South Hamilton Community School District's New School Dedication and Open House
held December 29, 1968

     Believing in the school as an institution established to continue, improve, and to keep our American Way of Live, we dedicate this junior-senior high school building.   To the achievement of these objectives with our youth and adults, we dedicate our new high school building.

• 1. - Students are looking from the balcony into the resouce area.  Balconies and stairways leading from the second floor rooms into the resource certer are carpeted to create an atmosphere suitable for this kind of area.
• 2. - A close-up of the recreational reading and lounge area provided for student relaxation.

This area is provided in the spacious lobby entrance.  On either side of this circular lobby are the
secondary offices and the central district offices
•  3. - This part of the balcony overlooks the large lobby entrance area.  From this vantage point one can see the entire entrance area, counter space for the central offices, and to the rear all classrooms on both the first and second floors can be observed.

The Board of Eduction pictured, from left: Richard Arends, Robert Young, Francis LeMaster, Clarence Hove - President, Raymond Johnson - Secretary, Curtis Thoreson and Superintendent Leonard Roberts.  The district treasurer, Beryl Cottington, was not present when the picture was taken.

• A Word of Apreciation - The Board of Education wishes to express its appreciation to everyone in the South Hamilton Community School District for the support, encouragement and patience they have shown on the long, arduous road toward the completion of our junior-senior high school
• Credit for the project can be given to no singular person or group.  If we were to start naming infividuals who have contributed in time and effort beyond what is routinely expected, the list would be endless.  Without this outstanding help and support, the project could not have become a reality.
• This building is truly a credit to those who live in our school district and a personal reward to those who contributed in some special way to the fruition of the plan.

• The resource center, the hub  or heart of the academic building, is a spacious, carpeted area which provides seating for 40 students, carrel space for 32 students and is complete with office space, book processing room and magazine storage.  There are 12,000 volumes of printed material and a large inventory of audio and visual supplies accessible to students for use in the carrels throughout the electronically wired space.  The carrels are located on three walls of the first floor.  Class rooms on the first floor open into the center with classes from the second floor feeding into the area from a balcony overlooking the room on all four sides.

• The Business Education department features two classrooms plus an office and business machines room located between, which enables the students to make use of many various types of machines.  The department has all new furniture and equipment, including posture perfect secretarial chairs and IBM selectric typewriters.  All of the academic classrooms are located in the two-story center building referred to as building "B".  The science rooms are also newly furnished and equipped.

• The Home Economics department is very beautifully furnished and equipped.  The spacious, double classroom area features the very latest in electrical and gas appliances, including a Corningware cook-top, washer and dryer, and a dish washer.  The classroom is equipped for sewing with all new Singer machines.  One is equipped for cooking featues Westinghouse appliances.  Both rooms are tastefully decorated in colors of avacado green and melon, which nicely compliments the new cabinetry in each area.

Floor plans of the three wings of the building.