Le Roy Central School - O At Kan Yearbook (Le Roy, NY)

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,flrt Department Ann Rofhmeyer - STaTe ,T U. College aT Buffalo. 3 The use of a varieTy oT media aroused The imagina- Tion and creaTiviTy oT Mrs. Craig RoThmeyer's ar'l' sTu- denTs. PainTings, chalk drawings, sculpTures. and woodbloclc prinTs were The resulT in The basic and ad- vanced arT courses. ProducTion of The scenery and sTage props, Tor The musical and Senior Play, by The arT classes gave The sTudenTs experience in painTing on I have To learn To draw a weight line. a large scale. Also, as an added incenTive, prospecTive arTisTs enTered Their MasTerpieces inTo local and na- Tionwide compeTiTions. ,Musie Department The Music DeparTmenT played a more acTive role in school affairs This school year. AT The second home Toofball game, The high school choruses and The marching band combined Their TalenTs inTo a paTrioTic halT-Time program. Then, Trom The-muddy Tields To The audiTorium s-Tage, The band and Jr. and Sr. High choruses presenTed Their an- nual ChrisTmas and Spring ConcerTs. Individual voice lessons were iniTiaTed To improve Tone qualiTy and voice range. Those sTudenTs who parTici- paTed in The Solo FesTival and The Senior High All-CounTy Music FesTival beneTiTTed Trom The individual aHenTion which These lessons provided. William Clif- ' ford - EasT- man School oT Music. Direc- Tor: Marching Band. ConcerT Band. Roberl' Eafon - Hartwick College. Gen. Music 7, 8. Di- recTor: Jr, High Chorus, Sr. High Girls' Chorus. OaTlca- naires, Musical. ForTissimo! A

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'-f-.....,. 1-wf-f- -GT ,.,,,..... .- ...Q ,,-.,,.,, Industrial Arts Every iunior high boy had lhe opporlunily lo gain experience in woodworking, under lhe guidance of Mr. Joseph lvlangefrida. Shelves, shoe racks, and baseball ba'l's were among lhe lruils of 'rheir labors. Those inleresled could conlinue in senior high wilh one-semesler courses in Woodworking I and ll, in which larger and more dillicull' proiecls were al lempled. A preparalory course for engineering, ma- chine shop workers, and prospeclive arlisls was availa' ble in 'rhe 'rechnical drawing class 'raughl by Mr. Craig Rolhmeyer. The senior high melal shop, also laughl by Mr. Rolhmeyer, endeavored lo assemble engines, re- build a lraclor and conslrucl' lheir own snowmobiles. ,,..,.....- .A-,, .,.- Q. A wx fa Q l b, 'K I r N X J i I, ,fl ig Joseph Mangelridn - Oswego: SUCE Buffalo. Shop 7, 8. l, ll. Craig Rolhmeyer - Erie Counfy Tech. lnsl. Slale U. Coll. of Buffalo. Ind. Arfs, Tech. Drawing. Advises: Audio-Visual Club. .ln . Are we making cake or pies? l'll make carpenlers oul of you yet Home fcarzwuics For lhe firsl lime The iunior high was required lo lake home economics for one full semesler, inviling lhe addilion of new malerial 'ro The course. As well as lhe slandard uni'l on foods, sevenlh graders also slud- ied babysilling, home nursing, and 'family communily life, where ins'rruc'l'ion was coupled wilh praclical ex- perience. The eighlh grade and senior high courses re- mained basically unchanged and equally enriching. Grace Leanen - Buffalo: Adv. Slucly ,Brockporlh Home EC. 7, 8, l0, ll, l2. v , , X. ., , .,.. ,.,,,,,,.K,5,,.,,N.,,,,.. , , ' i .mu ff-1 'MX V. 2, '-lrao 7S: ' 3 lizard eggs. baf wing . . . 'I i

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EssenTial individual aTTenTion. Through small class in- sTrucTion, was given To sTudenTs oT The sevenTh, eighTh, and nin+h grades in The course oT reading. This year Mr. Thomas Norczylc guided The sTudenTs in proper reading habiTs, applying These basic slcills To The resT oT The curricu- lum. The use oT overhead proiecTors and oTher visual aids, as well as paperback boolcs, sTimulaTed The sTudenTs' inTer- esT in reading and reading comprehension. Thomas Norczyk - Brockport Reading Spe- ciaIisT. Drufcr Sducatian s Teaching The iuniors and sen- iors oT LeRoy High School how To drive a car can prove To be a very Tense and TrusTraTing job, buT This was noT The case in Mr. Thomas Simon's classes. His good sense oT humor and selT- conTrol creaTed a relaxed aTmo- sphere, where sTudenTs could learn To drive wiThouT pressure. Though The courses are only a semesTer long, The poTenTial drivers obTained experience on boTh a sTandard and an auTo- maTic gearshiTT. SupplemenTing The road work were eighTy min- uTe lecTure classes. In addiTion To The viTal inTormaTion given by Mr. Simon on proper driving habiTs, movies and programs were presenTed by The local police on such Topics as drugs, and alcohol, and Their eT- TecT,on driving. 29