Thomas Jefferson High School - Aristocrat Yearbook (Denver, CO)

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New Junior High Alleviates Split Sessions was uickly constructed to handle 0? students from other schools. Sliding walls such as this one allow students in class to view programs in the auditorium. Split sessions were abandoned at Tj in January when approximately 2,000 seventh and eighth graders enrolled in the newly constructed Iesse Hamilton Junior High School. Many former Tj students were bussed, along with students from Smiley Junior High, to the new school located at 8600 E. Dartmouth Ave. Most of Tj's junior high teaching staff was also transferred to Hamilton. The extensively-equipped school featured a carpeted library, modem home economics facilities, movable di- viding walls, and two main gymnasiums. Seventh and eighth graders soon adjusted to their new and private environment, while TI became Denver's first four year high school. 19

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if on Buses arriving at Hamilton drive undemeath the library which is supported by pillars. The UCWIY-bllilf .iuniof high features modem Hamilton's custodians find, to their dismal Home EC kitchens Such as the One Pictured. that even new equipment often doesn t wor I8

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Any establishment functions more constructively with- in a framework of miles. The Administration illustrated this concept in dealing with the student body. Despite the added unrest caused by split session, school inte- gration issues, and increasing student discontent, Princi- pal Charles Mackey was able to keep school activities running with maximum smoothness. He was aided by Mr. Gene Wurtz, Assistant Principal, and Miss Lorene Eth- eridge, Dean of Girls. Students were given an active voice in their affairs and many compromises were made. This made possible the formation of a Student Union in the lunchroom, and also led to the revision ofthe Dress Code. Administrators made considerable progress in better- ing their relationship with the student body, and earned new respect from the school. Principal Charles Mackey establishes a raport with the student body and inspires confidence and respect. n n n n Coordinating fashion trends and administrative pol A d m I n n E h I h e icies Miss Etheridge provides student guidelines