Velma Alma High School - Hurricane Yearbook (Velma, OK)

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Table of Contents SCHOOL AND ADMINISTRATORS GRADE FACULTY GRADE CLASSES ORGANIZATIONS HIGH SCHOOL FACULTY JUNIOR HIGH CLASSES BIG EVENTS ROYALTY SPORTS SENIOR HIGH CL ' L GRADUATION TIME SUCCESSFUL GRADUATES

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The Duncan Banner Invites MRS. HENRY HICKS to the Palace Theatre to see MY SISTER EILEEN This coupon, plus service fee, good for two tickets at theatre. 9,234EZiIi.fi32I2t2' 1955 Indices st... D un... 18,7501 DUNCAN ILY BANNER earn Yrikfrilumsrifzzi DUNEAN. 0KLAHOhTATVElfNEilQMV:NDVENlBER'j0, 1955-ISEIEETIVED cams ii......1 .-1- A . Velma-Alma School Plant, Program On Por With Mefropolifan Centers Twenty-three years in the teaching profession have taught me that there should be more schools with two and three names, mused Supt. Clarence Davis as he peered out the window of his plush office across the grounds of one of 0klahoma's most modern schools. By consolidating their schools almost 10 years ago, residents of the Velma-Alma district have pro- vided their children with as fine educational facilities as can be found anywhere, he said. We offer virtually the same curricular program as the state's metropolitan schools, and it is pos- sible only because our citizens have lent their wholehearted sup- port in approving almost half a million dollars in bond issues to build a plant adequate for such a program, Davis added. More than S-100,000 will have been spent on the modern plant located just east of Velma near State Highway 7 when the latest construction and remodeling pro- ject ls completed next Septem- her. Residents of the 144-square mile Velma-Alma school district approv- ed the recent 380,000 bond issue by a 50-6 majority. It was the first bond issue election in four years which had received a dis- senting vote. The building project will ease the classroom situation which now permits only eight of the 12 grades to attend classes at the new plant. Those would be the first and sec- ond grades, and the 7th through the 12th grades. The other four classes learn their three R's in the old Velma school building about a mile north of the new plant. However, Davis terms the old building satisfactory for any school, and will be more suitable following the remodeling project during the spring and summer. Three new classrooms will be built onto the grade school wing at the new plant, and the 1956-57 third grade students will be moved into them, Davis said. It is only a matter of time before we have enough classrooms for all our ele- mentary students, he added. V-A's 875 school children are almost evenly Grstributed, with 425 in junior and senior high, and the remaining 450 in the six lower grades. Davis pointed out that it was somewhat unusual to have almost as many junior and senior high students as elementary children. Our vast curricular and extra- curricular program is one reason why our students seldom. drop out of schooI, he said. And about 52 per cent of our graduates of the past three years are attending college. ' BOARD OF EDUCATION Al Pie, 's, H. C. Milford, Wa1'1'en Anderson, Ebb Beavers. ' . 1 i Superintendent C. L. Davis Our daily attendance record is something to be proud of. We sel- dom have more than five per cent of our total enrollment absent. Included in the curricular pro- gram are driver training, voca- tional agriculture and home econo- mics, band, industrial arts, lan- guage studies, commerce, vocal music and five science classes. Our program is set up to pre- pare youngsters for college, or to assure those who do not continue their education a means of liveli- hood, Davis said. It would take the average stu- dent 12 years to take every course we offer. Our extra-curricular program will compare favorably with any other school in the state. We urge that students compete in athle- tics, band, music, FFA, 4-H, and other activities, but our class work always comes first here, Davis added. h 1 The athletic department will benefit from the upcoming con- struction project. New light! for the football fields, a fence around the playing field, dressing rooms, ticket booths, concession stands, and rest rooms were included in the bond issue approved last week. The Velma and Alma schools consolidated ln 1946, but the buildinz program was not laun- ched until 1950 when senlor high classrooms, Iunchroom, and a 500-seat auditorium were con- structed. The 800-seat gymnasium, one of the most modern in the area, was completed a year later. In 1952, property owners of that dis- trict unanimously approved a bond issue calling for the construction of three new first grade class- rooms, and a football stadium that will' seat 2,000 fans. Three second grade rooms were built in 1954 along with a band room adjacent to the auditorium, and a vocational education build- ing connecting with Davis' roomy office. A metal gymnasium was con- structed for the third-through-sixth grade students the past year. When the other grades are mov- ed into their new buildings, the old classrooms will be converted into houses 'for the teachers. Some 12 houses belonging to the school are occupied by members of the 41-teacher faculty. Davis, serving his fourth year at Velma-Alma after moving there from Walters where he spent nine years as superintendent, raised the school board and garent- :feachers Association for their help in the building program. They have informed the citi- zens of our needs, and the people have, voted its the money with which to build such a plant. i I i 1 4 F I. i. , 1

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