Valparaiso High School - Valenian Yearbook (Valparaiso, IN)

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The Board of Education develops school policies which will best promote the education in Valparaiso. The Board is appointed by the City Council every four years and the offices are rotated every year. Capability and a profound interest in the education of the community’s children are qualities of board members. Providing good educational experiences is the chief business of the school system under the board: Mrs. Gene Myers, president; Mr Joseph Durand, vice-president; Dr. D.P. LaCount, secretary; Mr. Preston Platt, treasurer; Mr. Mann Spitler, member; and Dr. David Pankake, curriculum director; and Mr. G. Warren Phillips, superintendent. G Warren Phillips, superintendent of Valparaiso Community Schools, as the executive officer of the Board of Education, puts into effect the policies of the board and through his capable princi- pals manages all school personnel. To the school system, he is lead- er, co-ordinator and advisor; to the teaching profession, he is anal- yst, planner and spokesman. Mr. Mann Spitler, Jr. Member Dr. David Pankake Mr. G. Warren Phillips Director of Curriculum Superintendent 21

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David Pankake, new this year to the Valparaiso School System as curriculum director, aids the professional staff in making decisions that tend to develop continuity for the twelve year public school experience. The school systems are confronted with the task to pro- vide formal learning for youth who will engage in work after high school as well as for those who seek higher education. In order to effectively prepare our youth, the twelve or thirteen year span has been divided into one-year segments designated as grades or grade- levels. To insure that wasteful duplication or unmindful omission is avoided the teachers with the curriculum director program the content for each grade level. This year the arithmetic and mathematics books are up for adop- tion, and the teachers, the superintendent with the curriculum direc- tor, Dr. Pankake, decide the material for the ensuing five years. New approaches to mathematics are planned in accordance with the new material. In subsequent years similar situations will exist in each of the major subject matter fields. This is the sphere within which our new curriculum director works. He works with people - classroom teachers, administrators, members of the Board of Edu- cation, the student body and the community. For he is responsible to the community for his work. The curriculum director is concern- ed with preparing today ' s youth for participation in an up-coming world. Proficient Administrators Guide VHS 20 Mrs. Gene Myers President Mr. Joseph Durand Vice-President Dr. D P. LaCount Secretary Mr. Preston Platt Treasurer

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left— King Telle, principal of VHS, is the administrator of all aca- demic, social and athletic functions of the school. As such, he is responsible for all curricular programs and teacher assignments. He is also responsible for all VHS extra-curricular financial af- fairs and contracts with businesses affecting extra-curricular activities. Placed in the center of manifold, and often conflict- ing problems affecting teacher-student-parent relationships, he is both mediator and administrator. above— Mrs. Betty Price serves as registrar of VHS and secre- tary to Mr. Telle. As secretary she compiles school records and co-ordinates the various activities of the principal ' s office. below— Miss Anita Chilian works as secretary to Mr. Ciciora. She records attendance data and handles the bookkeeping of the extra-curricular fund. below left— Mr. Dale Ciciora, in his first year as assistant princi- pal, assumed the responsibilities and duties of Mr. James Mundy when the 1964 school year began. Mr. Ciciora is in charge of all student activities such as student monitors and Student Council. He is also responsible for attendance records for the state, locker assignments and the management and bookkeeping of the extra- curricular fund.