Wellesley High School - Wellesleyan Yearbook (Wellesley, MA)

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Independent Study is a h ighly individualized project which can be pursued for credit by anyone interested in on-the-job educa¬ tion. Students commit at least four hours per week to a learning experience which takes place outside of the school environment. A wide variety of options is available, including everything from accounting to veterinary medicine. Each year, between seventy-five and ninety students take part in some form of Independent Study, including Senior Intern¬ ship, which is a more intensive project involving time off from the school day. However, as we go to press, the Central Administration has decided to eliminate this highly successful program. No longer will students be able to learn through the Independent Study Program. The Work Study Program was divided primarily for the non-college bound students who want job experience. Mr. Rocky Ed¬ wards has coordinated this program since 1970. The student can elect work-study as a semester or year major and receives two and a half credits per half year. However, the deparment has run into some problems with different laws. For example, although some students are fully competent in auto-body work, they are prohibited by law from being paid for it. Mr. Edwards would like to see the government, revise antiquated labor laws that restrict the students from working in certain fields. Francois Levesque — Independent study. Paula Powers at the Wellesley Townsman Lisa Marshall has finesse. ' And then there’s Erin at WZLY, of Wellesley College.” Independent Work Study !6

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Gina Cappalletti Joanne Flaherty Katie Howard-Johnson Andy Blackwood, Luke Bowen, Paul Sackley The Social Studies department, lead by Mr. Gardner Mar- chant, is one of the oldest departments in the school. With four of the teachers having taught for more than twenty years at the high school, this department boasts of an extremely devoted and enthusiastic staff. Although declining enrollment and lack of budget in¬ creases are increasingly difficult aspects with which to deal, Mr. Marchant asserted that neither the present curriculum nor the staff are likely to change. However, as we go to press, the central office is recommending that the personnel in this department be cut by one full position. Mr. Marchant does feel that the Department offers a superior sequence of courses that start at the Junior High and range in levels. Social Studies 25

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Business Could you reread that? It does not look like Michelle was listening. (Mrs. Fine and Michelle Lee) “Oh no you don ' t! I’m not going to do all the work!” Shorthand class requited much concentration. (Barbara Jarvis, Sue Gor¬ don, and Karen Nagle) The business department, headed by Mr. Robert Aldrich, is an area that encompasses a wide variety of courses varying from Typing to Accounting. Comprised of a small devoted group of teachers, the department serves the student population in a varie¬ ty of aspects. Mr. Aldrich asserts that the budget, not declining, is his department’s major obstacle. It has become increasingly difficult to keep machines such as the typewriters in working order and also supply the needs of the accounting classes. The latter class cannot be taught without practice kits for every student. The department worked on a new program with the English department which would have combined the Yearbook and Jour¬ nal Page publications into classes run by both departments, but this was eliminated by the Central Administration. 27