E J Cooper High School - Talons Yearbook (New Hope, MN)

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Intense concentration and a steady hand are two requirements for creating an art project. Sophomore Dennis Peterson adds the finishing strokes of ink to his poster. Art Av Specialize To Meet Needs Of Students A greater variety of art projects was created this year with the open art laboratory. This system provided longer periods of working time and allowed the students to specialize in art techniques. Art projects were placed in the Brook-dale Art Show sponsored by District 281. Also many projects were displayed at the fourth annual Cooper Art Exhibition held in the spring. Several tape recorders, overhead projectors, and a control council for television production were added to the audio-visual department. Guided by Mr. Roger Kane, new audio-visual director, this department set up equipment and prepared the many aids required for large group presentations. Volunteer audio visual aids performed vital services for teachers and students. Mr. Donald Englin Audiovisual student aid Dan Oman threads a film projector for a presentation. Mr. Gary Gilmer Mr. Roger Kane

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Mr. Stanley Marhula delivers a biology lee- More preparation is required in team teaching, a vital part of modular scheduling. Miss lure to a large group in the auditorium. lola Mudt, Mrs. Dorothy Dyrseth, and Mr. David Cade plan a presentation for English. Students Learn To Budget Unscheduled Mods classes, which are limited to thirty students, are designed to give additional help in areas. Mr. John Koestler helps his students improve their German accent. Switching from a traditional schedule to a modular schedule demanded a drastic change on the part of the students and faculty. With forty percent of their time unscheduled, students had to learn how to plan their independent study time. The Instructional Material Center was the most widely used study area. It was here that students could use tapes, filmstrips, records, magazines, pamphlets, and hooks. The English and social studies resource rooms were also located here. The other resource rooms for mathematics and science provided an area where students could receive extra help from their teacher. Open laboratories for foreign language, business, art, home economics, and shop courses allowed students to come in during their unscheduled time to practice or study. 19

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Mrs. Arlene Breckenridge Mr. Arne Grangaard Mr. James Mitchell Mrs. Joyce Phillips Mr. Donald Rex Mrs. Elvera Springer Counselors Assist Students With Future Plans Miss Violet Ulrich Counselors saw approximately twice as many students this year as in previous years. More unscheduled time encouraged students to come in and talk with their counselor. A new asset in the Guidance Department was “the hub.” This was located in conference room A in the main reading room where trade and business brochures, college bulletins, occupational information materials, and other booklets were available to students on a loan basis. On September 25 the Guidance Departments of Robbinsdalc and Cooper High Schools sponsored College Night for both students and parents. Representatives from colleges throughout the country attended to present their campuses. Over sixty college spokesmen were available for general questioning. In the newly formed advisory groups for underclassmen, each counselor served as a resource person. They spoke to small groups of students about personality, vocations, and college plans. Registering the underclassmen for the next school year and administering the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test and Iowa Basic Test to the juniors were a few of their many responsibilities. “For Seniors Only” was a booklet prepared by the counselors for the graduating seniors. This booklet provided information about all Minnesota colleges, military service, and scholarships. A follow-up study on the 1966 Cooper graduates was given to each senior when he visited his counselor. English was listed as the subject most helpful. 21