Mars Area Junior Senior High School - Planet Yearbook (Mars, PA)

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Guidance Offer Helping Hand 1,5 . T 11 ' . A 'i - ix' . 5 . . , Q -viii, Mr. James Charlfen Guidance Mr. Eugene Danser Guidance Counselor. Senior High The guidance deparTmenT consisTs oT Two levels. Mr. Eu- gene Danser heads The senior-high division and Mr. Roberl Simmons. The junior-high division. lnTelligence. apTiTude. achievernenT, and inTeresT TesTs were given ThroughouT The year To deTermine The abiliTy of The sTudenTs. lndividual inTerviews as well as sTudenT4Teacher confer- ences oTFer a helping hand To sTudenTs who may need help or advice. AnoTher imporTanT phase oT This deparTmenT is The special educaTion given To The slow learners. Mr. CharlTon has spenT many long hours in service To These sTudenTs. Working wiTh The sTudenTs individually. he is able To give Them The special aTTenTion ThaT They need. Through basic sTudy and skills, The sTudenTs are able To do work up To Their abiliTy. Under The direcTion of Mrs. Vida Hudson. The library showed ouTsTanding progress in The circulaTion oT books This year. Because of This The library was kept open aTTer school To any sTudenT who was searching Tor knowledge. WiTh research papers and monihly book reporls. The library was a qreaT asseT To all The sTudenTs. lnTormaTion oT all Types was available To Those who were inTeresTed. A number of new books and regular magazines were avail- able To The sTudenTs. WiTh ils warm and quieT aTmosphere The library was a haven Tor any researcher or browser-. .dwg Mr. Roborf Simmons Guidance Counselor Junior High We . ' we V sg, ik ' , . -.N V ,5- Mrs. Vida Hudson Librarian 23

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ig K ffl s ' 4 . . .A 5 , V 5 il c-gli '.'S22m:'Z Mrs. Maryballe Anderson Laiin Mr. Claude Gaiser French v W f -swan, ay,-gk .M r - wx, 42331 .6 f figfmi at 2531: mfs .' , 'ELAN , My Ag 9, . I Q I if F' .fi . if tfv gg- '- x '- -Us 1-fathers hue- f,'.,'n .. n- . 1 '-J' W I Z be 2 'p '4,v'1, a.,v. is Miss Phyllis Mann Spanish Languages, Library, and A Spanish siudeni plays back a recording of his pronunciaiion. A French siudenl' con- ducfs a club meeling in French. A Laiin siudeni challenges his classmaies Io a spell- ing bee. This is Mars High School's foreign language deparfmeni in acfion. Emphasis is on ihe individual. Classroom leclures imparl a knowledge of grammar. Degree of sludenl inleresf and cooperafion delermines his capacify Io sfrenglhen his command of fhe language. LATIN Two years of Laiin revive inleresl' in 'thai dead language and infrocluce sludenis fo Ihe Roman hisiory, cusloms, and arf. Furthermore. if furnishes a basic foundalion for sfudying modern languages. Sophomore proiecrs and freshmen Ierm papers inlensify inferesl in fhe field of sfudy. FRENCH Firsl year French sfudenls concenirafe 'rheir studies on Ihe spoken language wiih class conversalions and Iaborafory records. Second and third year classes develop grammar slrills and spend lime in wrifing and comprehensive reading. Praciice makes perl'ec+ is Ihe maxim applied Io aural-oral methods of inslrucfion. SPANISH To promole berier underslanding of 'rhe cusloms and fradilions of world neighbors is one goal of Ihe Spanish course. Use of The language laboralory resulls in more ac- curate pronunciafion. Coordinaled Iexiboolcs and records provide a basic foundafion in grammar from which siudenis achieve fluent speech. LATIN CLUB: A look inlo fha pax! inspire: ilu fulvrl. 22

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Business Trains Youth ,Q if - so .ref ilumxv fa l -' ' Miss Riia Aloe General Business. Bookkeeping SENIOR OFFICE pruciica sludenis oplraie I0-kay adding marhine. Mrs. Doris Bowers Typing, Business Mafh Mrs. Shirley Leslie Shorthand, Oiiice Practice To iroin youih for 'rhe business world is ihe main obiec- rive of ihe business cleparimeni ei Mars Area High School. Shorihand. Typing. and Bookkeeping are among The sube iecls iaughi io prepare fhe siudenis for iuiure office work. Besides book work, H-ie siudenis are also insfrucieol 'ro oper- afe up-ro-claie office equipment, Disiribuiecl Eclucaiion. a greei aid +o 'rho commercial siudenis, has been added io 'rhe deparimeni. During 'ihe second semesier oi 'rhe senior year a group of girls are selecied io worlc for a period of nine weeks ar companies fhroughouf 'ihe communiry. H' gives ihem oneihe-job ireining plus a shori glimpse of wha? is io be expeciecl in Their fuiure iohs. Through ihe business deparimeni The siudenis ere given information which will be of greai value io ihem in 'iheir fuiure. Also ihe deparimenf helps ihem io seleci a job ei which 'rhey are besi suiiecl. SECOND YEAR typing class increases typing xlrillx.