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Polk Progress

Location

Polk, Nebraska, United States of America

Date

Oct 25, 1962

Page

4

Polk High Pep Club and bleachers update

The town repaired the football bleachers increasing usable units to four and treated the ground to prevent weeds. Two bleachers were painted with parts of a third and painting to finish pending good weather. Goal posts will also be painted. Pep Club held its first meeting Aug 29 with 44 girls. officers elected include Linda Nyberg president and Janice Anderson vice president.

Linda Nyberg Janice Anderson Bonnie Carlson Bonnie Hanquist Linda Kisler Jane Fredrickson Joan Sandell Goldenrod Polk High Cheryl Bush Natalie Hahn Bonnie Shaw Barbara Glasser Pat Ramsey Connie Jones Lynda van Ostrand Lynda Myers Nebraska Wesleyan

Ninth Graders to Take National Educational Development Tests

Interested ninth graders will participate in the National Educational Development Tests in March. The NEDT assesses applied learning skills rather than memorized facts, helping identify strengths and weaknesses for educational and vocational planning. Scores cover English, Social Studies, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Word Usage, under Dr. B F Lindquist. In 1962 over 469000 students in 5539 schools took the tests.

B. F. Lindquist

Ramsey and Funk Earn National Education Awards

Pat Ramsey and Karen Funk received certificates for scoring in or above the 90th percentile on the National Education Development Tests administered last spring. All students nationwide attaining above the 90 percentile were honored with awards, a notable achievement.

Pat Ramsey Karen Funk

New Ceiling Under Construction in Grade Music Room

A new ceiling is being constructed in the elementary music room known as the old gym. Harold Miller and Charles Norquist have been erecting the ceiling during the afternoons. The ceiling will be sheet rock taped sealed and painted when completed. The sheet rock is now on.

Harold Miller Charles Norquist

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