Turner High School - Turnerite Yearbook (Kansas City, KS)

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Board Broadens For Community Bettermenl Members of the Board of Education of the Turner United School SEATED: Aubrey Gentry, Jim Michael, Paul Jones, President District t202 are: STANDING: Harold Cook, Treasurer: Joseph Dr. Lee Rook, Vice-President. Steineger, Jr., Dr. Sanford Witter, Superintendent of Schools. The Board of Education of the newly created Turner Unified School District 4202 has finished its first year in office. Dr. Sanford C, Witter has had a busy year in organizing and coordinating the unified educational efforts of the high school and five area elementary schools, Junction, Morris, Muncie, Oak Grove, and Turner. To assist Dr. Witter in his duties Bruce Crosswait, assistant superintendent, was employed by the Board of Education. ln addition to the work involved in organizing a unified district has been the curriculum and construction planning for the two new junior highs and grade school being built within the next year. The entire Turner educational system will move forward with even greater strides as a result of unification and added facilities.

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Leaders Lend Service to School T. R. PALMQUIST Relatively speaking Turner High School is a young school, said Mr. T, R, Palmquist, principal of Turner High School, The first graduating class was in 1919, but during the first 20 years of the school there were only 200 graduates. Enrollment has grown from 200 in 1938 to over 1200 in 1963. In just the last year there were over 200 graduates. A graduate of Ottawa University, he served as principal of the Bluff City High School, and as superintendent of schools at Wellsville, Kansas. He was superintendent of Turner from 1938 until 1947 when he became principal. Just this past year he was saluted for his 25 year record of service to Turner High School. At the National Education Association convention this past summer he was elected to the Board of Directors. He will be one of two representatives from Kansas on the National Board. Mr. Palmquist has been active for the past six years on the Board of Directors of the state teachers' association, serving for three years as its chairman. He is activie in the United Fund and church work, also in the efforts of the Wyandotte County Guidance Center. Mr. Robert Wilkins has served Turner High School faithfully for twelve years. Starting in 1951 as an Industrial Arts teachers, he later became Vice-Principal. It takes a person with lots of ambition and interest to carry on a job of this rank. His work ranges from morning attendance work to that of handling disciplineg he also is in charge of enrollment and program plarming. Mr. Wilkins recently received the honor of being appointed chairman of the steering committee to help with curriculum planning and organizing for the new junior high schools which are to be built. This duty will be another of the many jobs to be done well. Being Vice-Principal is a continuous job which carries on into the summer months, After school is out, various tasks such as preparing schedules and balancing classes for the next year are begun. Each student is given special attention during the year and even after school is out to ensure him of a well-rounded education which is essential in this complex day and age. Mr. Wilkins has worked hard to help each studentat Turner receive the best possible oppor- tunity for a pleasant atmosphere in which to learn. He himself has received a Masters degree in secondary school administration and is in the Phi Delta Kappa which is an honorary fraternity. Recently he has done course work in administration at the University of Kansas City. 45 W A , . t .- Iflillliwii .V 'Q' 'W' 'Q . nw, ,,,S,W,,.: . ,, 15' if., 3 n 5.5 ,ji r iig th, gf ' ' V . wg, X :,. 5- 1 Q fy il' . f+ wMrf...Z1,:r ' A ROBERT WILKINS