East Longmeadow High School - Aegis Yearbook (East Longmeadow, MA)

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•k There are several innovations, this year, in the SOCIAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT with two new courses, new materials, and new emphases. The introduction of an Advanced Placement U.S. History course and the experiment of combining European History with World Literature offer richer oppor- tunities to qualified and interested students. There has been wider use of paper-back, non-text, pam- phlet materials in most classes. With these new sources, the stu- dent may, through the inductive method, draw his own conclusions about a historical era or problem such as “Religious Freedom” and “The American Negro.” One source being utilized to study such topics is the Harvard Social Studies Project Pamphlets. Unique with these innovations, the E.L.H.S. Social Studies De- partment is employing methods and materials which soon will be nationally known. Mr. Harlow E. Pendleton, Social Studies Miss Marina Herschuk, Business Mrs. Lois C. Lopes, Librarian Mr. Richard P. Stenta, Social Studies Mrs. Ruth Yetwin, English Opposite Page: Mr. Daniel Kane, Social Studies Mr. Eugene Gauthier, Industrial Arts Mr. John Roan, Social Studies Department Chairman Mr. M. Thomas Mann, Mathematics I 22

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Four new teachers joined the ENG- LISH DEPARTMENT this year— Mr. Irwin Kerson, Miss Sandra John- son, Mrs. Ruth Hirshberg, and Mrs. Patricia Bevington — bringing the total number of teachers in this department to thirteen. The de- partment, headed by Mr. James Grocott, is constantly undergoing change and this year was no excep- tion. A combined course in world history— world literature for sen- iors was initiated. Next year, how- ever, this course will be modified in the treatment of the ancient Greeks because of the Greeks’ emphasis on legend and mythology rather than upon actual history. A series of textbooks based on composition was introduced into classes. It was also decided that students would have an increased opportunity to use paperback books through the joining of book clubs. Through these methods, it is hoped that English will become a more meaningful and absorbing course. Opposite Page: Mr. James J. Dowd, Science Mr. Joseph B. St. Germain, Business Department Chairman Mr. Charles H. McKinney, English Miss Sandra M. Johnson, English Mr. William A. Reagan, Industrial Arts Mr. Alexander Nickett, Foreign Languages Mrs. Fredlee Shore, Foreign Languages Mr. John Katsoulis, Science A 21

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Social Studies Enters an Age of Revolution with New Materials and Team-teaching A secondary school counselor is an educator with specific graduate level training in counseling and general GUIDANCE services. The counselor sees himself working with students primarily as individuals in a warm accepting relationship helping the student develop his personality, such that he can meaningfully handle the demands of his school life, his social respon- sibilities, and live a life which con- tributes to society as a whole. Within this overall approach to stu- dents, counselors have many more specific tasks: Assisting students in meaningfully meeting the aca- demic challenges and problems; developing warm and sincere rela- tionships with adults and peers; and helping students devote their energies to meaningful, purposeful activities and relationships. Coun- selors spend great blocks of their time working with students as they plan individually meaningful and appropriate academic programs. We work with vocational and occu- pational interests through a four year period culminating in 12th grade, where actual educational and occupational placements are realized. .L. 23 A