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VOLUME 1 —NUMBER 1
High Schools Explain
Athletic Programs
North Clayton High School
had their successful year in
athletics with the football team
being very outstanding in win
ning 12 of the 13 games they
played. The loss being the state
^championship play - off game
with Rossville at Rossville. The
football team was fortunate in
having outstanding boys and
hot having to depend on any one
person as some football teams
haye to do.
Early in the season, Lynn Rec
tor supplied the team with a
lift offensively, helping to
•win some of the early games.
Milliard Brannen picked up the
slack and was very outstanding.
Frank Oliver, being hurt in the
first ball game, got off to a slow
start and wound up the season
making the All-State AA team
and furnished the offensive
punch which helped in the late
season victories. Duck Jenkins
came into his own around the
middle of the season.
In the line, boys like Phil
Smith. Eddie Williams, Jimmy
Deloach, Ronie Huggins. Duran
Smith, Kenneth Gosdin and
Buddy Moore were very depend
able offensively and on defense
were responsible for North Clay
ton being one of the best de
fensive teams in the state.
Due to the football season
running an extra month, the
boys’ basketball team got off to
& slow start and have not caught
up yet, but are improving.
The girls’ basketball team has
been doing very well lately. They
had two lettermen returning,
being Gwen Wiggins at forward,
and Cynthia Warr at guard. The
girls’ team was outstanding in
the Flynt River Tournament
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1 going all the way to the finals
i and finishing runner -up to
[ Henry County.
The boys’ B-team and girls’
r B-team are improving steadily.
- We have an outstanding girls’
• eighth grade team with Sheryl
- McGee and Christine Wiggins
1 supplying most of the scoring.
* North Clayton is looking for
’ ward to an outstanding year in
’ spring sports. They have what
looks like real talent returning
■ in baseball and with a little
i extra depth, should have a good
> track team. Pitching should be
a very fine point in the baseball !
‘ team with Thurston Taylor and
• Phil Smith returning at this
) position. In track, Frank Oliver,
' Lynn Rector and Duck Jenkins
i will give good support to the
l team,
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. The athletic program of For
’ est Park High School revolves
around three sports; football,
basketball, and baseball. Around'
J 120 boys participate in our foot
ball pr ogr am, the Varsity,
' B-Team, and Junior High level.'
We have seven coaches that are
[ connected directly with our pro- I
gram. Our football program has
grown from Class C to Class
AAA over a span of ten years,
AAA status being achieved this
i year.
The outlook for 1963 is one of
1 improvement. Many of the last
- year’s players will be returning
[to form the nucleus of next
; year’s Varsity. We also expect
’ additional help from a very fine
■ B-Team which compiled an 8-2
■ loss record last season. In con
‘ nection with football, we have
1 started a weight training pro
; gram.
I Our basketball program is
rapidly becoming outstanding
with the addition of a new gym. j
Their first year in AAA, our
girls and boys Varsity have held
their own with other AAA ball
clubs. They have beaten such |
teams as Druid Hills, Griffin, |
and Campbell-Fairburn. For the
first time in the history of the
school, we have incorporated a
B-Team girls and boys program.
This program will pay great
dividends in molding our future
players.
Baseball will get under way
during the latter part of March.
^We will play each team in our
I region twice during the regular
’ season. A number of the boys
who played on last year’s sub
’ region championship will re
turn to form the basis for this
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Congratulations
T L f
Teachers!
Clayton County Council
Parent -Teachers Association
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Objectives Toward
Beller Relations
The Public Relations Com
mittee of the local teachers as
sociation will attempt to keep
our county informed of what is
going on in their schoools
through sponsoring this paper
once each month. Advertisers
provide the financial support. I
Goals of the Public Relations
Committee are:
1. Improve the quality of edu
cation through an informed
public.
2. Increase public understand
ing of educational policies and
practices.
3. Strengthen morale of staff
members.
4. Increase loyalties to school
system.
5. Elevate professional status.
6. Neutralize influence of un
fair criticism and attacks on in- j
structional methods, personnel,
and education.
7. Establish channels through
which ideas may flow into the
school.
8. Acquaint all teachers
throughout the system with what
other teachers in the county
are doing.
