Wellesley High School - Wellesleyan Yearbook (Wellesley, MA)

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The Social Studies department was affected by the Back to Basics” trend. Junior enrollment shifted from topics courses to the more tradi¬ tional survey of U.S. history and an Advanced Placement junior history class was added. The senior elective program was also expanded, with a twentieth century history course added to its offerings. The electives, designed to expose students to the many aspects of the social sciences, reflected the demands of the times in which we live. The Social Studies department, through its many and varied courses, gave exposure to other value systems and societies. They also explored American culture, examining current events in their historical perspective. Doyou really expect us to believe that?” (Jim Madison, Kathy Krizik, Bob Marsh, Laura Glassman) No, no, no — the SOUTH won the war!” (Mr. Camp- Sorry, Mr. Ross, no funnies, bell) That’s the way it is, kids’” (Chris Giffee, Sue Bradley, Mark Roach, Grace Resmini, Steve Fay, Mrs. Reuland) BOBBI HANSEN EILEEN GEORGE JOHNSON KERIVAN, JR. JOHN GERALD McDermott murphy PATRICIA REARDON MARY REULAND RAYMOND ROSS 17

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E N G L I S H SUSAN JANICE ALEXANDER BARRETT RHONDA BRETHOLTZ JOHN FRICK RONNA FRICK BROOKS GODDARD JEAN RALPH GODDARD GRIFFIN LEWIS GURMAN WAYNE HADLOCK MARISSA McCOY JOAN LEVINE VOLGA RESS DENNIS McCORMICK PATRICIA ROSE NFI ELD Responding to student interest, the English department added two electives to its roster. Mrs. Joan Levine developed a course called Children’s Literature: a Reading and Writing Course,” while a new literature course, Ethnic Writers,” was introduced. As usual, the difficult Phase I courses were computed as one level, and the less demanding courses as two levels. The members of the school’s largest department, including newcomer Mrs. Marissa McCoy, worked to enrich students’ cultural and aesthetic appreciations, to help them better understand themselves, and to enrich their reading and writing skills. Because each teacher taught each elective differently, English electives were a stimulating and refreshing change from other two-semester courses. 16 What ' s an English teacher to do ? (Mr. McCormick, Ken Scobie)

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admiring Mr. Palmaccio’s colored chalk, listening to the stomping of Mr. Mr. Barr was happy thinking about his sabbatical. (Billy Karas, Mr. Barr) Andrew’s foot, or becoming terrified of Miss Milot on the first day of school, students who took math were rarely bored by one of the most capable department faculties of Wellesley High (by the math itself maybe, but not by the teachers!). This year computer programming wa made an integral” part of Math 12 and 42B in order to interest students who would not otherwise have had contact with the computers. These student- were also offered free use of a third terminal by Babson College. A new course this year, Technical Math,” was designed to create an awareness of the necessity of Algebra. Offered to fifteen students in the Industrial Arts Department, Technical Math taught those enrolled in it the applications of math¬ ematics to practical jobs. They developed math expertise as students worked on personal projects. Mr. Andrew, Department Head, also cited an increased enrollment in the math electives, Probability and Statistics and Matrix Algebra. Mr. Andrew pointed out the solution to the problem as Mark Gherardi solved it. JAMES RANDALL BARR HORSMAN DONALD LaBORNEJR. ALICE MILOT MAXWELL MONTGOMERY ROSS HUNTER RICHARD PALMACCIO KATHLEEN SCOTT JAMES SULLIVAN RONALD GERHARD TIBERIO WICHURA 18