Arizona sun., 1947-04-25
Carver High School Is Now An Independent Unit
Improvements On Buildings And Grounds
Amounts To Thousands OF Dollars

1. Carver High School has been
made AN Independent school unit,
completely separate from Phoenix
Union High School, and all student
records moved from Phoenix I'm
ion High School, to Carver High
School office. Carver teachers now
have the same responsibility for
developing their courses as teach
ers in other high schools in the
system.
2. The budget has been in
creased from $4,000 in 1945-46 to
$97, 500 in 1946-47.
8. The faculty has been in
creased from seven in 1945 to 13
in 1916 including a new art teach
er, a librarian, full-time COM
mercial teacher, a music teacher,
full-time general shop teacher,
full-time office secretary. Car
ver'S teachers hold masters de-
greeS from Kansas University,
Colorado University, Fisk Univer-
sity, Prairie View University, Co.
lumbia University, Ohio state Uni
versity, Arizona State College and
Atlanta University. Carver is the
only high school in the system with
all teachers holding masters de-
grees.
4. Carver now has a complete
ly new library with $4,000 worth of
new books, magazines, and news
papers and funds for completely
new library and library office fur
niture and Equipment soon to be
delivered when available. The
new library meets all standards
of the North Central Association.
5. A new building has been
completed for shop, music, and
ROTC arsenal and additions to this
building have already been ap-
proved by the Board which will
more than double its size and pro-
vide for an enlarged woodship,
metal shop, paintshop, auto shop,
drawing room, and radio shop.
6. A new art department has
been added with all necessary art
equipment and supplies and a we'll
trained teacher from Ohio State
University. This year in the state
art contest students from this new
department won two out of three
priesz for oil painting, first prize
in charcoal drawings and several
other first and second prizes.
A new band has been developed.
All the old instruments given to
the school have been completely
overhauled and new equipment is
being added as rapidly as it is
available. The music department
has a new radio phonograph,
many new teaching records, new
grand piano for the auditorium
and other new equipment.
The commercial department has
been completely refurnished with
new pewter tables. Twenty new
typewriters are on order and will
be delivered as soon as they are
available, and other equipment
has been added including files,
typewriters, etc.
Changes have been authorized in
the Home Economics department
for a compltely new arrangement
of the foods laboratory as soon as
equipment is available. New equip
ment already received includes
dinette set for table service, conn
plete set of dishes for breakfast,
dinner and lunch services, new sill
yer, and complete nappery, Mix
master and pressure cookers. Com
plete equipment in all the individ-
ual stations and on order are such
new equipment as washing ma
chine In the clothing laboratory
much new equipment has been
purchased and still more has been
authorized for purchase VIII n
available. New beds, mannequins,
and much new equipment for
health has also been added.
The ROTC has increased its
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