Normandy High School - Saga Yearbook (Normandy, MO)

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Q Qzamam Wm? Egfazt ENGLISH DEPARTMENT Given briefly, these are our objectives and aims in the English Department. Throughout all six years of English, we make an effort to give each child reasonable accuracy in both speaking and writing, the emphasis in the junior school on speech and functional grammar gives way later to emphasis on literature and increased reasoning in oral and written composition, Throughout, we lay stress more on enjoy- ment and appreciation of literature than on the detailed understanding of structure and style, We are developing people for living, for thinking, for pleasure and profit to be derived from reading, not for writing books and criticisms and doing re- search Work. ART DEPARTMENT Normandy students have the privilege of working in one of the finest art depart- ments in this part of the country Une of this department's greatest assets is the fact that a great variety of work is done-anot just sketching and charcoal drawing, but also oil painting, stone work, ceramics, jewelry, leather tooling and wood carving, The goal of this department is not only to develop, under supervision, any phase of art in which the individual is interested, but also to give the student an appreciation of natural and synthetic beauty. ln many cases students have advanced into and beyond these goals and have exercised these advancements to the advantage of the school in general. PHYSICAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT The purpose behind the physical education program at Normandy is to secure a maximum of enjoyment in our recreational activities, By having group games there is a physical development realized, not by the stereotyped exercises but by recreational group games selected and led by the students themselves. Proper socialization of the students is secured by following the old doctrine, To win without boasting and to lose without alibisf' ln addition to the games, the girls participate in a strenuous program in dancing by which we hope to develop grace, carriage, poise, beauty and strength, Along with the regular classes we have a complete intra-mural program, as well as a full schedule of interschool competitive athletics for both boys and girls. MATHEMATICS Living in a modern world requiring exactness, precision, split-second decisions, balance sheets that balance, and bridges that do not collapse, one can not conceive of any modern school leaving mathematics out of the curriculum, Courses thatare Page Nineteen

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, .Wm Kaya -ec ,tt r f Ecluootlon ot Normandy The business of any school is to provide for general liberal education, This pur- pose includes instruction which acciuaints a student with the facts and modes of thought in the chief fields of intellectual endeavor, wholesome physical recreation and exercise, an atmosphere conducive to industry, initiative and development of moral character. lt is its purpose to cultivate the mind and its powers, not merely to store it with facts, With this general aim in mind the administration leaders of Normandy l-ligh School have divided the courses into five curriculums, academic, for those students preparing for college work in law, medicine, journalism, arts and sciences, business administration or education, scientific, for those preparing for engineering, general, for those who are not sure of their future plans, commercial, for those planning to enter the business world, and industrial arts, for those interested in mechanics and skilled trades. Prescribed courses, as well as a variety of interesting and worthwhile elective courses for these curriculums, are divided into various departments under the super- vision of capable and trained teachers, The teachers in each department work to- gether to integrate their subjects into a well-organized course of study and to fuse the work of the different departments into a unified, planned scheme of education, SOCIAL SCIENCE The Social Studies occupy an important position in the Normandy curriculum, and rightly so, for they are designed to supply pupils with an obvious necessity-a working knowledge of their social environment, The term working knowledge is chosen as best indicating the aim to produce active citizens. This means that pupils are given not only a knowledge of the machinery of modern society with something of how others have used and developed it but, what is more essential, a desire to do their shares in keeping the machinery moving lt is widely recognized that a success- ful democracy reguires citizens who can discuss current problems intelligently and who are anxious to act in accordance with any conclusions democratically arrived at. Modern society needs constructive participants, not destructive critics, and it is the purpose of the social studies to fill such needs. Page Eighteen

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TE, ' ' ' 7 5726 .Mya ae , Education at Normandy complete in preparing those pupils who are college-minded, courses which offer possibilities of exact and scientific analysis-these, a school will have. ln addition one must consider that a greater majority of the students will not be so fortunate as to go to college and may be projected at any time into the business of making a living. The school must provide training for good citizenship and the pupil's personal prac- tical affairs by giving the student practice and experience in careful, accurate think- ing and reasoning, and in the handling of simple numerical combinations. COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT lt is the aim and purpose of the commercial department to discover just what industry demands of its workers and to prepare the students of this department to meet those requirements. The idea of preparation for active life in business is stressed in each division of the commercial training, In typing, final appearance of papers is considered as well as speed and accuracy. ln the junior business and book- keeping classes, the students are encouraged to work at their own rate of speed so that they will get that feeling of responsibility which industry demands, ln the salesmanship classes, realistic sales campaigns and illustrated notebooks on sales topics of the student's own choice are worked out, Commercial law offers a basic knowledge of the common law to the student. MUSIC DEPARTMENT lvlusic, an international language, a science and an art, is offered to students of Normandy in a most complete manner. Students are privileged to take part in glee clubs, a capella choir, band, orchestra, and piano, Music is offered in order that it may enrich the student's life by preparing for a finer use of leisure time, by teach- ing appreciation for music that is heard in everyday life and by assisting those who are interested in following music as a profession to secure a better foundation for further training. INDUSTRIAL ARTS Industrial Education has a very important place in modern education, because the activities in the industrial arts are closely connected with many phases of human life from both the producers' and consumers' standpoint Page Twen ly