Natick High School - Sassamon Yearbook (Natick, MA)

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-A Mr. Zide Miss Wein Mrs. Langley Mr. Lawrence Mr. Morey Mr. O ' Conner 21 -rjj Mr. Schapiro Mrs. Tartakoff mm in i Miss DiGiandomenico Mr. DeFeiice Mrs. Robertson Mr. Ghilani Mr. Kirton Mrs. Flaherty Mr. Dyer .

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Mr. Bransfield Mr. Cooner Mr. Lamb Mr. McGowan Mr. Black Miss Goulding Mr. Kean Mr. Linsky Mr. Maher Mr. Overlock Mrs. Sheldon This year the Math Department of¬ fered two new courses: Probability and Statistics and Integrated Math. In¬ tegrated Math is a combination of Al¬ gebra and Geometry. It is helpful to many students taking college board exams. Both of these courses are semesterized. Probability and Sta¬ tistics students, working with Miss Goulding and Mr. Overlock, have been involved in how to recognize mislead¬ ing statistics and how surveys are con¬ ducted. In the first case, five basic questions were employed; who, how, missing, change, and common sense. Students applied these questions to advertisements and articles of interest containing statistics and formed a note-book of critique. This created an awareness of statistics and hopefully was the basis of becoming a more in¬ telligent consumer. In the second case, students worked on self-initiated survey projects in school, in the com¬ munity, and at their place of employment in order to understand the fun, and frustration in the devel¬ opment of statistics. 29

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These pictures are taken from the play Our Town , which is per¬ formed in the Humanities course every year. The students become very involved in the play; it is the one activity they all remember. The play is produced and directed by the students. Humanities is offered as both a Social Studies and English course. Our Town proves to be a great learning experience because it tells us to really look hard at life and appreciate what we have. The department as a whole worked hard in providing relevant and topical programs that students could both enjoy and sink their mental teeth into. Response to such new classes as Women in History, The American Indi¬ an, Frontiers in American History, Revolutions, Compar¬ ative Religions, The Twenties and Thirties, and The Sixties according to Mrs. Ellen Robertson, department chairman, was excellent. Social Studies also offered Sociology II and Psycholo¬ gy II as two new semester courses. Out-of-school or at least out-of-classroom activities are a very real part of the teachers ' role at NHS this year. Many of the department instructors double as football, golf, and baseball coaches; supervise student election endeavors; instruct political campaign moves; teach on-the-road Driver Education; advise the competi¬ tive speech program; and work directly with the school musicals and plays. Again this year Candidates Day had approximately thirty students working on the various programs. And many of the Social Studies students are gearing up to work in the 1976 Presidential Election in the fall. Many local and area community leaders and agencies worked with the department in conjunction with various classes providing expert commentary on the workings of town, state, and national government, programs, and institutions. This year also saw Mr. Edward Culhane work in the capacity of Administrative Intern in the front office. His duties included all those of a regular vice-principal. He will return next year to teach International Rela¬ tions and Modern Problems. Ms. Virginia Tartakoff was also awarded a Sabbati¬ cal leave to work on her PHD at Boston College in 1976-1977. 31