These objectives have not only
been established, forward steps
are being taken to see that
they’re followed through.
Teachers throughout the Clay
ton County System are presently
receiving periodic copies of “The
Dispatch’’, which is a project of
the Public Relations Committee.
It is a mimographed letter de
signed especially for the teach
ers. Its purpose is to serve as j
an exchange of teaching ideas
throughout the system. The re
sponse to The Dispatch has been
greatly appreciated.
Teachers Finish
CD Survival Class
Twenty -two Clayton County
teachers enrolled in the fifteen
hour Civil Defense Adult Educa
tion Programs successfully com
pleted requirements on Wednes- [
day, January 17. Completion of
। the course means they now will I
carry the program of the office ।
i of Civil Defense to the public of j
Clayton County. Classes are
, being organized now in which!
1 each adult of the community
will receive free guidance in
“Personal Survival in Disaster”. |
The teachers completing the i
course are Mr. Doyle Adams of
Riverdale School, Mr. Charles
Barfield of Mountain View j
School, Mr. C. Douglas Barton, [
Miss Willene Hyers and Miss j
Joyce Sharpe of Lee Street
School, Mrs. Mae Jones Carson
and Mrs. Joannette G. Mann of
Northcutt School, Mr. Earl
Cherry and Mr. Jack Gilly of
Jonesboro High School, Mrs. Be
atrice Clyatt of Lake City School,
Mrs. Gwendolyn Ellington of
i Forest Park Senior High School,
Mr. Wayne Grover, Miss Pat
Hensley, Mr. Johnny Jay, and
i Mr. Will Williams of Forest Park
Junior High School, Mrs. Mar-
year’s nine.
I Track is another sport of
! importance. Track season will
run during the months of April
; and May, with many meets
[ being held prior to the state
meet. Our total athletic pro
i gram is improving and broad
j ening in scope. It is reaching
: more and more boys and girls in
| our school.
CONGRATULATIONS
and
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BEST WISHES
To the
Clayion
Counly
Education
Association
T. A. STARR
CLAYTON COUNTY
COMMISSIONER
NEWS OF COUNTY
NEGRO SCHOOLS
There are two Negro Schools
in Clayton County; the Jones
boro Elementary School and the
William Alfred Fountain High
School at Forest Park. The
Jonesboro school has an enroll
ment of 459, while Fountain
I High, which as a combination
। school, has a total enrollment
'of 1.148.
Each school has an individual |
। functioning PTA. Mrs. Elizabeth j
i Dodson is the President at the
Jonesboro School and Mrs.
| Freddie Harris is President at
I the Fountain High School. There
। is also a PTA Council, an organ
ization which includes both
units, under the leadership of
Mr. J. C. Souder. These three
organizations have done an ex-.
cellent job in coordinating the
activities of this community.
Not only is the influence felt
in Clayton County, but in the
। District, State, and on the Na
[ tional level. Our Procedure
[Book, which exhibits all activi
ties of the PTA, has won a
rating of “Superior” for four
consecutive years. A playlet en
titled “Who Lost Johnny”?
written by Mrs. A. E. Allen of
the Fountain High School, was
presented before the Atlanta
District of which we are a
member. The characters con
sisted of teachers, pupils and
parents from Clayton County.
So well was this done that re
quests for copies have been
made from many PTA units.
There is the well-developed
In-Service Program for teach
ers. Here again, both units came
together under the name of the
Clayton County Teachers Asso
ciation, which is designed to
motivate the professional growth
of teachers.
Another program that is
deemed worthy of mention is
the Physical Fitness Program
that has recently been added to
the Elementary Curriculum.
Students’ academic progress is
evaluated through the usage of
standardized tests. This year
the Metropolitan Readiness test
was administered in all first
graders; the Metropolitan
Achievement Battery was ad
(ministered to all third graders,
and the SCAT and STEP Series
ito grades 5,7, 8 and 10.
In addition to the above,
[ thirty three Juniors and Seniors
| who are seeking admission to
j college have taken the College
j Entrance examination which is
I designed for students seeking
: admission to schools holding
' membership in the United
Negro College Fund. Several
select Juniors and Seniors took
the Preliminary Scholastic Ap
! titude Test and still a group of
I Mathematics students are look
ing forward to participating in
the National Mathematics con
test under the auspices of the
Actuarial Science and Na
tional Mathematics Association
of America. Several students are
participating in the N. D. E. A.
