Ottawa Hills High School - Legend Yearbook (Grand Rapids, MI)

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School Running Efficiently training, and job placement is the pupil per- sonnel director, Robert VanderMolen. He also aids teachers in giving aptitude, interest, and achievement tests, and helps students when personal problems arise. Some of the duties of Mrs. Marge Carroll and Miss Bonnie Brunsink, the school secre- taries, are keeping an accumulative record of students' grades, checking monthly attendance summaries, and taking care of correspondence for Mr. Wierenga and Miss Campbell. In addition to his teaching duties, Mr. Earl Iarvis is Ottawa's attendance officer. He checks on the absences of many students. .- h nm ,dll A .1 me r I V ,,,.-,M--' i Q ' 11 -wg. SCHOOL CLERKS MRS. MARGE CARROLL MISS BONNIE BRUNSINK ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL MISS MARION CAMPBELL i- ATTENDANCE OFFICER EARL IARVIS

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Administration Keeps In charge of keeping all divisions of the school running smoothly is Elmo Wierenga. principal. Always hopeful that Ottawa stu- dents will participate in some phase of school life, he encourages them in whatever is con- structive to themselves and the school. Assisting Mr. Wierenga with the responsibil- ities of the school is Miss Marion Campbell, as- sistant principal. The curriculum and activities receive rnuch of her attention, and she works closely with teachers, pupils, and counselors. Always willing to give valuable counsel on such subjects as college registration, vocational PRINCIPAL ELMO WIERINGA ff.:-s Qfjf, X K xx Q L I. ,N Q 7 PUPIL PERSONNEL DIRECTOR ROBERT VANDER MOLEN

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Senior English teachers, MISS MABEL TENHAAF cmd MISS KATHLEEN SMITH. admire a replica oi a medieval church. Miss Smith also teaches remedial English and Latin. English Department Sounds silly? Teaching Americans their native language? But English covers so much more! For instance, we study the composition of a sentence, how to appreciate some of the world's greatest literature, and how to express ourselves orally and literally. This year a new program was tested at Ottawa in the ninth grade. The first semester of the English classes was divided into two parts. In one, the students learned to express themselves orally in front of a group. In the second half, how to study was stressed. In the tenth grade, students review grammar as well as begin the study of famous literature. Elev- enth grade students study American Literature and grammar. A vocational theme is written and written and oral compositions are given. In the second semester, students are required gm. This year, vocational themes of English 5 were presented in two forms. oral and written. Tom Fisher, Herb Brown. Ken Risselade, Linda Powell, and Barb Elliott present a panel discussion on vocations for their English class. Oral work in English is important. MISS ELVA VAN HAITSMA, speech, drarnatics, and English: MISS BERTHA LEWIS, English, and MRS. BERNICE GILBERT, English, talk over new ideas for oral assignments. 20