Milford High School - Wepawaug Yearbook (Milford, CT)

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Did someone my stmliei? nn gf' 1. - -r ' f.f.+g.a I '-9: 49 29,9 1' f 115 CURRICULUM Although only five years old, Milford High School finds itself being rapidly outgrown by its student body. With almost 1500 students this year, it has been necessary to initiate a duplicate assembly program with Fresh- men, numbering over 400, having their own assembly on the Monday following the Friday on which the sophomores, juniors and seniors attend theirs. The lunch period has been divided into five Waves to handle the problem in the cafeteria. Town officials are already discussing the possibility of a new high school, while school authorities are trying to estimate the nearness of a double session for the high school. Despite these problems, the school offers a remarkably varied curriculum based on the needs and interests of the students. The curriculum is set upon a system of majors and minors in addition to the basic courses in Language Arts, Science, Mathematics, Music, Social Studies and Physical Education, which are required of everyone. A major constitutes work selected from the same field of specialization beyond grade 9, totalling 24 points. A minor totals 16 points. The points are based on the number of times the course meets per week, and semesters through which it lasts. The majors and minors must be selected and distributed among at least three of the ten fields of specialization. They include Art, Business Education, Foreign Language, Home Economics, Industrial Arts, Mathematics, Music, Science, Social Studies and Language Arts. Each area of specialization offers courses which include practice, as the high school was specifically planned and equipped to give an opportunity to learn by doing. Our Science Department including, biology, physics, and chemistry affords such opportunities in the laboratories. The Homemaking Department, with its practice house and play school and the electric, metal, woodworking, machine and drafting shops of the Industrial Arts Department are the best equipped in the state. The high school library, which grows tremendously each year has become an indispensable factor in the education of all the students. The students of Milford High School are indebted to those who have made available the opportunity for such a thorough education and are justly proud of their fine school. 22

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SOPHOMORE CLASS OFFICERS Patricia Howe, Secretary Stuart Bush, Presiden Richard Alderman, Vice President SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS Barrett Atwood, Vice President Linwood Schulte, President Dorothy Kelley, Secretary John Maryak, Treasurer l l 3 This was our Senior JUNIOR CLASS OFFICERS Harriet Beard, Secretary John Maryak, President David Walker, Treasurer Peter Aldo, Vice President