Catholic High School For Girls - Silver Sands Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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was- With a smile like that, who needs any other skills? Sometimes it's hard to stop, look and listen. Look at the map, Elizabeth! Sharpening Important Skills Reading skills are fun- damental to all learning and to future career choices. Courses in reading are designed to improve reading ability, study habits and build new skills. Self-confidence is the reward of those students who develop this important area of communication, as they work under the direction of qualified and dedicated specialists. Claire Lederer operates the filmstrip projector in preparation for a reading project.

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An Eye for Business Hallahan's Business Department provides young women with the necessary skills to be successful in office surroundings. Offerings include: Accounting, Clerical Office Practice, General Business, Stenography, Secretarial-Transcription, Typing and Recordkeeping. Personal typing is taught to college-bound seniors in addition to business- oriented underclasswomen. The Work-Study program enables students to fulfill graduation requirements early so that by senior year much of the day is spent in on-the-job experience. Hallahan girls have earned a well-deserved reputation for outstanding work in the business world. Tara Lessa conquers the keyboard Above: Calculating her finances will never be a problem for Rachel Sostre. Center: Word processing skills get plenty of practice from Rim Pierce and Catherine Cullen. Right: ln Typing l, Rolleen Loughlin shows the keys to good typing to her classmates.

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Sue Krenski shrieks I can't believe Mrs. Lochhead is making us do thlsl as her fellow Biology ll students begin dissectinga mink. Seniors marvel at the wonders ofa balance and a calculator. Tamara Milburn and Lorraine McLaren examine pork from Exploring the Unlinovvn Science focuses on the knowledge of facts, phenomena, laws and proximate causes. The study of the natural sciences at Hallahan includes courses in physical science, biology, chemistry and physics which are geared not only to fulfilling the requirements for each student but are also geared to be realistic in view of the students' abilities. Emphasis is placed on developing skills in using the scientific method, ex- perimentation, critical reasoning, investigation and group work. Above- average students or those with a special interest may pursue more ad- vanced courses in chemistry and physics. Alice Perilli and Marie Cunningham discover how many bones there really are in the body.