Parma High School - Spectrum Yearbook (Parma, OH)

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are colorful pieces in Parma's kaleidoscope Thrust, head up, back straight! directs Claudia Renner assisting Donna Marcuz with physical fitness pushups. New teaching methods-the extensive use of closed circuit television allows students to view educational programs. New and different curriculum-Mr. Kinney explains the cloud model atomic theory to Rol Loy in CBA chemistry. 7

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Innovations-IBM equipment, operated by Mrs. Boyda. speeds oitice's work by printing attendance cards or lists. Ever-changing Parma-students utilize the new language practice room to increase comprehension and verbal skill. New curriculum and innovations Study, research, discussion, testing . . innovations in curriculum methods and ideas . . . all vital pieces in Parma's pattern. New mechanical devices ai students and faculty . . . an electronic classroom and language practice room assist students with pronunciation . . . a reading improvement laboratory increases reading comprehension . . . IBM equipment facilitates scheduling, recording attendance, and distributing grade cards. New books, new ideas about age-old subject matter . . . group guidance and career assemblies . . . a physical fitness gym program . . . abbreviated shorthand for college-bound seniors . . . radically new Chemical Bond Approach chemistry. A constant flow of people bringing new ideas, a new school, Valley Forge . . . interlocking with the colorful variety of existing courses to form the academic pattern of Parma. 6

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, f TV WQMVJ jigfjjjgfftf I' X610 Vf GS Frantically waving pom-poms, flowing crowds in hallways between classes, heads bent in concentration at student council, whirling, dancing couples . . . these too are part of Parma's pattern. Cooperation . . . between students and teachers, club members and adviser, a chairman and his committee . . . color . . . in brightly bound library books, on the catchy pep tags, in the sparkling reflection of the tinsel on the Christmas trees . . . these are Parma. Excitement . . . reflected in the bonfire after a pep-rally, on the faces of the performers before a play or concert . . . service . . . baskets for the needy, stacks of graded papers, a dozen errands run . . . variety . . . in courses, in organizations, in people . toil . . . over studies, on the gridiron, in the office, the shop . . . these intermingle to form a colorful design in the kaleidoscope that is Parma. and service