Franklin High School - Almanack Yearbook (Livonia, MI)

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expand facilities, services Individualized resource centers for English, Social Studies, and Mathematics provided one dream-come-true 'For the imagin- ative Instructional Materials personnel in i968-69. Department officers were located handily near their own study areas. Back in its original role as general library was the round brick room at the iunction of the four main corridors. The Communications Lab served language students and all other classes that frequently use tapes and records. lt housed both the permanent tape library and daily lecture tapes. Congeniality characterized the Non-Book Room, relocated in room 124 next to the East Lobby. One of its features was a Tuesday after-school movie, free both of charge and popcorn. i me E .I l i i i g , fn!! Stacks of the round library provided the right environment for Junior Kathy Casey ileftl. Mrs. Slack presided over the Communications Lab, operating the tape deck as her assistant, Sophomore Tom O'Malley, monitored. . , ii. .1 IMC ASSISTANTS. Front row: Teddie Anderson, Dave Cary, Tom O'Malley, Paul Damminga, Bob Joyner, William E. Schliclc, Harold B. Wright, George D. Blair, Kathy Panicci. Back row: John Sutherland, James Petres, Michael Scofield, David Smith, Paul Ericson, Greg Maloney, Bill Michels, Steve Watkins, Steve Burk. Absent: Dan Zedan. Kurt Phelps. Q ,V ' V ' ' Z . .f1,' i I ,, V, . ... . 57 S

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Audrey M. Becker Direcfor IMC Norma Kumbier Chairman, Library Jeanne Bageris Klair H. Kissel .ludiih Scanlon Virginia Ruelle Jean Cassidy Ethe I Exharos Clarice linderman Pat Scavo .W-q ii- 'rr' ...-e ,uw Q , ., .., . yr- . 1 M, are Faculty and students alike enioyed ihe aimosphere of the Non-Book Room. Mr. Ernst ltop of pagel pored over record ofiferings. Senior Pom Prifula fdirectly abovel preferred ihe news seciion. Sfudenfs could sfudy individually in cx carrel or fogeflwer af fables in deparfmeni- affiliolied areas such as ihe Social Siudies Cenfer lbelowl. Marian Segasser Jean Slack

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Counseling rejects olerking, regains personal touch With some of the huos successfully bombed out of the 'machine-scheduling process, counselors were able to spend less time on the clerical repair of scheduling errors and more on counseling than they have been able to do since IBM student programs macle the local scene two years ago. lt was welcome relief for them to get to know and to help their students on a personal basis. Furthermore, reorganization of student assignments to counselors on an alphabetical rather than grade-level basis helped counselors to become acquainted with stu- dents of various ages and stages of educational de- velopment. lt was no longer the 1'7th, llth, or l0th grade oFFice, but rather l A-G, H-O, or P-Z'f To Seniors Wendy Wallace and Linda Bourne, the choice of colleges was a tough one. Mrs. Shield helped them with information.