The final open house at Souderton Area High School has been held.

The final commencement at the facility on School Lane has been held.

And, on Wednesday, the official closing ceremony — which, please take note, is NOT open to the public — will be held.

So we thought we would share a few photos that were featured in the Souderton Area Joint High School dedication book, from November 1959.

Photographer Russ Moser, a longtime Souderton mainstay, was thanked in that book for the photos, and we extend our thanks again today.

In one photo, buses pass under the bridge that used to connect the original building, at the right, to the "new" building that opened in 1959.


In another photo, a few students stop at their lockers in the hallway of the "new" high school.


And in the third photo, students gather in a German class at the school.



The district will say goodbye to the school on Wednesday, as the student body gathers in front of the main entrance for an aerial photo.

As part of the closing ceremony, the oldest living alumnus, Ike Feingold, Class of 1933, and oldest living former faculty member Bill Maza, who began teaching at Souderton in 1946, are scheduled to lock the main entrance doors for one final time.

Although the public cannot attend this ceremony, be sure to look for coverage of it in The Reporter.




Then, in the fall, the doors to the new school on Lower Road in Franconia Township will open.

Perhaps some readers have other photos they'd like to share of "dear old SHS."

If so, we'd love to share them with you.

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