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Southridge History 1976-1979 MIAMI SOUTHRIDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL 1976–1979: A HISTORY MICHAEL J. ALTER i MIAMI SOUTHRIDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL 1976–1979: A HISTORY MICHAEL J. ALTER As the author of Miami Southridge Senior High School 1976–1979: A History, I give permission to copy or republish all or part of this work so long as proper citation is made and its access is free of charge. In addition, permission is provided that the substance/text of the work portion may not be manipulated or transformed in any way or used other than for viewing and, where applicable, annotating and/or printing. Published by Michael J. Alter Author: Miami, FL © Michael J. Alter 2018 Alter, Michael J., 1952- Miami Southridge Senior High School 1976–1979: A History Bibliographical reference: 1. Miami Southridge Senior High School 2. Individual Educational Institutions 3. Joseph T. Tekerman, (Joseph T. Tekerman, 1930–2016) i DEDICATION To the Spartan family: Students, Staff, and the Ridge Community ii EPIGRAPH “Together We Build” - Joseph T. Tekerman, Principal iii Contents DEDICATION ..............................................................................................................................................................................ii EPIGRAPH .................................................................................................................................................................................. iii FORWARD .................................................................................................................................................................................. ix PREFACE ................................................................................................................................................................................ xviii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS .....................................................................................................................................................xix THE RIDGE in IMAGES and WORDS.......................................................................................................................... xx THE #1 and FOUNDING SPARTAN ........................................................................................................................ xxiii MR. JOSEPH T. TEKERMAN ................................................................................................................................... xxiii IN MEMORY of ALL DEPARTED SPARTANS ................................................................................................. xxviii THE PAIN of TIME (Dick Bolles) ..................................................................................................................... xxviii Part I: Conception, Construction and… ..................................................................................................................... 1 THE INITIAL CONCEPTION of a SCHOOL ........................................................................................................... 1 THE NEED for THE RIDGE ........................................................................................................................................... 2 THE RIDGE’S FEEDER PATTERN............................................................................................................................. 3 CONSTRUCTION................................................................................................................................................................. 3 PROBLEMS with the CONTRACTOR and BUILDING ISSUES .................................................................. 4 ORGANIZATION of the BUILDING........................................................................................................................... 6 THE MIAMI SOUTHRIDGE PARK ............................................................................................................................. 9 THE BASEBALL STADIUM ........................................................................................................................................ 11 Part II: Appointing and Hiring the Staff ................................................................................................................. 13 SELECTION of the SCHOOL’S PRINCIPAL........................................................................................................ 13 SELECTION of the ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS.................................................................................................. 13 SELECTION of the ACTIVITIES DIRECTOR..................................................................................................... 15 SELECTION of the ATHLETIC DIRECTOR........................................................................................................ 17 SELECTION of the BAND DIRECTOR.................................................................................................................. 18 SELECTION of the CHORAL DIRECTOR ............................................................................................................ 19 SELECTION of the ORCHESTRA DIRECTOR................................................................................................... 19 SELECTION of the DRAMA DIRECTOR.............................................................................................................. 21 SELECTION of the STUDENT NEWSPAPER SPONSOR ............................................................................ 21 THE THREE NORMS ..................................................................................................................................................... 22 HIRING the OFFICE STAFF ....................................................................................................................................... 25 THE MEDIA CENTER – LIBRARIANS.................................................................................................................. 25 iv HIRING DARRELL COX, HEAD FOOTBALL COACH .................................................................................... 27 FOOTBALL SCANDAL................................................................................................................................................... 27 HIRING DON SOLDINGER, HEAD FOOTBALL COACH ............................................................................. 28 HIRING HERB KOROSS, ASSISTANT FOOTBALL COACH and FUTURE COUNSELOR .......... 29 HIRING FRED BURNSIDE, HEAD BASEBALL COACH and FUTURE COUNSELOR ................... 30 HIRING JIM HUSK, HEAD WRESTLING COACH............................................................................................ 31 HIRING HERMAN JACKSON, HEAD BOYS TRACK COACH..................................................................... 31 HIRING MELISSA MORGAN, GOLF COACH, AP FRENCH, AP GERMAN, and FUTURE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL .............................................................................................................................................. 32 Part III: The First Year’s Staff & Future Administrators............................................................................. 37 Part IV: Starting the Traditions................................................................................................................................... 38 THE ORIGIN of OUR SCHOOL’S NAME .............................................................................................................. 38 THE ORIGIN of the SCHOOL’S MASCOT, the SPARTAN .......................................................................... 40 ORIGIN of the SCHOOL’S MOTTO ......................................................................................................................... 41 'TOGETHER WE BUILD' - OUR PHILOSOPHY ............................................................................................... 42 THE ORIGIN of the SCHOOL’S COLORS ............................................................................................................. 43 THE RESOLUTION of S vs. SR (CHANNEL LETTERS/LOGO) ............................................................... 43 ORIGIN of the SCHOOL’S ALMA MATER .......................................................................................................... 44 ORIGIN of the SCHOOL’S SONGS ........................................................................................................................... 45 THE ANNUAL AWARDS CEREMONY.................................................................................................................. 47 THE SPARTAN SPIRIT AWARD ............................................................................................................................. 47 THE SPARTAN MEDALLION.................................................................................................................................... 48 THE ORIGIN of the YEARBOOK’S NAME .......................................................................................................... 50 THE ORIGIN of the NEWSPAPER’S NAME ...................................................................................................... 52 CALENDAR of the RIDGE’S FIRST FORTY YEARS....................................................................................... 55 ANNUAL ACTIVITIES CALENDAR ........................................................................................................................ 56 PART V: Montage 1976–1977 - YEAR I.................................................................................................................
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