Western High School - We Hi Wa Yearbook (Burlington, NC)

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are realized . . . In January, 1962, a school committee was selected with J. Mark McAdams as chairman. This group met on February 9, 1962, and selected Mr. A. M. Primm to serve as the first principal of Western High School. Western High School opened its doors on August 29, 1962, with a faculty of twenty-seven teachers, and an enrollment of five hundred thirty-sLx stu- dents. The school holds membership in the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools and on February 13, 1963, was evaluated and accredited by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. B SECTION 8 PAGES W EDNESDAY, AUGUST 29. 1962 3 The Daily Times-News LOCAL AND SPORTS FEATURES AND GENERAL BURLINGTON, N. C. Fwo New County Consolidated Schools Open County Students Back To Classes By MARVIN COBLE III Times-News Staff Writer GRAHAM — Two new high schools opened their ioors to students for the first time this morning, ending four-year program of improvement to the Alaraancr bounty Schools System. Western High School, located on Highway 87, and Castem High School, located on the Mebane-Rogcrs toad between Mebane and Haw River, both opened his morning as approximately 11,000 county students eturned to classes. Students reported to class this morning at 8 30 (’clock and were dismissed at noon. Regular schedules rill begin tomorrow, with cafeterias opening for lunch. The construction of the twoi . . . . . ... c| schools completed the build- 35 « program begun in US «-hcn ” ,ciu I : “ •“?« ' cooperate bond issue provided the con , ' j° e ai a ‘? ,cu,t “ rc - f system with S3.709.S30. rocabonal home economic, chcr- J , . , . ' al ra u s i c. hand, commercial The last two of the four rew s courses, English, mathematics ocsolidaled high schools were in-, an( j sc j once peeled and accepted hy the w il! be served by •ounty Board of Education in;, . voluroe Ubtsc y. A total of! ui - 1,000 of these volumes is new. j There are now five high schools; Sixteen buses will serve the. i the county school system — ' school. ur white and one Negro. The- Colors of Western High School] ounty was previously served by | will be blue and white. Nickname 0 white and two Negro bigh ' of the school will be the War- 1 cbools. jriors. The consolidated schools pro-; Approximately 675 students will, ram include the two new facili attend Eastern High School E.S. ies, Southern High School five ' Allgood. former principal at Haw nil es south of Graham on Ivey! Fiver, is principal, and Mrs. Vina ' toad, and Central High School Tate is secretary, jr Negroes just outside Graham ' Thirty teachers will teach the- car Haw River. The fifth school ; 53 courses offered at the new a the county is Graham High school. A total of 1,000 now vol- •chobV which remains in . opera-! umes has been bought for the ion in the buildings on East Pine .000 - volume library, itreet as Individual Units. j Fourteen buses will serve the Western High School will serve . school. ipproximately 500 students who Students at Eastern High •reviously attended Elon College,! School formerly attended Mebane, vltainahaw - Ossipee and Glen- : How River, and Pleasant Grove oe Schools. Some students who; Schools. They decided on green tended Pleasant Grove school And gold as the school colors and . ' ill attend the new school. ,on the Eagles for their nickname. A. 51 Primm, former principal ' The two new schools, costing t Elon College High School is ; 6700,000 each, were built at less •rineipal of the new school Mrs.; ' -ban $9 a square foot and are of ean Sadler is secretary. ; the latest cottage type. They are A total of 27 teachers ' has been; built of brick veneer on block ired to teach the 59 ttirSe of -I with presfressed concrete fram- ering . These courses, a s well ' Sec TWOjm PageJThree-B ' 7

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Visions and dreams On September 27, 1958, Alamance County citizens made a long step for- ward in education by approving a bond issue of six and one-half million dol- lars for school construction. This was the first step leading to the opening of Western High School on August 30, 1962. A decision to locate the school to serve Elon, Altamahaw Ossipee, and Pleasant Grove on the Kernodle property on highway 87 was made on June 1, 1960. Following numerous delays and postponements, contracts for the building were let in the early summer of 1961 and construction began. Phree Consolidated School Sites Officials End Long Discussion By State Department New Schools Accredited Principal A. M. Primm GRAHAM — Alamance Coun-j leges and Secondary Schools. | among education officials, wai ' ■ ' Accreditation Mowed visits lo lannounce( j by County School; Eastern and Western High Schools j Su( c C- Linnemann . of the professional staff of the department. The approval of the n announcing their recommen schools, a mark of prestige! dation, department officials cite Eastern High School for coopera ;y’s two newest high schools have jeen accredited by the State De- lartment of Public Instruction, vhich made recommendations to he Southern Association of Col- Board Chairman Mark McAdams live spirit between Principal E.S Algood and his staff, excellen rapport between teachers and pu pils, cooperation among severa departments to avoid duplication; and omissions in instruction, prid« in new physical facilities, effec tive program of guidance am counseling, adequate preparatioi of teachers, pupil participatioi in classroom activities and avail ability of audio - visual equip ment. Western High School was cit ed for a well prepared and ded icated faculty, pride in schoo plant, good rapport betweei teachers and pupils, efforts t» correlate language arts with othci areas of instruction, a well planned guidance program, coop eration between Principal A. M Primm and his staff, and studen behavior in class and durinj breaks. The report, signed by Chair man Y. A. Taylor of the visitinj committee, and Director Nile F Hunt of the Division of Instruc tional Services, said of b o t J schools, “The members of th« visiting committee were im pressed by the work that has beei clone to provide a physical en vironment which, is conducive ti good instruction, and feels tha continued improvement in th school program will be made i emphasis is placed on the im provement of the instructiona program.” The recommendation mean that approval by the Southern As sedation of Colleges and Secon dary Schools is assured. This action places all four Ala mance County white high school on the accredited list. Facult; and patrons of Central H i g 1 School, the only Negro high schoo ! GRAHAM A six - mon controversy centered around t [location of new high schools the county was ended tliis mot ' mg when the Alamance Cour Board of Education approv the construction of three n- ' consolidated schools and agre lo let Graham High School j [main in its present statu . j This action brought to an e ,a controversy that began 1; i September after voters approv

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