Kelvin High School - Kelvin Yearbook (Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada)

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Mr. Baluta Mr. Borland Arnott Glascow Miss Griffiths vdrs. Findlatei [ • F3I H J| w jp J %Sw ' fjm

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Administration Vice principals Mr. Kallos and Mr. C. F. Smith Kelvin in the 70’sl Who can resist the tempta¬ tion to make a few predictions? The crystal ball is too cloudy to forecast what will happen at our school during this decade, but it does show a few outlines of what can happen — if Kelvinites are prepared to commit themselves to the twin goals of quality education and selective involvement. By “quality education” I mean learning in depth with respect to the courses a student se¬ lects for his personal program — with acceptance of “mastery of fundamentals” rather than “per¬ centage performance” as the criterion for credit in a particular course. (Correlatively, each subject area will need to have several levels or phases to provide for the wide range of abilities found in any school population; and students will need to become increasingly skilled in selecting the components of their personal educational programs year by year.) Thus, the concept of the “average student”, on which so much educational plan¬ ning has been based in past decades, may well make way in the 70’s for the practical recognition of the uniqueness of each individual. The second objective, “selective involvement”, presumes more active participation of students in the planning and operation of the instructional program. This implies improved staff-student communication at several levels: for example, through special committees on curriculum, meth¬ odology, and evaluation; through a continuing liaison committee: and through a greater role for the student in the evaluation of his own prog¬ ress. The student is thus involved in matters of primary importance. With much greater ease than in the 60’s, students should be able to make the “consumer point of view” a vital part of educational plan¬ ning; but this type of progress will require stu¬ dents to substitute positive concern and coopera¬ tion for negative apathy and antagonism. “Quality education” and “selective involve¬ ment” are worthy challenges for staff and stu¬ dents at Kelvin; and all are invited to add them to their personal platforms for improving the schools of the 70’s. 72-.— 9

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Mr. Lockett Mr. Kitchen Mrs. Menzies Mr. Emeruwa Miss Shanks Xdr. Sanguin Mr. Schellenberg Mr. Smith Miss Spears Mr. Standing Music Director Mr. Melnyk Mr. McFarland Mrs. McIntosh Mr. Shwetz ummons Mr. Toews Mr. Sutton Miss Thomson