Belmont High School - Blueprint Yearbook (Belmont, MA)

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Mrs. Margaret-Mary Johnston Helmontian Club Today’s commercial students arc equipped with the skills, the intelligence, and the initiative to find rewarding careers in the world of business. Through their studies, they arc prepared to meet the great demand for bookkeepers, clerical workers, stenographers, and typists. Bookkeeping students become familiar with the entire bookkeeping cycle, including elementary financial reports and records of small businesses. In stenography, they develop a shorthand vocabulary and the ability to take dictation. Various levels of typing, from elementary to advanced, are offered to all students; and the courses in business law and personal economics prepare the student to handle the workings of everyday business and personal financial management. The business world offers a variety of excellent, high-paying positions. The commercial students of Belmont Senior High School are prepared to choose the job opportunities which they find interesting, challenging, and fulfilling. Mr. I.loyd F.. Smith Head of Dept. Miss Barbara Johnson Hlueprint k Miss Eva P. Davis Red Cross Club 15

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Mr. Richard M. • cn,a Language Coordinator: German: German Club: Russian Club Miss Marion B. Stcunvald Latin: Latin Club Miss Evelyn R. Norccn Latin; English: Latin Club Mrs. Venezia A. Mezzacappa French; Senior French Club Our language department continually deepens in dimensions. The high school stresses languages as a vital part of our education. Students arc encouraged to think and converse in foreign tongues. Facilities, such as our new modern language laboratory. provide an opportunity to improve pronunciation and comprehension. Maps, films, tapes, audio-visual aids and records arc also available. The world is becoming smaller with modern transportation and communication. Belmont High School, in realization of this fact, offers a broad and comprehensive range of languages. With the knowledge of foreign cultures, a student will have a belter understanding of world history, customs, and civilizations. Mr. Arthur J. Martellucci Spanish; Spanish Club Mrs. Helen Sheldon French: Junior French Club Mrs. Monique Miles French: Junior French Club 14 Mr. Michael P. Qucrcio Head oj Dept.: French: Spanish; Senior French Club Mr. Frank X. Vcncri Italian; Spanish: Italian Club Mrs. Alla Fcdus German: Russian

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Mr. M. Donald Plummer Art Director Mrs. Grctchcn S. Sanderson Art Club; Blueprint Mechanical Drawing Mechanical drawing provides an excellent training in visualization, concentration, and accuracy. A student develops basic skills in modern drafting and designing-room techniques. With this knowledge, a wide variety of job opportunities arc made available. Mrs. l-'lainc Crosby Art All students who have the interest and personal initiative find the art courses at Belmont High School both stimulating and rewarding. Mrs. Sanderson is eager to have her students develop a sense of design and color as well as a general appreciation of art. The ability to express oneself creatively is improved through experience with definite problems which emphasize lettering, pencil and water color techniques, color harmony, and figure drawing. Balance, proportion, and perspective are stressed in the commercial, abstract and fine arts. New media are constantly being added to the program to encourage individual creativity. The knowledge and the keener perception of beauty that is gained from this course greatly contributes to our growth and development. 16