schools. Opportunity was there, the price of learning was high, but the rewards were many. City school board members I. J. Devoe, president, Mrs. Roscoe S. Hill, James Stuart, Steven N. Watkins, superintendent of schools, Robert C. Venner, Robert H. Ammon and J. Arthur Danielson, vice president, attended monthly meetings to discuss school functions. Snowy weather didn ' t keep R. J. Bauer, supervisor of opera¬ tion and maintenance, David Sell, assistant superintendent in charge of business affairs and R. L. Fredstrom, assistant superintendent in charge of curriculum and instructional im¬ provement, from observing the progress of Pound Junior High.

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zjL £e ! , cr?z s £ Each day 1,515 Lincoln Southeast students elbowed their way through the halls, went to classes, worried about homework and did a lot of nothing. With the Pe W ' M el 12-M by 94, classes became more and more crowded. To keep up with this increase in students, 15 teachers were added last fall. Experimenting with new ideas, the administration required pictured identification cards for each pupil. A duplicate was kept in the office for easier reference. Added, too, was a glass-covered bulletin board displayed in the front hall which informed students of important school events. A frequent exclamation heard as students compared their lunch periods was, Good grief, I ' ve got fifth lunch! That ' s nothing. I ' ve got eleventh! From the moment we stepped from our cars in parking lot B in the morning until we left after 3:15, we had accomplished a panorama of things. We not only had participated in curricular activities, but also had found time after school to get a little extra help with those French verbs or chemis try formulas, go to football practice or rehearse that skit for Nite of Knights.

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„ SOUTHEAST B JAR H3.«STL.W «■ 400 84S»W NE °° PEP RALLY 3 10 For the first time, picture identification cards were required for all students attend¬ ing Southeast. A duplicate of each card was kept on file in the office which made identi¬ fication much easier and faster. Another suc¬ cessful addition was the use of purchase orders required of all school organizations. Regard¬ ing subject sections, the previous department system was changed to the division system. Admiring an addition to LSE, Principal Craig Whit¬ ney checked events listed on the bulletin board. Resulted in Effective School In the fall of 1961, Principal Craig Whit¬ ney organized various workshops for the pur¬ pose of orienting new teachers to- school poli¬ cies. Each new teacher was then assigned an adviser teacher in his particular division. Policy. Class filing and registration kept Rex Mercer and Miss Hazel Scott busy during the final three weeks of each semester.