Third Exchange Student Arrives At SHS
Luis Alfonso Colmenares Gonzalez from Bogota, Colombia arrives as SHS’s third foreign exchange student. He is 16 to 18, interested in mathematics and engineering, and has swum, played basketball, and football. He will live with the Dr H H Readel family as part of the American Field Service program.
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Luis Alfonso Colmenares Gonzalez
Bogota
Colombia
United States
American Field Service
Luis
H. H. Readel
Welcome to Sterling Two High School Class of 1968
A school welcome from staff to new students and faculty, noting the class of 1968 and a visiting student from South America. It credits District No. 300 and new facilities for expanded courses. The message emphasizes student effort, academic work, activities, and teacher performance as keys to excellence for 1964-65, with best wishes.
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Sterling Two
South America
SHS Students Attend State Government Boys' State
SHS participants Mel Reed Gary Ewbank Greg Kontos Bill Tonkin Dick Weir and John Wilkinson joined the annual Springfield event sponsored by local civic groups. The miniature state featured campaigns and lessons in government with classes assemblies and mock elections amid festive moonlight gatherings and dancing.
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Springfield
SHS
Mel Reed
Gary Ewbank
Greg Kontos
Bill Tonkin
Dick Weir
John Wilkinson
Illinois Girls State Session at MacMurray College
Senior Marcia Nice attended this year’s Illinois Girls State at MacMurray College Jacksonville during the week of June 16 28. The seven day program featured civics classes and assemblies with elections for state offices amid a string of “thrilling experiences.” A clear warning about campus safety appeared in the text.
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MacMurry College
Jacksonville
Marcia Nice
Sterling High unveils vast new addition and modernized wings
A tour of Sterling High reveals a greatly enlarged main office and relocated offices for Dr Plath and counselors. The old magazine room becomes an AVA teacher work room while choral and band rooms form a large lecture hall. The third floor houses a television studio with thirty six sets around the building. A new multi purpose area introduces vending and dining options. Industrial Arts adds print shop auto shop and graphic arts with encouragement for more female students.
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Watts
Dr. Plath
A.V.A
SHS
Teachers Spend Summer Studying At Various Colleges
Several SHS teachers spent summer sessions at California Santa Clara College Ma kado State Teachers College and University of Illinois Northern Illinois University. Dr Plath attended a Stanford conference while others studied locally at the University of Wyoming and Dairy Queen jokes aside they return ready for nine months at their desks.
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SHS
DeJarnatt
Santa Clara College
California
Bishop
Makato State Teachers’ College
Sherman
Galloway
McMurry
Varland
U. of I
Northern Ilinois University
Kirchner
Mumford
Olson
Jensen
Deetz
Speer
Wickey
University of Wyoming
Dr. Plath
Stanford
Mr. Colborn
Steeley
Dairy Queen
Sterling High Summer School Attracts Over Three Hundred
More than three hundred students joined Sterling High School summer session to enrich programs or make up credits. Courses ran June 15 to July 24 and covered American History World History Government Typing remedial English. Biology Phy siology Math I II Algebra I II Geometry and Trigonometry were also offered.
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Sterling High School
Somethin's Comin Freshmen Picnic and Games Schedule
Calendar lists events for September including 3 GAA Freshmen Picnic, 18 football Newman here, 21 football J W Newman there, 22 cross country Dixon Rock Falls Rockford here, 24 cross country Dixon here, football freshmen Rock Falls there, 26 football Rock Falls here.
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Newman
J.w.newman
Dixon
Rock Falls
Rockford
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Melody Ditsworth
Sterling Township High School
Sterling High
Diana Davis
Ecchert
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