Willard Middle School - Target Yearbook (Berkeley, CA)

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vUt amNctsacy 1916-1966 BERKELEY PUBLIC LIBRARY

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PRINCIPAL ' S MESSAGE 1966 MARICS THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF IflLLARTl JUNIOR HIGH OF BERKELEY. IT TfAS NAMED FOR ONE OF THE GREAT WOMEN OF AMERICAN HISTORY, FRANCES E. IflLMRD. SHE WAS AN OUTSTAi DING EDUCATOR, A WORLD TRAVELLER, A CONSTANT CAMPAIGNER FOR WOMEN ' S RIGHTS, AND A LEADER IN THE TEMPSRANCE MOVEMENT. TflLLARD WAS THE FIRST JUNIOR HIGH IN BERKiiLEY, AND THE FIRST OF ITS TYP3 THE UNITED STATES. IT WAS AUTHORIZED ON DECE IBER 21, 1909, AND OPENED AT THE MC KINLEY SCHOOL IN JANUARY, 1910. IT WAS MOVED TO ITS PRESENT SITE IN 1916 AND NAMED J} HONOR OF MISS WILLARD. EDUCATION IS CHANGE Am WE LIVE IN A TIME OF EXCITING CHANGE. IN THE FALL OF 1966 T ' fE WILL BE A T TO-YEAR JUNIOR HIGH OF GTJADES SEVEN AND EIGHT. WE LOOK FORWARD WITH MUCH ENTHUSIASM TO IMPROVEMENT OF INSTRUCTION AND BETTER XfAYS TO STIMULATE OUR WILLARD WARRIORS IN ALL ASPECTS OF EDUCATION. WE HONOR MISS ANN BLUMERT THIO HAS TAUGHT AT WILLARD SINCE 1933 AND REl ' IRSS THIS YEAR. WILLARD HAS HAD SEVEN PRINCIPALS SIJvICE ITS INCEPTION AND SHE HAS TAUGHT WITH SIX OF THEM. HWJDREDS OF HER STUDENTS, HER STUDE JT TEACHERS, AND HER FELLOW TEACHERS JOIN ME IN SAYING WELL DONE TO HER. AS TfE SEND ONE THIRD OF OUR STUDENTS TO BERKELEY HIGH AND ANOTHER THIRD TO WEST CAllPUh) TIE SAY, AL O, iffiLL DONE AND WISH THEM THE BEST AS THEY SEEK NEW ADVENTURES IN LEARNING. TO OUR PRESENT SEVENTH GRADE, T-JE OFFER THE OPPORTimiTY TO MAKE WILLARD THE FINEST AND BEST SCHOOL IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE. TO ALL OF OUR STUDENTS, F0R14ER AND PRESENT, AND TO ALL OF OUR TEACflERS, STAFF MEMBERS, AND PARENTS, WE OFFER THE CHALLENGE GIVEN HER STUDENTS BY FRANCES E. WILLaRD: THE WORLD WANTS THE BEST THING - IT WANTS YOUR BEST. ' SINCI2RELY, ARTHUR V. SHEARER