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

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Prnqralnmed Learning ,so Mali Kem: X .:.x,. :ze ...V- ,bmiv ' .an- IT! y I 4 gf , Q. A7 Mas. GARDNER msrmvs scienn WORK IN the :natal shop intrigues eighth grade students. if it l 5 . l 4 , -.. V Q ll I ,Jw a Q If 'Y fs fjw ? t- Me '. new ,,- A 'email L, project lor Buhl Planetarium. Many educational authorities feel that the Carnegie Unit is o prime example of overstandardization in America's school system. This unit means students must spend a specified time in classroom work for any given subject. Educators feel that such a generalization cannot be made. Some students may need less time to learn an English lesson, but may need three times the required standard to understand a physics problem. They also feel that such a program has a definite lack of unscheduled time. They contend that students should be given a chance to initiate projects of their own. Pressure to obtain good grades sometimes forces students to take on easy subiects. By doing this, these students may be cheating themselves out of knowledge they would need in the future. f .lil - '14 f egf ni- Qt rt. , T - . . ' 5' ' 1 . ty t - P Na Q I t,- , - lf V , gt 3 , . ' 12 ' c , . tc, e so 0 Q R t , . , L, , '- l A ' 45 ' ' 1 , . ia .-5 .-at L ' ,gui i 1 , sf' y v ' 33 . Xlrtfsi lt. , - K . te 1 X : ' 5. 1 t Ms, t f f.'2i? , 1. 5 my ' we , . ' M ll, .. 4 c .vc Mrs. Margaret Gardner Mrs, Jean Hammond Mr. Thomas Hawkins, Jr. Mr. John Henichecl: Mrs, Margaret Horwitz Science Health Dir. of Instructional 7th, Bth Geography Vocal Music Mqiuntif c...i.f, sure: swam nspv. Hua 22

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Mr. HAWKINS PRESENYS budget intormation at department head mutiny. llf Stud Preparation for the future has never been an easy task. Even with experienced help, young people have a hard time deciding upon a career. For this reason, definite courses of study have been established as guidelines for the selection of solids and electives. These courses have been etsablished to insure that each student is properly prepared to embark upon the threshold of his chosen vocation. The science labs provided the college- bound student with valuable experience in experimentation and inductive reasoning. Working in the school offices helps to prepare the commercial student for life in the business world. Classes in English and social studies develop critical thinking in the mind of the student. Unique opportunities in practical experience are altered to the students who are taking the commercial course. In the last semester of their senior year, students are permitted to work in the afternoons at the various business establishments throughout the area. This program continues for nine weeks and provides the participants with valuable professional ex- perience. lt often provides them with an opportunity for place- ment in the future. SENIOR GUIDANCE counselor, Robert Simmons, explains entrance requiri- montx to a college-bound student. mn: Mr, Norvol Dunn 7th Math it fs 1... gl, :asa 1 afeisi he Mr. John Foster Physics, Earth ond Space MM' .N qua 111 . V554 1 Mr. Marvin Gall Civics, Pa. History

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Ile nlups Initiative ' 4'-,ggqv'3' . 'KJ 'Tis' fli ' fewffswjwzf 6 .5: 'iifisiigs Efzif' ' ' 'sig 1 - '.'. 1 r, fri' :ti L 'Q .l?' gtg .git .5 N 5, , ' mu g 'sjnj :f- A 'L ss P .. age .gs Q Z. '- 1 : fs ' f..,,,g f f we' L .,.f:,ri ik ., mg-':r..f Q ff. .fr ' :ee A jail tt: ' W Q X V - 'ft .. ' 5 4y..a A' Mrs. Vide Hudson Mrs. Shirley Kelly Mr. Rinhurd Kemper Mix: Nancy Kozol: Mn. Lois Lutshaw Librarian 9th English l0th English, Reading Business Math 12th English Programmed learning has entered its second yeor ot Mars Area High School. This year, both the number of students in the program and the course selection has increased. Portici- pants first chose from Genetics, Spelling, Human Behavior, Statistics, or Sets, Relations, and Functions before trying any of the new programs. These ranged from figures of speech to calculus, from bookkeeping to chess. During the second semester, copies of these texts were placed in the school library where the entire student body could use them. For the first time programmed materials were introduced to o classroom. ln a pilot study, a class of seniors used The Constitution, How a Bill Becomes a Law, and The Changing City in their second-semester study of sociology and govern- ment. Outside reading, individual reports, and class discus- sion supplemented the programmed courses. Otiise Practice, Typing, Shorthand English Dept. Heed vw in .. Ty Wt! r-fx, X, if ASSOCIATE TEACHER, larry Fisher, explain: u Geometry problem to sophomore students. ie? 1 ' -swim. ...W 2- NVI ' F! wifi .fs 9 CHEMISTRY TEACHER, Mrs. Church, supervise: on experiment. 23