Falconer High School - Falconaire / Corridor Yearbook (Falconer, NY)

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Our library serves all six years of high school. It is located on the second floor across from the offices of the guidance counselors and the high school principal, and adjoins the high school study hall and senior home room. In size it equals the area of about three standard classrooms, and seats fifty-four students at fourteen tables. During the remodeling program several years ago, the library was enlarged and a conference room and a work room were added. The library currcntly houses about 5800 books and subscribes to 57 periodicals. It maintains quite a complete, up to date reference collection. Use of the library has expanded noticeably during the past few years, with more and more students and classes supplementing their textbooks and enriching their knowledge by research on special topics for reports and term papers. The librarian is aided in her work by a clerical assistant two days a week, and by the volunteer services of the student Library Staff. MISS MARJORIE THOMAS Keuka College flu The Art Department, under the direction of Mrs. Burger, accomplished many projects and creative activities throughout the year. I h C ' n t e eneral Art Course given to seventh and eighth graders, the following are a few projects which have been completed: color mixing designs charcoal and era on sh d' ff I ll , y - a ing o sti life objects, still life drawing, lettering, perspective drawing, papier mache animals, floor plan design of a house, and mosaics. For the Basic Art Classes, the projects were as follows: lettering, poster d .U . . . . . esign, stencil printing, perspective, water color painting and portrait and figure drawing. These were merely a few of the industrious projects undertaken. The Advanced Art courses, from which students may choose their own gg area of endeavor, consisted of ceramics, fashion, advertising and crafts, and if' drawing and oil painting. An added highlight for the Basic and Advanced Art Classes was a trip to Buffalo to visit the Vincent Van Gogh Exhibit at the Albright Knox Art MRS- PATRICIA BURGER Gallery. The students ate their Buffa-l0 Stale Teachers College lunches at Buffalo State Teacher's College and 'chad a wonderful time. This trip seemed to touch off and accentuate a wonderful and instruc- I tive year for all the Art Students. For the first time in the history of Falconer Central School, there are two French teachers. Miss Panameroff teaches first, second and h , t ird year French, which consists of reading, writing history and a general study of the language. Mr. Olson instructs fourth year, which consists of term papers and book reports. MISS KAROLE PANAMEROFF Pennsylvania State University 6

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swat Sdaaztm MR. HERBERT TORRINGTON Cortland State Teachers College MR. NICHOLAS FEDORKA East Stroudsburg Teachers College Ithaca College MRS. DOROTHY HACHTEN Brockport Slate Teachers College Because of the increasing importance of the physical fitness of the people of our land, the physical education program is claiming a more definite part of our school curriculum. Students look forward each day to their forty-five minute gym period. This gives the student an opportunity to release his excess energy. Another essential of life is taught through sports, this being the necessity of achieving a healthy personality that only good sportsmanship can give.

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fff As a part of the Vocational Agriculture Department, students member- ship in F.F.A. is essential. To the Agriculture student, his goal is to try to win one of the various degrees conferred upon Ag. students - The green handi' degree for freshmen, the Chapter Farmer Degree for Chautauqua County Farmer, or the Empire Farmer Degree. The Falconer Chapter of F.F.A. has sent delegates to county, state, and national judging events. ln the state and national judging, the boys placed second. Also the Agriculture Department has visited Cornell to try to encourage the boys to become rural leaders. Delegates were sent to F.F.A. State Convention as well. Annual events sponsored by the Agriculture students are the Donkey Basketball Game and the annual Parent-Son Banquet. The Ag. Department hopes to encourage young men to become capable and qualified farmers. ,vw , 4' 3' W K 3 I ..,. 'M ' ' - K ' ' 'see f ggi - Q , , ' Hy 'A ,114 MR. ROBERT NORTON Cornell University Driver Education instructs the students in the basic fundamentals of being a well educated and alert driver. lt is the job of our driving instruc- tor, Mr. Lounsbury, to plant good driving procedures and habits in the minds of the young drivers. Because of the ever increasing statistics of teenage accidents, this is a very serious and important part of our school curriculum. lt is felt by the state that the Driver Education Program brings to the young driver a knowledge of the correct rules of the road. The rest remains in the hands and minds of the youthful driver. MR. DANIEL LOUNSBURY Clarion State Teachers College I lwwe - Spcuukdv I ,'-f 2,'r i A lrri, . ., , , An experimental method of teaching is being used in the Spanish 4 A classes this year. It is called aural langual and works on the basis that students learn to speak the language by first hearing the words pronounced. bg At no time are textbooks used, leaving everything spoken orally-including ,'-r f a it, most of the tests. This new method is believed to have many advantages ' if E ' over the old textbook method. MR. STEIG OLSON University of Buffalo 27