Medina High School - Mirror Yearbook (Medina, NY)

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SCl'IOOl 0TQOHlZOtlOD 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 THAT the work of home room guidance might become more personal and, there- fore, more eiiicient, a number of new home rooms in various parts of the building and on different floors were opened this year. The twenty-two home rooms in the High School building now consist of one post-graduate, one senior, four junior, four sophomore, six freshmen, three eighth grade, and three seventh grade rooms. EVERY member of the faculty is a guidance director in a very direct sense of the term. To unify the work, however, a guid- ance council has been appointed. It consists of the following members: Mrs. Olga Hinck- ley, guidance director, chairman, Superinten- dent Trippenseeg Miss Grant, health teacher, and the following grade advisers: Miss Delisle, seventh, Mr. Needham, eighth, Mr. Gaiser, ninthg Miss King, tenthg Miss Boardman, eleventh, and Miss Ferguson, twelfth. It is the responsibility of the members of this council to plan and to execute an adequate guidance program for the Medina Junior and AJOTHER innovation in Medina High School this year is the Club Council, a group composed of the presidents and the sponsors of the various clubs of the school. It consists of thirty-nine members with Miss DeLand as chairman of the group. This council was organized to secure inform- ation in regard to the constitutions, times of meeting, and membership rolls of the various extra-curricular activities. It has arranged a 01712 001445 With the exception of the senior, no home room has more than thirty-live pupils. Whenever possible, a teacher has been as- signed a home room in which mostiof his classes have been scheduled. The object of these smaller rooms is to make it possible for a teacher to become well acquainted with all of his pupils, a fact which should inn turn assist materially in all problems of guidance. yuicfance ounci Senior High Schools. In addition, this council acts as a board of advisers in connection with all matters relating to the fguidance program. The problems of each grade are more or less distinctive and in view of this fact they are treated individually by the director and her advisers responsible for each grade group. The guidance program in the Junior High School has been formulated in such a way as to lead up to the tentative choosing of high school courses during the ninth year. By the time the junior year is reached, the pupil should be ready to devote his energy to the course of study he has chosen. gfud gouncz' schedule for meetings so that there will not be so many conflicts. A committee, consisting of Miss Boardman, chairman, Mr. Devlin, Jean Henner, and Hugh Sanderson, studied the correlation be- tween a pupil's scholarship and his partici- pation in extra-curricular activities. The council is now working toward the establish- ment of one day in the week for all club meetings. 1 1 1 1 1 to its df!-incfuiive ottochments l7

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BOARD OF EDUCATION Raymond Sinclair, Dr. ffohn C. Shoemaker, Hugh S. Whipple A. L. Waterr, C. Parson, Edward O'ReilLv, Franeix O'Donnell, Dr. Ros: H. Arne!! Superintendent Trippensee, Donald W. Acer At the MAB Center To a board of education is due much of the credit for the eFticient operation of the machinery of a school system. Because its members work quietly behind the scenes rather than openly about the school buildings, the student may underestimate their importance. The Medina Board consists of nine men, each elected for a three-year term. Its president, Mr. Edward O'Reilly, has served as a member for twenty- three years, four of which he has been its presiding oflicer. Mr. Francis O'Donnell, Mr. C. Posson, and Mr. Donald Acer received their appoint- ments twenty, nineteen, and ten years ago respectively. Dr. Ross Arnett, Dr. John C. Shoemaker, and Mr. Hugh Whipple joined the group in 1933. Messrs. Alonzo Waters and Raymond Sinclair became members this year, filling the vacancies caused by the resignations of Messrs. George VV. Garrett and E. Rowland Clark, who had helped to guide school des- tinies for sixteen years. Without compensation this group has given con- stantly ofits time, thought, and experience to provide the community with a school system of the highest rank.

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E n glisb THE FACULTY ELSA M. FERGUSON, A.B., A.M. Syracuse, Columbia English, Yournalism CAROL R. HALL, B.S., A. M. Buffalo, Middlebury Englirh M. GENEVIEVE SMH-H Fredonia Normal Englirh 31 Senior Englifh .studentr fondue! a .meiulized recitation. ARIETY ix the spice of hte! lt is with this thought in mind that the English teachers of Medina High School make their daily assignments. Like teachers in other schools they strive con- stantly to give their pupils a thorough training in the technique of both English grammar and composition, unlike teachers in many schools, the manner in which the work is presented in- spires the students to fruitful research. Thus, through the stu- dent's own initiative, his learning walks hand in hand with him throughout his post-school life. The aims of the English department are many. First, it seeks to give practice in the organization and presentation of material on a given subject. Oral English clubs, held at regular weekly intervals during the class recitation period, and frequent com- position assignments provide valuable practice in oral and written expressions of ideas, clothed in correct and pleasing English. Secondly, it purposes to acquaint its pupils with the major types of literature, old and new, as a foundation for a wise choice and interpretation of reading matter. This also is invaluable in later life as a basis for the wise use ofleisure time. Plays are made delightful through the dramatizations of parts by the pupils themselves. By this method, the students enter into a more intimate knowledge of the fine details or minute characterizations produced by the author. ln addition, the student is benefited by rudimentary lessons on the wheres and whys,' of literary functions. An addition to the regular English work came when ajournalism course was inaugurated during the second half of the semester. Its aims are to train students to form the habit of reading newspapers intelligently and discriminately and to improve their ability to write accurately, forcefully, and impartially. This year, the English and the journalism classes have pro- duced Tlze Sfribblers, a creative writing magazine, and The M. H. S. News, a Weekly newspaper.