Chenango Valley High School - Warrior Yearbook (Binghamton, NY)

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Mrs. Press performs two phases, research and exploration, of her duties as a language teacher. Efficiency Emphasized The Business Department, headed by Mr. James Wheeler, offers courses essential for a prosperous career in business. Bookkeeping, Office and Secretarial Practice, Business Law, Typing, and Shorthand are the fundamental divisions of this department. Row 1: Mrs. Marion Cook, Albany State; Mrs. Rose-Marie Fox, Rider College. Row 2: Mrs. Marcia James, Skidmore College; Mr. Frank Kaminsky, Bloomsburg State. Row 3: Mr. James Wheeler, Chairman, Hartwick College; Mrs. Virginia Zellner, New York University. 126

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Better Facilities Improve Laboratories To facilitate the growing number of students in¬ terested in taking science courses and to fill the need for improved science facilities, new biology and chemistry laboratories were built this year. Several classrooms were combined to make these laboratories much larger than the previous laboratories. For those who wish to continue in a specialized field of study, senior high courses in biology, chem¬ istry, physics, and Advanced Placement Biology are offered. Chemistry Regents are still based on the state’s experimental course. Four new teachers have been added to this year’s staff. Mrs. Avis Reed is teaching junior high science. Mr. Tobias Polgreen is also a junior high science and math teacher. Mr. Willi n Ames and Mr. Thomas Kleeman teach senior high science: Mr. Ames took over the leadership of the physics classes and Mr. Kleeman is teaching Advanced Placement Biology and general science. Mr. Kleeman ponders his profession as a science teacher. As advisor of Chess Club, Mr. Croman aids Barry Kelly in a game of chess. 125

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Linguistic Skill Valuable Foreign languages broaden a student’s life by showing him the way people live in other parts of the world. The ability to speak and understand another language is in¬ valuable. Miss Baker and Miss Creagh, both French teachers, are new to the department this year. Besides teaching a language, these teachers travel during the summer to become more influential in it. Miss Baker spent her summer in France and Mrs. Press spent her summer in Europe. The language department sent representatives to the New York State Federation of Teachers at the Concord Hotel and to the Northeast Conference in New York City. In addition to teaching classes, these teachers also lead clubs. The French club, led by Mrs. Press, took a trip to Quebec, and the Russian club, led by Mrs. Roussyan, took a trip to Tolstoi Farm this spring. The Spanish club, led by Mrs. Fernandez, undertook many projects this year. Mrs. Fox and Mr. Lunde gather together the parts of their lunches. Row 1: Mrs. Isis Fernandez, University of Ha- vanna, Cuba; Mrs. Esther Press, Lycee Mangin. Row 2: Mrs. Ruth Riter, Chairman, Albany State; Mrs. Natalie Roussyan, Hunter College. Row 3: Mrs. Ladis Seaman, University of Puerto Rico. 127