Pascack Valley High School - Warrior Yearbook (Hillsdale, NJ)

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This year The SOCIAL STUDIES DE- PARTMENT inTroduced a new pro- gram in order To uTilize Teacher Tal- enTs and provide The very besT in- sTrucTion in Social STudies Tor The Sen- iors. The Senior class was spliT inTo Two groups. AT The sTarT of The year one group was insTrucTed in The economic sysTem of The American people, The oTher group was insTrucTed in inTer- naTional problems and relaTions of The UniTed STaTes Government When The TirsT parT of The program had been completed aT midlyear, The classes were changed. This beTTer meThod of insTrucTion, which enables every Senior To have -.1 1 N 'K experT insTrucTion in boTh subiecTs, is Typical of The Social STudies DeparT- menT which Tries To give sTudenTs The besT possible in educaTion. This year, in The MATHEMATICS DE- PARTMENT, The UniversiTy of Illinois MaThernaTics Program, an enTirely new process of Teaching, was iniTi- aTed in Three Freshman Algebra classes. IT is hoped ThaT This program will increase in size and reach com- pleTion aTTer Tour years. Pascack Valley is expecTecl To be The TIrsT school To compleTe The program. In addiTion To This special program, The MaThemaTics DeparTmenT conTinued To Teach iTs Honors courses and man- aged To inTensiTy Them To a large exTenT. THE SCIENCE DEPARTMENT has managed To keep pace wiTh The currenT Trend Toward science in 4educaTion. The Physics course is parT of The MassachuseTTs lnsTiTuTe of Technology's naTion-wide Physical Science STudy Course which is Training physics sTudenTs To cope wiTh problems and discover Their own solu- Tions. EarTh Science, Biology, and ChemisTry courses are also producing cap- able young scienTisTs. Science clubs include The Junior Engineering and Techni- cal SocieTy, The Biology Club, and The Rocks and Minerals Club.

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ti' , ,iv 2 '4'A 3 .w 7 ffm A ,yi A A , 'A 3 'W +4 ,frz I .,,, Q ., 4 The Language Department of Pascack Valley is one of the most advanced in the state. lt was one of the first in the country to establish a tull credit course in the Russian language and was chosen, last year, to receive a mod- ern language laboratory. In the laboratory, recording devices enable the student to practice and improve the conversational as- pects of each of the languages - German, Russian, Spanish, French, and Latin. A further honor was bestowed upon this de- partment last January when it was chosen as one of three high school language de- partments in the nation to participate in an educational film dealing with the teaching of foreign languages.

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P THE ART DEPARTMENT of Pascack Valley is proud of its many accomplishments. First, and foremost, is its participa- tion in the new Related Arts course which is given to Fresh- men. Here, in cooperation vvith the other three Related Arts sections - Music, Home Economics, and Industrial Arts - are taught the important concepts of creativity: those of form, color, line, and shape. In addition to work in the Related Arts Program, work is en- couraged in other areas of interest. Courses are offered in fine arts, general art, and Art Today, and a course called Designing With Materials is planned. THE HOME ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT assists in preparing the students for various skills related to homemaking. While not all the students will find opportunities to use all of these skills, they all obtain a better insight into the part they will be expected to play in family life. Some of the areas under which the girls study are: meal planning, preparing foods, marketing, good grooming, cloth- ing construction, budgeting, home care, furniture selection, room arrangement and decoration, and child care. 66 INDUSTRIAL ARTS, as a part of the Related Arts program, has the unique job of bringing industrial tool and machine information and experience into the lives of the ninth graders. Traditionally, Industrial Arts has been a boys' sub- iect, but the members of the department believe that everyone should have an opportunity to in- vestigate and experiment in this field. Therefore, the girls also take part in this program. This enables the girls to learn, to use and to recognize some of the tools and materials found in the mechanically- run homes of today. If any student wishes to continue, enrich or en- large his experiences in Industrial Arts, he may elect an Industrial Arts course for future years in high school and pursue his interests as far as he wishes. 'r 'ifj J' ' , I V . , f . 5. X V ,V , ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.W 4 I V, , V' f If X X ,,,,,,,,,,,,4,,,,,,,:,ZfJ..w4mfrf'-eg: ,WW M M- .L .,,,f ff Mimi,-My ,,,.,s,4f,55e1efr' 'Q ,v,,Qi5-MWWWWW W-wwwffffvf , .. ' ,,,1j'f'l- ywwnww f