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

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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.

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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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Many New Courses Unnoticed at BHS (Continued from page 21) mon computer languages that they are most likely to encounter. There is another program where the students go to school for the day and work at a 2 period course. A full five units of credit is given for the job and it is open to all students. Some of the places where the students work are, the hospital, child care centers, and at secre- tarial jobs. Mr. Anthony J. Bakos Mr. Warren C. Carlund Mr. Herbert L. Constant “ xm Mr. David A. Coolidge Mr. Roy Lindstedt Mr. Earl M. McDonald Mr. John Jack Mooradian . ■ ' sr ? • — - • J Mr. Louis Patrick Mr. Ray J. Tilley, Jr. Mr. John C. Van Zomeren Mr. Douglas C. Weir, Jr. Mr. Glenn Reynolds talks with Mr. Nash San Martin. No Big Changes in Math Department Mr. Nash San Martin, seated right, was recently ap- pointed as chairman for the Mathematics Department at the High School. Serving in this position, Mr. San Martin was responsible for the administrative operations of the department. His duties included preparing and submitting the department ' s budget and master sched- ule, working with staff members in planning and im- plementing curriculum changes, conferring with stu- dents, parents, counselors and other staff members to determine the most appropriate mathematics course for new or re-entering students and to present the views of the department to the high school ' s administration. Mr. Glenn Reynolds, seated left, is the Curriculum Associate for Mathematics. His duties and responsibili- ties were to help plan and initiate major curriculum changes and to coordinate the mathematics program for grades 7 through 12. In order to achieve these ends, Mr. Reynolds worked very closely with the mathema- tics department heads and staff members of the five secondary schools in the district Willard, Garfield, West Campus, East Campus (McKinley) and BHS. There are no major changes in the math curriculum this year. However, a small group of math students had hands on experience with an IBM 1620 and an op- portunity to perform an R.C.A. Spectra 70. Hopefully by the end of this school year some of these students will be able to program the IBM 1401 which is being in- stalled in the District. Various committees in the department studied the feasibility of: extending our advanced placement in the twelfth year and revising the Math B, Math A, Algebra A, B and C curriculum. Any changes in either of the two items listed above would not have been into effect until Fall ' 68. 22 Mr. John M. Bell Mrs. Frances M. Brown