Highland Park High School - Polar Bear Yearbook (Highland Park, MI)

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ITS A BIRD, it's a plane, no it's a volleyball. The boys' gym classes have fun playing volleyball and get in plenty of exercise at the same time. Males Manufacture Mu cles The boys' physical education program differs from most other courses in that it had no categorized schedule. Classes rotated during the week between swimming, track, calisthenics, group games and tumbling. Boys in the ninth and tenth grades took physical efficiency tests while first aid was required in the eleventh and twelfth grades. Also a gym class in rules and fundamentals of football was offered. Striving to maintain better group rela- tionship and develop more sportsmanlike attitudes can be denoted as the main ob- iectives of the program. REACH HIGH men, yells Coach Jerry Raymond as he puts the boys through the paces of gym class

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Miss lucy Hayden Miss Nancy Hoyt 'Us Labs, Gifted Students Rate Priority in Communication Curriculum Changes Eventually, it is planned that labora- tory facilities for all language classes will be available. Emphasis was placed also on the gifted student as several Parkers were allowed to enroll in college English classes in the Junior College and receive full college credit. Miss Grace Wallace, depaprtment 'head, also revealed that plans are under- way to allow first semester iuniors to enroll in Western Literature classes if they meet requirements and then adf vance to college classes in their senior year. Literature, oral and written compo- sition, and functional grammar were not overlooked in 9th through 12th grades. Mrs. Helen Walker Mrs. Victoria Johnson ARTISTIC AMATEURS edit the Creative Arts Magazine. left to Young, Bill Calhoun, Kendra Peters, Steve MacCorten, Nancy right are: Judy Stock, Mr. Laurence Thomas, advisor, Barbara Aho, Ann Shaw and Anna Stonehouse. 27

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COME ON, BOYS: Bays in gym class get a lot of exercise as rhey play a vigorous game of volleyball. MR. DWIGHT DYER l Head, Boys' Physical Education 8 Nw-A n .,.,,.. , ,dim - , .gk if E. Y mv' 1 mp 'Q' f A- rx wi f 1 N! fc--Y K Mr. Dan Sesfalm Mr. Alan Hutchins Mr. Ray Mondro Mr. Edward McMullin M Mr. James Wink 5- 1- X AND THEY SAY girls primp! After gym class these fellows fuss MY' Richard R0Ym0 d -over their hair.