ORIGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AND LATER ELEMENTARY

SOCORRO HIGH SCHOOL THIS IS AN EDITED PICTURE TAKEN IN 1930
IT IS A SHAME THEY DID NOT SHOW THE FRONT SCHOOL YARD.


THIS WAS ORIGINALLY A HIGH SCHOOL. AFTER THE BUILDING OF SOCORRO HIGH IT WAS CONVERTED TO A MIDDLE SCHOOL. HAD A GYM AND THUS BECAME THE VENUE FOR BASKETBALL
GAMES BETWEEN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL TEAMS. TO THE RIGHT OF THE BUILDING WAS A LARGE BALL FIELD, AT THE TIME THAT THIS WRITER ATTENDED SCHOOL HERE THERE WAS A SOLID
EFFORT ON THE PART OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, MR. STAPLETON TO HAVE A GOOD ATHLETIC PARTICIPATION OF ALL THE STUDENTS.