King Philip Regional High School - Chieftain Yearbook (Wrentham, MA)

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CAFETERIA STAFF C7 cr' Hot lunches are served daily by the efficient cafeteria stalt members: Mrs. Florence Simmons, Mrs. Velma Perry, Mrs. Clara White, Mrs, Lucy Wignall, Mrs. Alice Binney, Mrs. Rennie Bowden, Mrs. Grace Matakanski, Mr. Julius Candella, Cafeteria Manager. PROFICIENT SERVICES Services proticiently rendered provide for the health and welfare of all. Nutritional, well planned, and carefully prepared hot lunches are served daily under the competent supervision of Mr. Julius Candela. Safety, highway patrol, truancy and infractions of school or civic law fall under the jurisdiction of Mr. Ed- ward Larsen ofthe Wrentham Police Department. Health needs including physical examinations, eye and ear tests, and provision for speech therapy are only a few of the duties of Miss Margaret Keady, school nurse. Careful maintenance of the school plant and grounds keep Mr. Clayton Cummings and his custodial staff busy. POLICE Ag Mr. Edward Larsen serves as a traffic and a truant oflicer. Skilled services benefit all NURSE Capable and kind are the adjectives which typify Miss Margaret Keady, RN. 9 CUSTODIANS Around the clock maintenance is the service rendered by the custodial staff: Mr. Curtis Willard, Mr. Francis Fields, Mr. Henry Lightfoot, Mr. William Pierpont, and sitting, Mr. Clayton Cummings, head custodian. ll if

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Adequate guidance is a student prerogative. 'L- Mr. Paul E. Parks, Guidance Director, srnilingly awaits his next student counselee. Mr, Herbert H, Zeichick, counselor, prepares to welcome 0 student. GUIDANCE: A PRIME FUNCTION Guidance, the act of giving direction or lead- ing on the way, when specitically applied to to- day's student, is a prime function in the secon- dary school. Where to go? What to do? How best to pre- pare tor the future academically andfor voca- tionally? are questions which must be answered and resoved on the basis ot individual student needs, capabilities and interests. The answers and proper direction are made readily avail- able through professional counseling, construc- tive programing, evaluative testing and informa- tive literature. Cumulative records accurately kept aid both counselors and teachers in the formulation of more effective student programs and objective evaluations. Mr. Conrad A. Pensavalle, counselor and football coach, poses with Mrs, Mildred Hill, secretary. - 7.1 8 4 'ii

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Reading, writing, speech, foreign languages, and Mrs. Alice Church, director, and Mrs. Marilyn Sprague ot the developmental reading program are pleased with the interest in the reading program. READING: A BASIC SKILL Since reading is basic to all learning and to all areas ot lite, it becomes necessary in today's competitive academic and voca- tional world for all students to have a thorough knowledge of the basic reading skills: word recognition, structural analysis, vo- cabulary, comprehension, and rate. Areas of study which, also, receive emphasis are those of interpretation, understanding of authors' purpose, and critical reading. Miss Gail Wexler, Mrs. Elizabeth Sanner, Mrs. Grace Capron, chairman, Miss Helen Kelleher, Miss Carol Spellman, Miss Patricia Mahoney, Mrs. Eleanor Alter, Mrs. Roberta Negus, Mr. Stanley Hamil- ton, Mr. James Black, and Mr. John O'ReiIIy are responsible for teaching English. 10 Mrs. Elizabeth Sanner, speech teacher, watches Edward McGarry practice gestures for an oral interpretation. i ENGLISH PROGRAM EMPHASIZES LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION Sequential development in literature, composition and oral expression along with a sense of cultural appreciation and logical thinking are the aims ot the English program. Consideration is given to individual ditterences and levels of ability. Creative writing, research papers, and book reviews are some of the me- dia used ta develop communicative and interpretive skills. Literature, classic and modern, in all ot its forms acquaint students with the best in thought and expression.