Montclair High School - Amphitheatre Yearbook (Montclair, NJ)

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One of The mosT varied subiecTs in MonTclair High School is maThemaTics. The deparTmenT is capably headed by Mr. Leach and oTTers courses in regular maThemaTics, inTermediaTe algebra, ad- vanced algebra. plane geomeTry, solid geomeTry and TrigonomeTry. Aside from Teaching duTies, diTTerenT Types oT exTra-curriclular acTiviTies are assumed by each member oT The maThemaTics deparTmenT. Mr. Leach is The adviser To The Senior Class and chairman oT The Curriculum CommiTTee, Mr. Boyd heads TicIceT sales, and Mr. Oriel coaches TooTball. Mr. Filas, a STudenT FacuITy sponsor, heads The BudgeT CommiTTee which draws up The budgeT Tor The school year. This budgeT musT Then be ap- proved by The STudenT FacuITy. The general Tund, I AMPHITHEATRE BUSINESS STAFF made up oT gaTe receipTs from all school TuncTions, is used by The commiTTee Tor such Things as assem- blies and sTage IighTing. All audio equipmenT in M.l-I.S. is handled by a compeTenT group of boys, who belong To The Audio Squad. This group, guided by Mr. Filas, has charge of The sound equipmenT Tor indoor and ouT- door assembly programs, concerTs, lunchrooms mu- sic and recording. The AmpI1iTheaTre Business STaTT, led by Miss Tompkins, is oT greaT imporTance To The school. IT has Tour main jobs: arranging and Taking aTTend- ance Tor Senior picTures, geTTing ads and compos- ing The enTire adverTising secTion of The book. promoTing, wiTh The help oT The arT deparTmenT, sales of The yearbook and finally, disTribuTing The AmphiTheaTre. ,gc , -1 55 , x ' I wx MOUNTAINEER BUSINESS STAFF ,frm wives -..M-N-,-

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I AUDIO SQUAD Leff fo righf: Jon Peferson, ScoH Fifzgerald, George Kirby, Alan Smufz, Tom Arny, Wayne Seipel, Mr. Filas. Seaiedz Larry Nagy. J 4 -,, MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT Michael Oriel, William Filas, Myron Doherfy, Frank Paparello, Sidney Tompkins, James Boyd, and Edgar Leach. MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT I fbi a ' mail'

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SOCIAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT I X ' 'i ' I ,MTW 'Qi f, if I VV,,' E' iii ,lg rr T si , 1 . . , 5 1 gil-gum' . X Nw V SOCIAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT Roberf Halleff, Kenneih Waforman, Lorna Sand, Alvin Sharenow, Alice Bubriski, Angelo Forfundo and Alice Johnson. MonTcIair High School's ever expanding hisTory deparTmenT now offers several hisTory courses To all inTeresTed sTudenTs. The elevenTh grade classes sTudy The Tounding of The UniTed STaTes and our governmenT and Toreign policy up To and including World War I. The TwelTTh grade course includes noT only UniTed STaTes hisTory Trom The end of World War I To The presenT buT also a compre- hensive sTudy of governmenT, economic and social liTe as well as Toreign policy. Finally comes World HisTory which is divided inTo Two parTs: a comprehensive course and a more inTensive course Tor college bound sTudenTs. BoTh courses explore ancienT and modern culTures and sTudy presenT day world siTuaTions. One TeaTure oT Senior hisTory which The HisTory DeparTmenT is mosT proud of is The Thorough and pracTical sTudy of The govern- menT of our Town. Inferviews wiTh Town oTTicials and Trips To Town meeTings highIighT This program which The HisTory DeparTmenT be- lieves To be unique in our communiTy. This program is designed To help mold beTTer ciTizens among The youTh of Today. TwelTTh grade hisTory classes also do many worTh while services Tor our school and communiTy. ProiecTs planned Tor This year in- clude: supporT of The CommuniTy ChesT, a nonparTisan drive Tor more inTelligenT voTing, publiciTy Tor The Senior play, a non-poliTical running oT The school eIecTions and The producTion oT a movie re- cording all The proiecTs of The year. Aside from Their normal Teaching responsibiliTies many members of The HisTory DeparTmenT guide sTudenTs in exTra-curricular acTivi- Ties. Among These acTiviTies is MounTie Movement an organizaTion which makes possible The Gridiron Ball, The MonTclair High School Mixer and The Alumnae Tea and encourages school spiriT in oTher school TuncTions. Also under The direcTion of The HisTory DeparT- menT, in coniuncTion wiTh STudenT-FacuITy, are The Civics and Lunchroom CommiTTees and The school sTore. I 0 4.