Portsmouth High School - Legend Yearbook (Portsmouth, RI)

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Business Computer Math Mr. Robert LaFrance Depl. Mrs. Elaine Maloney Mrs. Jane Eslinger Dept. Head Mr. Robert Rutkiewicz Head Mr. Joseph Lagano Miss Ann DelPiano Mr. Robert Sullivan Mrs. Lorraine Cortellessa A Balancing Act The Business Department provides high school stu- dents with training and activities which will prepare them for placement in the world of business and also for intelligent participation as citizens in the community. The department provides an understanding of the over- all business world and provides training to develop skills so students may enter into an assortment of business jobs. A Terminal Matter The Computer Department at Portsmouth High School is a busy place. The students work on a large scale computer called the DIGITAL PDP11 44. The comput- er system utilizes various terminals, a card reader, a line printer for Input Output, and a graphic display terminal. The department offers courses in BASIC, BASIC-PLUS, Pascal computer languages and comput- er operations.

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Social Studies Home Economics Mr. Louis Sousa Dept. Head Mr. Raymond Sullivan Mr. John Dwyer Mrs. Janet Bazar Depl. Head Mr. Raymond Masse Mr. Victor St. Laurent Mr. Donald Richards Mrs. Lynn Bell Herodotus Says ... ... a multitude of divergent personalities defining and clarifying a multiplicity of social and cultural problems Practice Makes Perfect Changes continued in the Home Economics Depart- ment this year as more students became involved in the program. Through the expertise of Mrs. Bazar and Mrs. Bell, students received instruction in Child Develop- ment, Food and Nutrition, and Textiles and Clothing. These courses provided opportunities for students to obtain knowledge and develop skills for dual roles and occupations as homemakers and wage earners and to prepare the competencies needed to manage their lives effectively in today’s complex society. Mr. Robert Pimentel Three's Company 22

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English The English Department tries to foster an interest in and if possible, a love of reading for information, for recreation, and for wisdom. It provides the students with some knowledge of the structure and the history of their language. It helps the students to clarify their thoughts and to express themselves clearly and logical- ly both critically and courteously to others. At the completion of four years of high school the English student will have covered grammar, composi- tion skills, vocabulary development, many varieties of literature and expository writing. English is the teaching of the skills that help us to communicate more clearly and explicitly with others whether verbally or in writing, of the skills that enable us to receive the accumulated knowledge and wisdom of our race, and of the appreciations, intellectual and aesthetic, that we derive there from. Mrs. Winnie Ashook Mr. Russell Drury Mr. Richard DeRobbio Mr. Patrick Sullivan Mr. Paul Nicoletti Mr. Brian Carroll Mr. Peter Corbin Mr. Robert Creaney 24