Oakridge High School - Warrior Yearbook (Oakridge, OR)

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Mike Spotz explains to curious girls the mysteries of the powerplant of a teacher's cor. BIOLOGY Classes Use Edward Degner, dividing his first year at Oakridge between the junior and senior high school, teaches Mathematics and Physics. New Approach; Bio-Chem Continues Into Second Year Using the new “yellow version” of Biological Sciences Curriculum Survey, classes did more lab work than called for in the traditional ap- proach. Instructor and students welcomed new lab manuals and texts required in this change. During the first nine-week’s study of Bio-Chem, a course for advanced science-math students, nuclear radiation physics was studied. Geiger counters and radio isotopes from Oak Ridge, Tennessee, were used. Classes conducted bio- logical experiments in the second quarter using information from the first. Quantity chemistry was studied in the third. Students closed the year experimenting with plants and animals. Earth Science class made four field trips: to Albany to tour State Bureau of Mines; to Lookout Point for rock samples; to Salmon Creek to study rock formations; to Bend to view lava formations. 10 Wes Owens explains assignment to John Cartwright in General Biology.

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ADMINISTRATION Adapts Curriculum and School to Students and Community Under Carl Rhode's third year as superintendent, and Jack Carter’s first as principal, Oakridge High School offered subjects and activities to meet the interests, abilities, and needs of students. Basic English classes were continued, and Developmen- tal Reading classes were added to help students improve reading skills. Work Orientation and Work Experience were continued in cooperation with Lane County Youth Program. Though the program has come to an end, the administration will use promising essentials derived from it. In cooperation with Vista volunteer workers, the school offered tutoring aid to girls in grades 6 to 12. These workers kept the Library open several nights a week but with inconclusive results. Evening classes gave adults another opportunity to com- plete a delayed high school education, eighteen enrolled, fifteen graduated. Guidance services were extended downward to eighth graders and to sixth grade boys. Responding to increased demand for competitive girls athletics, the school approved girl interschool contests in tennis, volleyball and basketball, in addition to track. Library titles were radically changed as hundreds of out- dated books were discarded, and new ones ordered, when the district received a substantial sum under Title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Oakridge Teachers Association achieved additional stature professionally when they were recognized as negotiating organ by the School Board. Bruce Hemm, replacing Jack Carter, os Vice-Principal, studies Teachers’ Handbook. Principal Jack Carter, replacing William Wright, views logging operations on Inservice field trip.

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Seniors Warner Schwebke and June Twitchell calculate measurements required for a 95% alcohol solution for Bio-Chem. Wes Owens teaches Biology, Advanced Bio-Chemi stry, Phy- sical Education, coaches Varsity Baseball and Junior- Varsity Basketball. John Eggink instructs in General Science, but loves Earth Science. He advises juniors, and assists coaches in football and baseball. ‘5 11