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

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Drivers Ed and Home Economics T' ' 9,215 .'.3s5a5af7Xim KHWTIYK C 5531, H. ,t V 4.-rr.-J , 'f ' fs. i is-in f ., 'f +Q : .'. , :rr .-M 'UM . . 'KN .N H - Mx -, '. ' . . ,i Qu 'if 4 V 1' . QW. .. . K' , . .551 ' . riff' . 34 tg.: gistikxe wry' v 4 as sw 'wi T u lg fy e 4 Q S4 iw if ie R WA Hn s ts 4 f 4 5 if-E . , . -S rev 52' Mrs. Lois Best Home Ezononrics Home Economics and Driver Education are two courses incorporated in the curriculum to aid students in the present and future. Home Economics educates girls in two ways. Under the direction of Mrs. Lois Best, the girls learn the art of cooking. They start with small simple cookies and work up to entire meals. Mrs. Rebecca Cress, sewing instructor, teaches the girls to read a pattern, cut out the pieces, and sew together the final product. Upon leaving the class, the students are prepared to tackle iobs at home connected with cooking and sewing. Not only would this be of benefit now, but it would Mrs, Rebecca Crass Home Economics Mr. Edmund Skucan Drivar's Education serve to equip these girls in coping with these prob- lems in their own homes. Driver Education, unlike Home Economics, is ot- fered to both boys and girls. ln the classroom, movies and text material are presented to teach driving rules, and regulations. The second phase of this course is actual driving done by the students in a car owned by the school. This automobile enables students to take driving tests at the Butler Police Barracks. After passing this test, they hold a driver's license and have an understanding of the responsibility that accom- panies it. REPRESENTATIVE FROM STANIEY GRAY hands over ilu keys of the new drivers education ear. 27

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Physical Education .' J S , -X t ' W. L..-it . v . Y , 1 , in-Q2 5 -mfg W, , ' ' 'wi 'mr s . , M. ,. V-.fff wwf ers ,Q V . , .,,,,G, vm , L . Q. A 1 , e Min cami Da v-min Mm Mm-:ie sample Mr. Paul bends Mr. Michael crm ri-yi, sd., Health Phys. sd., Health Phys. sa., Munn A sound and strong body must be the forerunner of a studious person. He is incapable of doing his best if he is in a poor physical state. Health, taught in the eighth and twelfth grades, teaches students the means to acquire and maintain a healthy body. Miss Carol De Venzio and Miss Marcia Semple, girls' health teachers, use such devices as movies, demonstrations, and a text book to accom- plish their goals. Using the same devices are Mr. Michael Crist and Mr. Paul Douds. The importance of exercise, expressed in the health Mrs. Jean Hammond Phys. Ed, Haullh Homo and School Vixitor classes, is made possible in the gym classes. The gym instructors, those same people who teach health, divide the year's curriculum into several phases. They designate certain periods of time to hockey, basket- ball, badminton, and work on apparatus. The early autumn and late spring altord an opportunity for students to exercise out of doors. Mrs. Jean Hammond has accepted the responsi- bility of Home and School Visitor. Her duties include organizing absentees and notifying the parents of truant students. These students are then duly punished. PHYSICAL FITNESS ix a necessary part of the students total wall-being. 28