Wasson High School - Wahian Yearbook (Colorado Springs, CO)

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S14 Million School Bond Issue Assures New Construction ADMINISTRATORS' MAJOR project in 1968 was planning the use of the money from the fourteen million dollar school bond passed on December 12, 1967. The plans included the building of a new senior high school, a junior high school, and four elementary schools, a major renovation of Palmer High School, and the remodeling of North, South, and West Junior High Schools. Also included was some remodeling of Mitchell High to enable further utilization of flexible scheduling. Another project was the exploration of further uses of instructional television. During the 1967-68 school year KRDO presented programs for grade school pupilsg also the district maintained its own television studio. Elected by the citizens of Colorado Springs, the School Board, the policy-making body of School District 11, hires the superintendent and his staff, which includes the administrative assistants and the director of secondary education. The administrative staff pro- vides overall Ieadership and guidelines in an effort to provide up-to-date, quality education under which the individual faculties in the district work. X SCHOOL BOARD - SEATED: Dr. William Greer, vice president: Mr. Thomas Doherty, superintendent Mr. William Rudy. STANDING: Mr. John L. Wimang Mr. Harlan L. Ochsg Mr. Maurice Baker, president. DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS - SEATED: Mr. Thomas Doh- Dr. Arthur Olson, deputy superintendent: Mr. Al Erickson, erty, superintendentp Mr. Robert Davis, assistant superin- assistant superintendentg Mr. Harold Threlkeld, director of tendentg Charles Day, administrative assistant. STANDING: secondary education.

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Mr. Hill checks studentls names off the IBM list. Mr. Christensen Wins Outstanding Educator Awardvfor 1967 SUMMER MEANT many varied activities to Wasson's administrators. To Mr. H. George Christen- sen, principal, it meant time to attend a district-wide leadership conference. To Mrs. Hermina Kilgore, dean of girls, it meant a summer in Europe. Mr. Kent Hill, administrative assistant and coordinator for data processing, traveled through the United States, and Mr. Harris Hetzler, business manager, taught summer school. The overall operation of the school, and particularly of the teaching staff, was the primary concern of Mr. Christensen. Discipline, maintenance, supplies, business operations, and records were under his supervision, Mr. Christensen was the proud recipient of the 1967 Roy J. Wasson Outstanding Educator Award. With the coming of fall and school, Mrs. Kilgore was kept busy helping the Courtesy Committee make new students feel at home and planning the Family Life discussions. Mr. Funk kept the calendar of school events and distributed and managed the room keys for the 119 faculty members. His managerial duties extended to the parking lots, the cafeteria, and the study halls. Mr. Funk also saw to it that the extracurricular program functioned well and that students were encouraged to participate in the activities offered. The Business Office under Mr. Hetzler worked closely with the student activity program, approving budgets and arranging supervision and finances for the dances. The Business Office also managed the bus trips, caps and gowns for the seniors, obligations, l and the school calendar of meetings. Mr. Hetzler found time to be the Treasury Committee adviser and to assume some administrative duties. In Mr. Hill's office a new sorting machine saved tllr. Christensen expressed hope for sophomores at orientation assembly. much time Working with Schedules and report Cards for the entire student body, thus leaving Mr. Hill with more time for administrative duties.

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View Deck Machine Aids Students in Selecting Vocations Mr. Roberts shows Linda Petty how to use the new view deck machine. George Garrison finds that wailing for his counselor is pleasant and informative due to the wide variety of college catalogs available. THE WEST COAST, West Point, and all the Colorado colleges were visited by the Wasson counsel ing staff in preparation for this school year. ln return Wasson w elcomed representatives from approximately 100 colleges. Also aimed at helping seniors to make a decision about college, school-sponsored trips were taken in early December to the University of Colorado Colorado State University, and Colorado State College College Night again proved successful in providing both juniors and seniors a chance to investigate the possibilities of many different schools. lVlr. Carl Roberts replaced lVlr. Robert Sheverbush as chairman of the counseling department, and under his directi on all staff members became full-time counselors. They used the new materials received this year to their fullest extent. New sound film- strips and a view deck machine aided students in selecting schools and vocations. The semeste r break means a lot of paper work for Miss Grant.