Berkeley High School - Olla Podrida Yearbook (Berkeley, CA)

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HHS Students Score High on Language Tests Mr. Willard Moore Mrs. Joyce Newcomer Mrs. Ericka Pillars Miss Beatrice Roost Miss Margaret Rowland Miss Arlene Repetto Mr. Don Schrump Mrs. Mary Small Anthony Tudisco consults with Miss Virginia Thickens. New Course for Seniors About Negro History The division of the position of Department Chairman and Curriculum Associate has made better articulation with Garfield, Willard, and West Campus possible. The department has been able to enrich the curriculum with new courses and experiment with new techniques in teaching, stated Miss Virginia Thickens, Curriculum Associate of history in grades 7-12. The Negro in America was a new course introduced in the fall semester for seniors. In the ninth grade an experimental study and discussion seminar was offered to students who chose to take the course in addition to the required World History, continued Miss Thickens. In order to move with the trend of exploring original source materials, several courses were structured around the use of a varied collection of paperback books, a departure from the traditional textbook, she said. Mr. Anthony Tudisco is the Department Chairman. Mr. William Fielder Mrs. Sara Harrington Mr. David Hendsch Miss Stacy Burke Mrs. Susan Bement Miss Jane Miliar Mrs. Joe Mohrbach Mrs. Samantha Lee Mr. Hugh Houck Mr. Thomas Johnson 20

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Mr. Jim Trainor, in charge of Family Living. Mr. Jerold Kramer Mrs. Rosalind Singer Mrs. Elizabeth Wilson Joseph Trentacoste, Department Chairman, and Oliver Washburne, Curriculum Associate discuss plans. Knowledge of Self and Others Emphasized in Family Living The basic goal of the new courses in Family Life Edu- cation was to help each individual know, understand, and accept himself and others as fully as possible and to show that he could constructively change his life to some extent. This knowledge of self and improvement was taught in terms of physical, emotional, and social development, emphasizing the role of the family and other social institutions in shaping the person ' s identity. In order to accomplish these goals the teachers at- tempt to establish an atmosphere of open, honest com- munication among students, teachers, parents and com- munity, and encourage respect and concern for other ' s opinions as a sensible reaction to individual differences. Another purpose of the course was to stimulate an awareness of the actual and potential importance of every individual to the end that he would see the pos- sibilities for self-improvement. In helping the student to recognize his identity as a unique product of his own experiences especially within the family, peer group, and other social institu- tions, the aim of the course was to make him realize his own strengths and weaknesses, while at the same time it build a concept of self worth and teach him to accept responsibility for himself and others. B.H.S. Foreign Language Students Do Well in College, says Trentacoste The Foreign Language Department of Berkeley High School is outstanding, said Mr. Joseph Trentacoste, Department head. Mr. Trentacoste said that this is shown not only by the scoring of Berkeley High ' s students in competitive language tests, but also by the fact that many Berkeley High School graduates place highly in the placement tests of universities. Mr. Trentacoste was in charge of all the necessary materials on hand and ready for use by teachers. A few of the problems he dealt with were class size, getting equipment and materials and seeing that the classes were well conducted. The languages offered the past year were Spanish, French, German, Latin and Russian. All of these lan- guages were offered through at least the third year. Spanish and French were offered through the fifth year. The Curriculum Associate of the department was Mr. Oliver Washburn. Mr. Washburn coordinated the cur- riculum between Berkeley ' s junior high schools, West Campus and Berkeley High School in order to effect a smoother transition between schools for students. The foreign language teachers of Berkeley High School are attempting to improve their language instruction at all times, and to use the best possible materials and methods, he said. Miss Joyce Anderson Mr. Richard Dillingham Mr. James Grey Mr. Francisco Ibarra Mr. Henry Lorenzo 19

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Study Seminar Offered to Sophomores Mr. Glenn W. Pape Mrs. Laurel Swisher Mr. John Schuermann Mrs. Molly Larson discusses new program with Mrs. Ger- trude Tenney. Miss Hannah J. Schwartz Mr. Julius Sustaric Miss Thomasine K. B. Mrs. Janet Young Wilson Home Economics Department Strives to Achieve Two Goals One of the first of the two goals the Home Economics department tries to achieve in educating girls, is to help them with their personal living, ' ' said Mrs. Margaret Larson, Curriculum Associate of the Home Economics department. Personal living ranges from clothing to diet to home managing. ' ' The second of the two goals is to help girls develop skills for employment at various levels, continued Mrs. Larson. The Home Economics department prepares girls for employment in food services, and as hospital tech- nicians, nurses, nurses ' aides, therapists, and teachers. The Home Economics department also instructs stu- dents for employment right out of High School, and for Junior College and State College courses. Mrs. Gertrude Tenney is Department Chairman. Mrs. Anita K. Christie Mrs. Hildreth Headrick Miss Greba L. Jackson Miss Caroline Rone Mrs. Gwen Wong Many New Courses Have Gone Unnoticed at BHS The West Campus students, said Mr. Robert Rajander, curriculum associate of the Industrial Arts Department, are now being given Differential Aptitude Tests. These tests are given to find out what kind of aptitude the stu- dent has and what he is vocationally suited for and it is also designed to help his counselor channel him into the proper courses. It is rather disappointing, he continued, that more students aren ' t aware of the new programs which are now being introduced into the school system. One of these courses is a study of computer languages. The students are taught three of the basic and most com- (Continued on nage 22) Mr. Robert Rajander and Mr. Phil St. Martin review proposal.