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

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FOREWORD With the dawn of the 1962-63 year, our school was born. A new tribe, the Western Warriors, began the trek along an untrod path. After only a few short months, students feel an affinity for one another, an unsurpassed loyalty to their school and faculty, and a determination to set and attain the highest standards in every phase of educational achievement at Western High School of Alamance County. This is the 1963 WE-HI-WA. Its pages bring you the beginning heartbeats and footsteps of a new tribe. May you find herein a true picture of this first dawn at Western High School.

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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