Hialeah High School - Hiways Yearbook (Hialeah, FL)

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.fn 1 ,il Gf. Review, hard wor raise FLT score Improving srudenls' scores on rhe Funclional Lireracy Tesf was again a maior proiecl for rhe lvlaih Deparrmenl. Working long hours, bofh reachers and srudenrs reviewed rhe basic skills associafed wi'rh liracfions, decimals, problem solv- ing, and The melric svslem. Aside from The lluncfional Lir- eracy Tesr, srudenls also were able 'ro choose from a variery of courses. Included in Hweir choice were general marh, algebra, geomefry, Trigonomelry, and cal- culus. Mr. Harvey Mellon headed lhe deparrmenr. When The FLT scores were rerurned, The hard worlc proved To be worfh il. HHS scores in maHi rose 8Cfo - from 65Of, passing in l977, lo 73OfO in I978. k. 6 3? L 5 Curriculum X 73

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I. The camera inferrupis social sfudies Teacher, Mr. Curiis Jackson, in lhe nl! middle of his economics lecfure. 2. Sludenfs work on anoiher 'rough 'resl in Mr. Rick Bu1'ner's class. 3. Business mafh feacher, Mr. Arnold Edmundson, explains grading procedures fo Carlos Marfinolas and Maria Figueroa. 4. Mrs. Frances Finiello reireafs To a quiefer place fo grade rnafh papers. 5. Mafh siudenls work on various assignrnenfs which will benefii Them on The FLT. 6. Paul Nunez makes if a rule To keep his bookkeeping in 72 X Curriculum Ci+izen's roles emphasized Social Sfudies Deparlmenl worked for more sfudeni under- sranding and involvemenl in gov- ernmenf and sociely. The curriculum included polifi- cal srudies, a siudy of s'ra+e and nafional poliiics, and American- ism vs. Communism, wifh empha- sis on American free enferprise and problems of 'rhe consumer: behavioral sludies, looking ai 'rhe 'inner' man and his role in sociefyy and American Sfudies, an obser- vafion of The forms of our nalional governmenl and i+s hisfory. Several olher programs were offered. Among 'rhese were fhe Courl' Observers. Legal Educafion Law Program, Youlh lfocus in Governmenr Trainee, and Close Up Program, where a week was spenf in Washingfon D.C., observing governmenl in acfion. order. 2 BRO!! EDUC

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74 X Curriculum Family as 'uni'r', goal of Home Ec. ln charge of fhe Home Economics area of school, insfrucfors, Alwillie Maffhews and Carolyn Simpson, have sfressed values perpefuafing fhe premise fhaf fhe family is fhe basic unif by which fhe culfure of a sociefy is nurfured and fransmif- fed. Sfudenfs were required fo iden- fify and undersfand fhe principles of efhics, aesfhefics, economics, management and sciences per- faining fo family living in a demo- crafic sociefy. Home economics fraining was also used fo develop sfudenfs' personal abilifies and inferesfs fo enable fhern fo proceed info rela- fed professional fields. Along wifh fhese goals, lvls. lvlaffhews added, We are nof iusf conducfing 'cooking and sew- ing' classes. We are sfriving 'ro creafe a mulfiplicify of home and family educafion offerings fhaf will develop worfhwhile compe- fencies in -fhe home, communify and world. 5 7' , M rl? fi , M X 11,73 A : ,, ,MMMW-f ka i 7 l if 3 s is 1 i MM, 2 ,.f. ..T1. ,