Kennedy High School - Profile Yearbook (Cedar Rapids, IA)

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Non-classroom Personnel Aid Kennedy Students I i i i i I 1 r , ,Li Mrs. Mary Cratty, Mrs. Mary Thompson, Mrs. .lean Evans, Mrs. Jerry Moneypenny, Mrs. Diane Darling, Mrs. Irene Shogren, and Mrs. Carol Paul serve in the olfices of.lFK. Several people work at Kennedy for the benefit of the students although they usually are not in classrooms. Mr. Shupe, Activities Director, must schedule all school events and must make sure there are no conflicts between events. Mrs. Jass, the school nurse handles injuries and sicknesses as well as T.B. testing. Mr. Barton handles our expensive audio-visual equipment. He is often seen ad- justing the video-tape televisions. Our two librarians are in charge of the Instructional Materials Center and ordering books. The ofhce workers have many varied activities. Their duties range from data processing to filling out Driver Education certificates. I I 4 ' i J. sl lay. ..t-', -gi.. .I .wig -, M, Ki , N ..Y.,., - Li i. i'.':' .. '- 'JL 'I 1 L Afggfe' IMC WORKERS: Mrs. Wanda Fitz. Mrs. Vivan Smith. Mrs Mary Quinlan, Mrs. Carol Davidson, Mrs. Margaret Kubicek

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MR. GOLDSTEIN outlines a project by use of the overhead projector. GOVERNMENT courses offer each student a chance to create his own model city. SOCIAL STUDIES oflice 21 I is often frequented by busy, active students. Six week mods were introduced in the Social Studies program, and semester and year courses were eliminated. These mods each dealt with some aspect of one of three general topics: American Realities, Wold Realities, or Government Realities. Poverty, The USSR, and Government Organization and Change were three common mods which students signed up for. There were also four week short-mods which dealt with topics important to young people today. These mods varied from a section on Youth's Search for Ident- ity to a section on 'iloumalism Reporting and Censor- ship. Simulations of actual happenings with students playing the roles were used regularly. MR. KERVIN and Mr. Schiefblbein discuss planning for the next day. 35

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as 5 feasts is I f As Kennedy s student population increased, the need for a larger staif grew To help with this need, sev- aids performed duties which left teachers more time for classroom preparation and individual attention to stu- dents. These duties mcluded typing and mimeographing tests and assignments recording absences recording grades filing answering the phone and stamping and checking out books from the classroom. Several aids were hired. They worked in each major Specio I ists Needed in Curriculum Development i eral persons were hired to-aid the teachers. The teachers' QQ'- Qvfrx -3,-ni:-r' Mr. Andrew Boyson Mrs. Phyllis .lass Mrs. Linda Showman Mr. Donald Shupe department including science, social studies, and lan- guage arts. There was also a teachers' aid in the teachers' workroom and one which did clerical work for Mr. Shupe. Teacher associates worked as aids for the two li- brarians. The associates supervised study hall students using the Instructional Materials Center, flibraryj checked out books, signed students to the conference rooms, and generally helped with the supervision of the IMC. The associates also helped teachers find references for classroom work, and aided the students in finding Weriodicals. Mrs. Sandy Davis Miss Sharon Gearhart Miss Josephine Hawk Mrs. Olene Peckham Mrs. Iona Truxaw Mrs. Pat Welch AUDIO-VISUAL equipment in the IMC helps students with their studies. ' I s , -' ,.