Falls Church High School - Jaguar Yearbook (Falls Church, VA)

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Guidance Department Helps Solve Seniors ' Problems Standing, L. to R. — Mr. Kilbourne, Mrs. Marsh, Mrs. Spring, Mrs. Lemon, Mrs. Carstater, Mr. Azzara, Mr. Flannagan. Sitting — Mrs. Miles, Director of Guidance Department. Not Pictured — Miss Roper, Reading Teacher. MR. CARL S. AZZARA-B.S. Concord College; M.S. Indiana University—Senior Class Sponsor MRS. MARIE CARSTATER-B.A. Bucknell; M.A. George Washington University MR. JAMES A. FLANNAGAN—B.S. Virginia State College; M.Ed. University of Virginia—Junior Class Sponsor MR. RONALD R. KILBOURNE—B.S. East Tennessee State University; M.Ed. College of William and Mary MRS. EDITH LEMON—B.A. University of Denver—National Junior Honor Society MRS. GERALDINE MARSH—Louisiana State University; Visiting Teacher MRS. NELLE H. MILES-B.A. Ohio State University; M.A. George Washington University—Director of Guidance Dept. MISS MARILYN ROPER-A.A. Gardner-Webb Junior Col¬ lege; B.A. Carson-Newman College; M.A. East Tennessee University—Reading Teacher MRS. JANE SPRING-M.S. West Virginia University What do you mean they rejected your request for an application! asks the astonished Mr. Kilbourne. 15

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And then she asks to be put in a boys gym class! chuckles Mr. Flannagan. I hate to tell you this , says Mrs. Spring, but this application was due three months ago . Transcripts, old records, new records, college representatives, schedule changes, gigg¬ ling girls, phone calls, perturbed parents, tire¬ less counselors, college catalogues, com¬ plaining students, cluttered bulletin boards frustrated teachers . . . the Guidance Office at F. C. H. S. Constantly cluttered with students, teach¬ ers counselors, and parents, the Guidance Office was one of the busiest places in the school. All the students were relieved to know that whenever some class didn ' t completely suit them or their schedules were a complete mess, they were able to come into the office and make an appointment with their counsel¬ ors and work out their problems regardless of what they were. Seniors, who were planning on attending college, were able to come into the Guidance Office, where they made use of the college catalogue room. There they could find prac¬ tically any school which they were interested in and find out about its requirements and standards. Many of the students within the school were plagued by many problems other than those of schedule changes, mixed-up classes, and college choices. However, special help was provided for them through the participation in group discussions which many of the guid¬ ance counselors held besides taking care of their already monstrous duties. 14

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Innovation and Tradition Direct English Department Action Provoke, beseech, cajole! Although the English faculty used differ¬ ent tactics to present the subject, they shared the problem of drawing the students from their shells and teaching them to express their thoughts and ideas. An appreciation of functional grammar, poetry, and literature was the reward for those students who strived toward their goal of free thought and expression. Not only were the topics diverse but so were the English classes themselves. For the first time, the teaching of English was inter¬ related with social studies. The seniors re¬ ceived instruction in Chaucer, philosophy, government and abstract thinking while select juniors were caught up in an English-history struggle which strived to develop an appre¬ ciation of the American culture. Due to last year ' s success Project 9, was continued through this year along with the addition of Project 10. Public speaking, creative writing journalism were just a few of the English-oriented elec¬ tives, that along with the rest of the depart¬ ment courses dealt with the same problem of getting students to say what ' s on their mind either by the oral word or on paper. Mrs. Freeman suppresses her mirth over a senior ' s oral presentation on Shakespearean comedy. First Row.—L. to R. — Mrs. Combs, Mrs. Anderson, Miss Spindle, Mrs. Martin, Mrs. Shearon. Second Row, L. to R. — Miss Harris, Mrs. Cunningham, Miss Powell, Mrs. Miner, Mrs. Herman, Department Chair¬ man; Mrs. Kodish, Mrs. Freeman, Mrs. Romanus, Miss Wakefield, Mr. Bennett, Mrs. Green. Not pictured—Mr. Allen, Mr. Dowell. 16