Counseling and Guidance Insti
tute of Atlanta University where
individual counseling sessions
are held with each student.
Mrs. R. T. Smith is Principal
of Jonesboro, and Mr. M. D.
Roberts is Principal of Fountain
High.
garet Guice and Mr. Joseph P.
Lee of Hendrix Drive School, Mr.
Carl James of East Clayton
School, Mr. Joseph Pabst, Jr. of
North Clayton High School, Miss
Louise Suechting of Ash Street ;
School, Miss Joan Tarpley and
Mrs. Sara Warren of Morrow
School.
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REACH MID-POINT
IN LEAGUE PLAY
The elementary basketball
league play has reached the
mid-point of its regular season.
The league this year is divided
into two divisions; league one
and league two. League I is
made up of players through the
! sixth grade. League II is com
posed of players through grade
seven.
After the regular season ends
both leagues will engage in The
Clayton County Elementary
Basketball Tournament. The
winner of League I tournament
will play the winner of League
II tournament. This will deter
mine the county tournament
I winner.
While each school team plays
I hard to win for their school
’ good sportsmanship is empha
j sized. All teachers and school
officials agree that this is very
important in boys and girls of
this age group.
ELEMENTARY LEAGUE
STANDINGS
League I
Boys—First, Lake City, sec
ond, Hendrix Drive; third, Ash
Street.
I Girls—First, Hendrix Drive;
second, Ash Street; third, Lake
City.
League II
Boys—First. North Jonesboro;
second, Maple Street; third,
Morrow.
| Girls — First, Maple Street;
second, Lee Street; third, North
Jonesboro.
Elementary Phys. Ed.
Program Explained
By PAT PATTERSON
Among the newest programs
[in the county is the physical
. education program under one
’ coordinator for all the Elemen
.jtary and Junior High Schools,
[ which is designed to improve
' i the physical and mental fitness
' 1 of all the pupils of the seven
. teen schools participating.
I A program has been outlined
[ with four specific aims and
'goals in physical education.!
|They are: 1. The development
i of‘organic systems. 2. The de-J
’ velopment of physical skills and
, । understandings necessary to
,■ better living. 3. The develop
! ment of social skills and under
' [ standing to group living. 4. The
! development of habits and at
j titudes favorable to the wise
j use of leisure time.
With these aims and goals in
mind, the teachers of each
i school have been asked to give
j certain physical fitness tests to
their students with records to
be kept on each child.
In grades 1-3, the AAU (Ama
teur Athletic Union) tests were
given. In grades 4-6, the (Youth I
Physical Fitness suggested ele-!
ments of a School-Centered 1
Program. Parts I and 11, Presi
dent’s Council on Youth Fitness |
were given. Re-tests will be 1
given periodically during the!
school year to all age groups. A[
Certificate of Achievement will
be given to all individuals who ।
pass the standards for their age
group.
Outlined in the program are [
organized activities such as:
softball, volleyball, basketball !
and other team sports; rhyth
mic activities with phonograph
! record to help development in
the basic skill of rhythm and
developmental exercises and ac- '
tivities are stressed.
The classroom teacher is re
sponsible for conducting the
program for his or her group of i
pupils with the Physical Educa
tion Director Pat Patterson, co
ordinator of the overall pro
gram.
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County Council of
PTA's Working
To Promote Ideals
Our schools bear a large re
sponsibility for the kind of adult
citizens we will have, but our
homes are primarily responsible
for the kinds of pupils the school
will have to work with.
Hence, a strengthening of our J
children comes about by a joint j
partnership of home and school
cooperation. Thus, we carry out
our objectives by promoting the
welfare of children and youth
in home, school, church, and,
community.
Another objective of the Coun
cil is to raise the standards of j
home life. This does not neces- ]
sarily apply to the monetary
I standards, it applies to the
“magic family circle” of instill
ing love in all aspects of the
Home.
We are, of course, interested in
the constant protection of our
children through adequate pro- j
tection by law, as Well as ade- |
i quate instruction of law.
