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

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Mr. Fred Dunn-Ruiz Mr. Lawrence Lee Mr. Ronald MacDonald Mrs. Audrey Medsker Mr. Richard Menken Mrs. Mildred Morgan Mr. Samuel Newcom Mrs. Ann Ryan Miss Margaret Shedd Mr. Fred Wehking Mr. Leon Westover Mrs. Marva Wilkins Mr. Kirk Young Mr. Robert Pearson, School District Coordinator and Mr. Robert Lutt, Department Chairman. Perfoming Arts Dept. Noted for Outstanding Educational Theatre The Performing Arts Department at Berkeley High combines the disciplines of Dance, Drama, Music and Stagecraft. This amalgamation occurred two years ago. This administrative change has proven to be an asset for the teachers and students involved in the many pro- ductions and concerts. Mr. Robert Lutt is Department Chairman at the high school, while Mr. Robert Pearson is coordinator of Performing Arts for the entire school district. P.A.D. schedules a full and exciting concert and drama season which is consider- ed an extension of the daily curriculum. The department is noted for its outstanding educational theatre and the high calibre of its Band, Orchestra and Choral Groups. P.A.D. offers an enriched cur- riculum of 31 different courses affording opportunity for excel- lent preparation for students who wish to major in music or drama as well as those who have a de- to spend a smaller amount Mr. John Manley sire of time in these disciplines. Mr. William Elliot Mrs. Jacqueline Mr. Thomas Haynes Mr. Peter Kleinbard Hardester 23 Miss Diane MacDonald

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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

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Mr. Donald Davies and Mr. Don Allin talk with Mr. Ed DeFerrari. Mr. Don Bracelin Mr. Janies Bragg Variety of Activities Offered To Boys in P.E. Classes It is the function of the boys Physical Education de- partment at BHS to meet the objectives of fitness, skill, and citizenship by offering a variety of activities from the seventh through the twelfth grade, ' ' said Mr. Donald Davies, Curriculum Associate. Mr. Davies, assisted by Mr. Don Allin, Department Chairman, has the responsibility of developing and co- ordinating the physical education class, and the intra- mural and the interscholastic athletic programs into an organization that will benefit each individual student. Directing the interscholastic athletic program at Berke- ley High School is a major responsibility of the curricu- lum associate. The intramural program is also a re- sponsibility at the East Campus but a separate intra- mural director is appointed to help in this area. Mr. James W. Catlett Mr. L. W. Hensley Mr. David L. Kizer Mr. Bobby R. Offutt Mr. Thomas C. Pearse Mr. Robert Traum Mr. Willie L. White Miss Luella Anderson, Girls P.E. Department Head. 24 New Physical Education Facilities Have Made New Sports Possible The new physical education facilities have made it possible for several new sports to be introduced, said Miss Luella Anderson, Girls Physical Education De- partment Chairman. Such sports as hockey, golf, and archery were offered and were very popular this year, she added. Because of the enthusiam for hockey, a team had been organized and participation was very good. Last year BHS girls teams in hockey, tennis and bas- ketball performed well in the Contra Costa League Sports Association. The basketball team has been or- ganized and participation was very good. Besides teaching a class, and making evaluations of teachers, Miss Anderson was working on a curriculum guide for grades seven through twelve. The purpose of this guide, she said, is to develop a program in which girls progress in skills year by year. All around phases of physical capabilities will be emphasized. Miss Anderson also works closely with the Boy ' s P.E. department. She hopes co-ed P.E. classes can be developed in the future.