Curtis Brandau Returns to Sterling High After Navy Service
Lt Curtis Brandau returns to teach health and lead boys physical education at Sterling High. He will serve as head basketball coach this year after Navy service that included time on the repair ship USS Agenar and duty in the Pacific, with discharge in December 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis Brandau
Sterling High
U. S. Navy
Brandau
Harvard University
California
Pacific
Building Hours and Visitor Rules for Sterling Township High
The building opens at 7 a m to welcome rural and other students who arrive early. After dismissal, staying in the building ends at 5 p m unless on special duty or under supervision. Access to library and study hall is allowed at opening time. Evening entry requires business and supervision.
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Sterling Township High School
Use Of The Telephone In School Policy
The office telephone is limited to school business and a special line is for faculty. Students should tell parents not to call except when necessary. Many topics are too trivial for school time, so students must seek permission to use the phone and arrange calls outside school hours.
Fire drill directions for student evacuation
The notice explains a monthly fire alarm drill. Students must march to the nearest exit when the gong sounds and follow room instructions from the teacher for their specific direction.
School Calendar Highlights September to June
The calendar lists dates for freshman and upperclass registrations, football games at Belvidere Rock Falls Ottawa Dixon Princeton etc, plus events like Constitution Day Homecoming five weeks' reports and exams. Notable items include Armistice Day no school, Thanksgiving vacation, Christmas assembly, Easter vacation, and the final commencement.
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Belvidere
Rock Falls
DeKalb
Hall Township
County Institute
Illinois Educational Association Division
Ottawa
Dixon
Freeport
Princeton
Mendota
County Education Association
Lincoln
East Rockford
Eight Boys Pass G E D Tests for Diplomas
Eight boys passed high school level G E D tests and become eligible for diplomas. Names to be presented to the Board of Education for approval: Russell M. Allabaugh, Ray Blum Jr, John Hey, John Mangan, Wayne Ponious, Bernard Lansing, John M. Brey, Richard Benishek.
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Board of Education
Russell M. Allabaugh
Ray Blum, Jr
John Hey
John Mangan
Wayne Ponious
Bernard Lansing
John M. Brey
Richard Benishek
Eight Weeks Of Summer School Ends In August
A very successful session of summer school ended on August 3. Eight weeks covered typing business English remedial English and woodshop. Woodshop taught by Mr Hoogeveen ran from 7 to 12 daily six days a week. Students made lawn chairs and cedar chests. Miss Ruth Rockwell taught English. Miss Eva Hunt taught typing.
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Hoogeveen
Ruth Rockwell
Eva Hunt
Polio Strikes Two Sterling High Senior Girls
Polio claimed two Sterling High School seniors this summer, Alaine Brown and Lois Wolfley. The school asks students to send letters and cards to boost recovery, with Miss Alaine Brown and Miss Lois Wolfley listed at St Francis Hospital Peoria Illinois.
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Alaine Brown
Lois Wolfley
Sterling High
St. Francis Hospital
Peoria
Illinois
Cloyd Meyers Directs Instrumental Music at High School
Cloyd Meyers continues directing the Central school band and will lead the high school band, maintaining an unbroken instrumental program from elementary through high school. A Manchester College and University of Michigan educated educator, Meyers has led bands with top state contest results and recently served as vice president of the Illinois Grade School Band Association.
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Cloyd Meyers
Central
Lincoln
Board of Education
Meyers
Mr. Meyers
Manchester College
North Manchester
Indiana
University of Michigan
Sterling
Osceola
Iowa
U. S. Navy
Illinois Grade School Band Association
Announcement on Inter-Communication System Use
The board of education installs a costly inter-communication system for schoolwide or room specific notices. When the gong sounds, stop and listen even in halls. Do not talk, and be ready for possible fire drills carried through the system.
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Board of Education
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Navy
Hallowe’en Frolic
Charm Quartette
C. E. Jones
Geneseo
West Rockford
de Kalb
Piero Pierutic
Sucessful
S.H.S
H.S
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