West Snyder High School - Legend Yearbook (Beaver Springs, PA)

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1 , n F3 ',:? f 3521 - 'ff 'Sl q:m.,2' ,,r y, A .ii-wlkf3..,, I tv! A Friendly West Snyder Nestled in the valley between Jacks Mountain and Shade ,Mountain is a small, friendly school, west 'Snyder. Consisting of six-hundred and ten students from grades seven to twelve, West Snyder is located on the outskirts of Bea- ver Springs. The en- tire campus encom- passes only about fif- teen acres of land. Students attending this school come from the three communities of Beavertown, Beaver Springs, and McClure. When the admin- istration was asked what they considered to be the most favor- able feature of the school, they said that the small size of the school encourages friendly and personal relations between stu- dents and teachers. The small size allows for a reasonable stu- dent to teacher ratio so that students whd H606 individual help can acquire it easily. A Few Changes Throughout thg years at West Snyder, the opening day of school has been much the lsame. During the m0Pn1nS'S assembly, the students were made aware of the changes throughout the school. This year, West Snyder had quite a number of to be cont. next col. 19 7 Dorothy Bingaman, is not really new to West Snyder. Six years ago she taught in the com- mercial sections. Next is the new French teacher, Miss Marker, who was soon to become Mrs. Soltis. Our com- mercial department has also gained another faculty member, Miss Varner. Taking over in the chemistry de- partment is Mr. Stull who also teaches a science course. An- other addition to both the science and the math field is Mr. Whitesel. Our final addition to the fac- ulty was Mr. Schatko who will be teaching a new course, German. After the intro- duction of the new, 3 Legend West Snyder High School Beaver Springs, .r Pennsylvania changes to boast about Over the summer, sev- eral teachers and stu- dents gave up their free time in an effort to improve the atmos- phere of the gym. The walls were repainted and then decorated with the emblems of all of West Snyder's competitors, Also, among the changes to be noticed were the divider curtains Room 7 and the Caf teria. The of these rooms a necessity due West lSnyder's grc enrollment. No opening could go by wit the introduction the new teachers. gew librarian, o be cont. next, faculty members, the students were made aware of the two new courses which West Facts Of West Snyder west Snyder High School is a small, friendly institution, set in the rural com- munity of Beaver Springs. Students, about 650 of them, come from three towns, McClure, Beavertown, and Beaver Springs and their outlying areas. west Snyder is known for it's proficiency both scholastically and athletically. West Snyder's first year began in September of 1956, which produced a first graduating class of 52 seniors. There, were L82 students in that year in the grades 7- 12. Since the begin- ning, the size of the graduating classes has constantly been on the rise. The smallest graduatin class was 52 people?l957l.' The largest was 5hll972ls About l,l3B seniors graduated. W.S. has had a have very good record of post high school train ing success. 525 Of the 'extended their educat- ion through most high school training. Ap- proximately 27Z Of these have attended college. Only at of the college students have failed, while other students volun- tarily withdrew to make the W.S. SUCCSSS rate 363. The drop- graduates have out rate at W.S. is only 192 as much as the state-wide aver- age. west Snydcr's sports success has been phenomenal. COU- sistently good coach- ing has produced pere- nnially great soccer and perennially great soccer teams. The baseball and basket- ball teams have seen district titles flow in as well as the soc- cer team, West Snyder Snyder planned to offer. A second foreign language, German, was to be taught by Mr. Schatko, who will spend two periods a day at west Snyder. The second new course was offered by the Department which will Mr. Nyce, only boasts two state cham- pion wrestlers and one NCAA champ on their mat squads ll:-

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