The White Falcon - 05.02.1971, Síða 1

THE WHITE FALCON

^Vol. XIV, No. 9 U.S. Naval Station, Keflavik, Iceland Feb. 5, 1971
New high school to fulfill student needs
by Lee Doss & Mary Kline
Education provides the stimu-
lus for the growth of youth. As
the pupils of A.T. Mahan grow
with their education so does their
new classroom environment grow,
as the largest construction of
the naval station moves toward
completion.
The school, almost 70 percent
completed, is similar in design
to the present elementary build-
ing. It will be completed in
July and be ready for the new
school year beginning August 23.
The new school will have two
separate wings; grades four
through six in one, and seven
through 12 in the other. All
the students will, however, share
the cafetorium which eliminates
the problem of busing that cur-
rently exists in shuttling stu-
dents home for lunch. Also, the
school's location provides for
easy access to the House Gymna-
sium, eliminating shuttling.
The carpeted library within
the new complex willbe four times
as large as the existing one and
will contain a completely new
supply of books and equipment,
including a relief map library
for geography classes.
Waiting, though unpleasant at
best, will be made more bearable
in a waiting room near the cen-
tral office with brightly colored,
deep upholstered chairs.
If it is variety that people
want, the cafetorium will serve
as a multi-purpose room. The
lunch tables fold into the walls,
an electrically controlled cur-
tain reveals a stage, and sudden-
ly... "instant auditorium," with
300 padded folding chairs.
The business and typing class-
room will have a small room sepa-
rated from the rest of the class
by soundproof windows in order
that students may practice book-
keeping and accounting, while
others type on the new electric
IBM typewriters.
Classroom versatility is dem-
onstrated by a folding petition
(See SCHOOL, Page 6)