Portsmouth High School - Legend Yearbook (Portsmouth, RI)

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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

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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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Physical Education Industrial Arts Mr. Richard Tavares Depl. Head Mr ISdward Akucewich Mr. John Blaess Ms. Mary Lymberis Ms Maureen Ford Mr. George MeGaw Fitness Counts Mr. William McCann Dept. Head Mr. Barry O'Neill Mr. Homer Briand Mr. AJ Goes Although our Health Education program is only six years old, it services all the students in the building at all grade levels. The curriculum is well in place with supplemental agencies contributing to the program. We are very fortunate to have a full time health teacher who can devote all his efforts to an interesting, compre- hensive health program. With our juniors and seniors we are trying to concen- trate on life-time sports, which are types of activities they can continue after graduation. Our students in the ninth and tenth grades will continue the basic program emphasizing the development of skills and techniques in a variety of sports and games.