Better standards are always
effected through the closest co- I
operation by teachers and par
ents working diligently and in- ■
telligently together for the com
mon good of the child.
Summing together all of the
objectives in one code means
such united efforts which will
i secure for every child the high
| est advantages in physical, men
i tai, social, and spiritual educa
i tion.
The Clayton County Council’
Officers who are carrying out
[these objectives are: President,
Mrs. E. W. Baker; Ist Vice-Presi
dent, Mrs. H. B. Duke; 2nd Vice-
President, Mrs. B. H. Murphy;
Recording Secretary, Mrs. Frank
Aycock: Corresponding Secre-j
tary, Mrs. R. Lowry; Treasurer,!
Mrs. George Glaze.
Exchange Club is
Proud of School Work
The Exchange Club of Jones
boro is the oldest Civic Club in
। Clayton County. It has a long [
I record of educational interest
! and service in Clayton Countv. I
(Many programs, featuring high
I school students, afford oppor
[ tunities for young people to
[grow in leadership and to give
I adults information about the
[ worthwhile things that are
[ going on in our schools.
The Exchange Club has sup
| ported moves for adequate
school facilities and supported [
[ bond issues. All financial
! aspects of school needs always
find Exchangities ready to
work.
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After a delay in the opening
of school for several days some
1400 students and 58 teachers
moved into the new Forest Park
Senior High School on Septem
| ber 10th, although the contrac
* tors were still at work through
! out the building.
The new Forest Park Senior
High School is located on 47
acres of land off Phillips Drive
in Lake City. Constructed of
, masonry and steel, the two-story
building of modern design con
tains over 127,000 square feet
I of floor space.
There are forty-three regular
classrooms, two fully equipped
Home Economics rooms, four
Business Educations rooms, four
Science laboratories, an art labo
oratory, two Langauage labora
tories with the most modern
equipment and furnishings avail
j able, one large storage room
j which can easily be converted
[ to a classroom, the shop build
[ ing consisting of the Kfetal Shop,
the Wood Shop, and a Mechani
| cal Drawing room, making a
i total of sixty rooms available
i for classroom instruction. All of
these rooms are furnished with
the latest in classroom furniture
for the students benefit and
proper education.
Other features of the school
include the 1800-seating capacity
gymnasium which also houses
the band and chorus rooms, the
modern Library, a Cafeteria
seating over 600 persons, and the
offices consisting of the General
| Office, two Counselors offices, a
clinic, the offices of the Assistant
Principal and Principal.
The walls of the building are
painted in two- toned pastel
| colors. 1500 lockers are placed
along the halls for student use
Stairways are conveniently lo
cated to help the students read
ily change classes. One of the
special features of the new
school is the sheltered walk
ways connecting the various
buildings of the school plant.
Next September two new
schools will join the Forest Park
High School as the newest in
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the county. They are the Jones
boro High School and the Jones
boro Area School. We also look
forward to the day when funds
become available to construct
the elementary schools on the
three already available sites.
HIGH SCHOOL
CLUB ACTIVITIES
The High Schools of Clayton
County are extremely proud of
their student organizations and
their evident desire for service.
This article will acquaint you
with the various clubs and their
services to the schools and com
munities.
The Key Club, Kappa Club,
Hi-Y and Tri-Hi-Y Clubs en-
I courage service, character and
[ leadership.
Our Future Homemakers clubs
promote the principles of better
j homemaking and family man
! agement. The Future Farmers of
America stress leadership, com
। munity responsibility and farm
| improvement. The library clubs
encourage better use of library
t resources and the Drama club
; [ stimulates interest in the field
■ I of dramatic arts.. ......
( The Beta club plays .an im
i portant part in emphasizing stu
dent scholarship. This club is a
constant reminder to students of
the neccesity for outstanding ac
ademic achievement.
The schools are pleased with
the participation of students in
the various departmental clubs
(science, literary, math, etc.)
Heading the list of extra-cur
[ ricular activities is the student
I council. This organization co
ordinates club and student ac
tivities as well as promoting
leadership, citizenship and
scholarship. Future articles will
recognize the more outstanding
clubs and pay tribute to them
here.