Ballard High School - Shingle Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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1:7 r . Custodial Staff: Barneyjohanson, Neil Wells, Barbara Wells, William Harisen, Claude Hobson. Service Behind The Scene Maintaining a clean and well kept building for the students of Ballard High is thejob of our custodians and matron. This year under Claude Hobson, the head custodian, Ballard had two foreign exchange custodians, Mr. Einar Gislason from Iceland and Mr. Ricardo Aplacible from the Philippines. We welcomed these two men, who, along with all the others, made our school a better place in which to learn. Lunchroom duties were performed by our able cooks. Headed by Ann Derksen, Lunchroom Manager, they prepared hundreds of well balanced lunches and snacks each day. X S .. . X .ef Qs Q I X V 5 ,. 4' ke ' gf K ' .. ..t. . X iw A -. f -gg 2 5 sk: me ,L . 1 . ' f . rf 1. me . Xlts ,.-- . W - .... J e .. ' - X in ww- -... tt.. :iff . kkkkk . . Cooks: Ann Derksen, Thelma Hoveland, Mary Crossen, joy Byrum, Madeline Kelly, Anna Hurst, Virginia Barney. Mr. Hobson hard at work

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Administration Strives For Change Mr. Peter Schneller - Principal Dr. Kermit Franks - Vice-Principal Mr. Schneller has innovated many successful programs in his six years as principal at Ballard. Along with the continuation of independent study and the eight period day, Mr. Schneller has helped to plan the new grading system involving passffail grading and fractional credits. Mr. Schneller's efforts in developing new and different programs have stimulated new thinking at Ballard High. Probably the biggest change at Ballard this year was that of administration. Our new vice-principal, Dr. Kermit Franks, is well qualified after having served as vice-principal at West Seattle High School for eight years. He was involved this year in a program by which administrators in the .Seattle School System transferred to gain greater knowledge of the high schools in the city. Ballard was privileged to be one of nine high schools in the United States to take part in an Exchange Principal Program sponsored by the National Association of Secondary School Principals. Mr. John Baker, of Christchurch School in Hampshire, England, came to the United States to observe our school system, with plans for changing from their present school system to our comprehensive one. To supplement our activity fund, Mr. Baker helped organize a Walk-a-thon, the first of its kind in the United States. This took place of the annual candy sale, and it gave students and faculty a chance to show their school spirit by acquiring sponsors, walking around Greenlake, and donating the money to our activity fund. Mr. john Baker - Exchange Vice-Principal

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Mrs. Gibbs recites poetry to her Language Arts 11A class. A New pproach Under the direction of Mr. Claude Willson, the new head of the department, and a staff of fifteen teachers, Language Arts students had a full schedule of reading, understanding and writing. Sophomores started off the year with Greek Mythology and Romeo ana' juliet. juniors concentrated on American authors. To Kill A Mockingbird, Our Town and The Crucible were read by all eleventh grade students. Seniors, who only needed one semester of Language Arts to graduate, spent a good part of the course reading MacBeth, The Canterbury Tales, Lord Of The Flies and Animal Farm. Seniors could also take college preparation courses, such as Advanced Literature and Senior Reading. All students spent some time in the study of poetry. The Language Arts department offered a new program this year to insure individualized attention to students with reading problems. The class, open to any student, was started to develop reading skills. Completely voluntary, the class was held in the library conference room under the direction of Mrs. Polly Weston, an instructional aide. Students went into the class whenever they felt they needed it and could quit going when they had completely benefited from the program. ln some cases, Language Arts teachers assigned pupils into the program in place of the ordinary class period. The same subjects were taught, but were covered more thoroughly. With no more than eight per class, students were assured of receiving a closer personal understanding of the subject. Through this program, it was hoped that all students could acquire the ability to read, the most important of all skills. In Language Arts ,AE ei? - f- f 1 l zwzfffh.52.lnfsz,?f::ii5ggmqg,,f.1,1::f - ' -V . ' . V Miss Myers introduces Greek Mythology