Enfield High School - Echo Yearbook (Enfield, CT)

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Business In order to function successfully in the sphere of today’s highly industrial society, it is important to become adept at certain skills. To provide its students with the knowledge and experience necessary for success in the business world, the business department offers practical curriculum in actual jobs. This “work-study” program provides a strong foundation of practical knowledge for the business student. For those students not involved in this plan, courses in the operation of business machines, typing, and stenography prepare them for office work after graduation. The department also offers courses for those individuals who plan to pursue further business study at the college level. For seniors—a sure way to be accurate. We experienced the skills the business world demands, BUSINESS DEPARTMENT. Standing, left to right: Mr. Robert Fitzgerald; Mr. Anthony Batista; Mrs. Poppy Fowler, Department Chairman; Mrs. Linda Wyman; Mr. Paul Bisesti; Mr. James Furey; and Mr. James Laudato. Seated: Miss Andrea Russo, Mrs. Phyllis Granata, Mrs. Dorothy Hare, Miss Eileen Malley, Miss Catherine Tatoian, and Miss Anna Parakilas. 14

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to achieve a better understanding of life around us. Students burn their way to knowledge. Science A decade ago, the first Sputnik was launched into space. In this same ten years, science courses have changed dramatically. These changes were stimu- lated in part by a re-evaluation of the role of sci- ence in our national life and show up in the courses offered by the Science Department. These classes are more laboratory centered; experiments are studied in much more depth than many were ten years ago. To keep abreast of new ideas, the Science Depart- ment feels that a basic knowledge of science is in- valuable. The curriculum is designed so that scien- tific history, modern technology, and a basic under- standing of modern concepts are all studied. This year, an intensified study of Physical Sci- ence has been added to the curriculum. It is offered for the student who does not intend to attend col- lege. Bio-Chemistry, an advanced science for accel- erated students, is offered again this year. It adds a new dimension of learning for the student who finds science a challenge. Science gives the student an opportunity to satisfy his curiosity. Inquiry and research of this sort aug- ment our intellectual scope in a manner that is prac- tical, theoretical, and technological. SCIENCE DEPARTMENT. Standing, left to right: Mr. John DeMetropolis, Mrs. Florence Lyons, and Mr. Robert David Keaney; Mr. Robert Cazda; Mr. Vincent Lunetta, Kramer. Missing from the picture: Mr. Michael Ricci. Department Chairman; and Mr. Steven Ross. Seated: Mr.

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FOREIGN LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT. Standing, left to right'. Mrs. Cynthia Humphrey, Mr. Raymond Montagna, Miss Catherine O’Sullivan, and Mrs. Elaine Myott. Sealed-. Mrs. Sirvant Hintlian, Department Head; Miss Elizabeth Best, and Mrs. Sandra Eastman. Missing from the picture: Miss Sandra Kazman and Mr. James Liberty. and learned the languages our brothers speak. Foreign Languages At a time when communication and under- standing between the people of the world is so vital, we at Enfield High School are fortunate enough to have an advanced foreign language program. The Foreign Language Department consists of three basic courses: French, Spanish, and Latin. Besides the regular classroom sessions, the students frequently utilize the electronic lan- guage laboratory. The learning of a foreign language is most beneficial. Not only may one become proficient in a language but one also becomes acquainted with the customs and inhabitants of other na- tions. This learning arouses and intrigues us: we become more aware of our own society, and its traditions and culture.