Farrell High School - Reflector Yearbook (Farrell, PA)

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IOURNALISM. SPANISH I, II LATIN I, II Miss Mary Zuhcxriou Mr. Alfred Mulutesta BA. Westminster Colle-qe BA. St. Boncnve-mule Universiiy lVI.Ed. Vlfeslminster Colleqe PHYSICAL EDUCATION PHYSICAL EDUCATION Mr. Ioseph Tommins Miss Teresa Boniio BS. University of Pittsburqh ES, Slippery Rock State Teachers College l7

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-LANGUAGE TIEPAHTME T- Our language department furthers an understanding in a foreign language through the study of the people, their culture, their way of life, and their contributions to our civilization, The primary purpose of the Latin Department is to broaden the students' vocabulary, learn Word origins, and to master the technical grammar of the course. Many stu- dents study the language because it is a requirement of many colleges. In the Latin classes students learn progressively by visual aids and educational competitive contests. Mr. Alfred Malatesta is the Latin teacher and also the advisor of the Latin Club. Through the Spanish department the students are taught to speak Spanish simply, yet correctly, in meaning- ful sentences and to understand the spoken Spanish used so widely in the world today. The conversational method is employed in the Spanish classes. Here everyday living situations like ordering a meal, talking on the telephone, and asking for a date are part of the teaching program. Aside from the actual gram- mar study, students in the Spanish classes enjoy the sing- ing of Latin-American folk and popular songs and colorful movies on Latin-American life. Miss Mary Zahariou, Spanish teacher and advisor of the Spanish Club, is the head of our Language Department. She has as her duty the integration of the teachers within the department and the aiding in the development of the de- partment as a whole. -HEALTH A Tl SAFETY UEPAHTME T- Every student should acquire knowledge of health and safety to apply to his daily living. Every student should learn his physical weaknesses and form a procedure to overcome them. ln that way every one will be able to live a richer life and will be able to adjust himself to the ways of our social living. The Health Course is integrated to promote the health and safety of the individual student. Every boy and girl in the Senior Class is assigned to three classes of health study each week. These classes enable the Seniors to develop habits essential to good health and physical fit- ness, and to understand more fully the practical applica- tion of health in daily living. ln addition, a thorough physi- cal examination is given by the school physician to each freshman and junior. The boys' physical program includes such activities as chin-up and push-up trials and testing, leather horse drills, parallel bar, spring board, and tumbling exercises. Mr, loseph Tornmins is the head of the boys' physical education program. The girls' program includes such activi- ties as tumbling, marching drills, volleyball, baseball, and various exercises. The girls' physical education program is under the direction of Miss Teresa Bonita. The classes par- ticipate in outdoor activities when the weather permits. Driver Education is comparatively a new and very popular course at Farrell Senior High School. This course began in the second semester of the l952-l953 school year under the direction of Mr. Stephen Delpero. The main pur- pose of the course is to teach students to use motor ve- hicles safely, efficiently, and to develop responsibility, cour- tesy, consideration and observance of the law. This course is divided into two phases: the study of theory in the classroom and actual driving practice. Driver Education and Training is open to all lunior and Seniors, The course is offered in each semester of the school year. Classroom work is held twice a week and a full credit is given toward graduation. Within five years after graduation three out of four high school students will be operating cars. There will be many younger drivers between the ages of sixteen and twenty. Many years' evidence shows that the most effect' ive way to reduce accidents is to educate those who are learning to drive so that they will acquire good safety habits. DRIVER EDUCATION Mr. Stephen Delpero B.S. Ed. Clarion State Teachers College MS. Ed. 'Westminster College

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-SUE IIE UEPABTME T- Science education aims to share with general education the responsibility of development of humanitarian and democratic ideals in our youth. The teachers strive to give all youth an understand- ing and an appreciation of science and adoptive experi- ences in the area of science as a means toward achieving personal adjustments to problems associated with living in this scientific age. The content and organization of the science courses in our Senior High School are related to life experiences and needs of youth. ln their effort to accomplish their goals, the teachers of science supplement the traditional methods of instruction by employing modern materials and tech- niques in the classroom. Miss Annarose Moraca and Miss Sarah Colley as teach- ers of the biology department strive to make the subject interesting to their students by taking every opportunity to show them movies, slides, and actual specimens of the subject matter they are teaching. During the year, the biology students are taught the life processes of the living things around them. The first month of school finds them engaged in field studies. ln the course of a year, the students are acquainted not only with plant life, but with animal life as well. Most people do not realize that everything they touch every day is undergoing a change. In the chemistry classes the students are taught the reasons for these changes. They learn what makes iron, rust, water, evaporate: and substances, burn. Most of the experiments conducted by the students re- late to everyday living in terms of chemistry. They pre- pare oxygen, acids, soaps, and food flavors. They also study the composition of gasoline, the structure of the atom and atomic energy. -MATHEMATICS DEPAHTME T- One of the basic departments in the Farrell Senior High School is the mathematics department, headed by Miss Helen Grimes. Beginning with the kindergarten and continuing throughout the school years, the pupil is led to see the social significance of the number and its prac- tical use. General mathematics is a two year course, taught by Miss Anna Boyle. This course, selected by general and vocational students, emphasizes the basic fundamentals of mathematics and their applications to everyday life. Algebra I, is taught by Miss Boyle and Miss Bessie Struck. ln addition to her classes in Algebra l, Miss Struck also teaches Algebra ll, which provides a solid foundation for the students who wish to advance to higher mathematics courses. Plane geometry is taught with an objective in mind somewhat different from that of the other courses in mathe- matics, The aim of this course is to teach students how to reason logically and clearly. Thus, plane geometry is of value not only to a student interested in furthering his education along mathematical lines, but also to pupils whose interest lies in other fields. Solid geometry and trigonometry are the most ad- vanced courses in mathematics offered in the Farrell Sen- ior High School. One-semester courses, they offer an in- sight into advanced mathematics for the senior academic student who desires to enter college. These courses, along with plane geometry, are taught by Miss Grimes. The academic mathematics courses are taught in the following order: Algebra I, Algebra ll, Plane Geometry, Solid Geometry, and Trigonometry. Farrell Senior High School also offer courses in com- mercial mathematics, taught by faculty members of the commercial departments, GENERAL MATH I, II it Miss A. Boyle A.B. Trinity College