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The Spirit of Reardan High

This is your school. This is the place where students have labored to prepare for the future, and this is the place where their laughter meant that our American way of education is not without joy and pleasure known only to the Freedoms and Liberties of a Democracy.

It takes more than structural excellence and beauty to make a good school. It takes youth with a burning desire to better himself, his community, his state—his country—youth teaming together with conscientous parents and teachers, all being of the firm conviction that life's one great satisfaction is in contributing to the future progress of the nation and of the whole world.

The one great hope for America and the world lies in America's youth. It is they who ultimately will be the deciding factors in the future destiny of all men. It is America's educational institutions—supported whole-heartedly by the parents and teachers—that bear the responsibility of providing youth with opportunities to ‘equip’ himself for the great task ahead. In connection with this, it is now recognized that modern education is a two-way street, the home being at one end and the school at the other end.

Here, at Reardan, we are blessed with a good school—a blessing that stems from the close cooperation and friendliness among students, teachers, and parents. Reardan ranks high in community spirit, and that spirit makes its presence known in the school. Nineteen senior students will be graduating in June, joining the hundreds and hundreds of young folks who have gone into the world ahead of them. The school and community join in wishing them success and happiness in their future ventures in life, and that wish is also handed down to all graduates in the coming years.

(from a yearbook held by the Reardan Schools.)