Great Neck South High School - Vista Yearbook (Great Neck, NY)

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BOYS’ The boys' physical education department, headed by Mr. Erwin Clarke, supervises a curriculum divided into three seasons: fall, winter, and spring. In the fall, the boys play soccer and touch foot- ball in class and intramurals. During the winter, there are wrestling, apparatus, volleyball and basketball in class. The intramurals are bowling, basketball and an apparatus club. In the spring, class activities are running, lacross, and softball. Intramurals include soft- ball, senior life saving, and lacrosse. Recently the boys separated into teams to bandy the hard rubber ball for the first intraclass lacrosse games at South. This year Mr. Clarke emphasized physical fitness. Only 50V» of today's boys could pass President Kennedy's fitness test, estaimated Mr. Clarke. Gym periods were devoted in part to exercises to remedy this situation. PHYSICAL EDUCATION GIRLS’ Headed by Miss Staat, the Girls' Physical Education Deportment designs its activities in order to give girls maximum enjoyment and exercise. Sophomores take gym three days a week while juniors and seniors take it twice. In the fall seniors play tennis. The juniors and sophomores play lacrosse. The seniors participate in volleyball, basketball, tumbling and golf in the winter. One of the most anticipated activities is trampoline. The girls go outside once again in spring. The seniors demonstrate their skill at archery; sophomores and junior play softball. The students interested in dance were offered modern dance classes one day a week under the supervision of Miss Staat. Miss Patricia Kuhl 17

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Mr. Murray Singer Head Mr. Robert Abrams Mr. Robert Engel Mr. Patrick Gorman SCIENCE DEPARTMENT In the past few years, our Science Department has made various curriculum changes in order to accommodate the rigorous demands of the space age. Students are offered three regular courses, biology, chemistry, and physics. In addition, there is an advanced place- ment program in which promising science students are selected from seventh grade science classes. While these special science students take the same courses as other students, they take them one year earlier. Thus, they take high school sciences a year before the rest of their grade. This year, seniors in the A.P. program were offered a choice between two college science courses. Biology and Chem- istry. Three new teachers, Mr. Gorman, Mr. Engel, and Mr. Zannos, joined the staff as a result of growing student interest in the sciences. 16 Mrs. Mary Vielbig Mr. John Zannos

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HEALTH DEPARTMENT Mr. Albert Nagell Head Mr. Gerald Davis Mrs. Elizabeth Miller Mrs. Ruth Rapp Nurse: Miss Thelma Torbitt The curriculum of the Health Department concerns physical and mental health in general. Exchanges of ideas among students are usually preceded by a film on the topic to be studied. Often study groups are formed to look into health problems— to investigate the problem, to discuss it, to draw conclusions, and to bring the in- formation to their classmates. The entire course is planned to help students to goin a better understanding of themselves and others and to utilize this knowledge. HOME ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT Most of the offerings in the Home Economics De- partment, which is headed by Miss Krasnecki, are designed for girls. It has come to many people's attention, however, that girls are not the only par- ticipants in these courses. A common sight (and an accepted one, at that) is boys working in the school kitchens and even producing something edible. In addition to its gastronomical aspects, the curriculum of the department extends to such topics as nutrition, household maintenance, and sewing. This year Home Ec. girls displayed their handiwork at a spring fashion show. 18