Pottstown High School - Troiad Yearbook (Pottstown, PA)

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C? ag.- Ex TL 'kv F tl V 't x p ,df fix., I 1 BOARD OF EDUCA TION Douglas Breidenbach Nancy Chomnuk Charles Daniels Charles Duttenhofer Dale Mahle William Mower Harry Price Dorothy Ricketts Grant Rohrbach Calvin Swavely ,f YQ:-i Superintendent Dr. Ray E. Feick Principal Anthony Zampella Assistant superintendent Dr. Frank Heller Assistant to the superintendent for business James Bush Administration 15

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14 Administration Administrators' New Policies Aid Students P ln Ipal Antho yZ p ll Y tri A st nt prin ipalD lSikora 5 ir, ll 'Y sg, 5 it in--.1--X Wi AA 1 A A i tant principal Joseph Rinaldi Secretaries Janet Lawrence, Carolee Wilson, and Tammy Strunac

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Many Diverse Courses Encourage Broad Education Pottstown Senior High School, one of the very few comprehensive high schools in Pennsylvania, offered a wide variety of courses to the student body. Pottstown High School's diversified courses were designed to meet the needs of the entire range of students who attended. Students could choose college preparatory, voca- tional education, and business education as well as numerous electives. The college preparatory course was designed to prepare students for addi- tional education after high school. Students who took this course were en- couraged to use the skills of problem solving and reasoning. They were taught methods of research and experimenta- tion. Special courses in advanced biology were offered as well as honors English, calculus, and trigonometry. Approx- Mr. Kovach and Adam Gibbs imately 19 percent of the students were enrolled in college prep. Business education students made up 24 percent of the student body. There were four areas of business ed: secretarial, accounting, clerical, and data processing. Students enrolled in these courses learned the skills they will need when they obtain jobs in the business world. The data processing center receiv- ed five new computers, and the business department received approximately thir- ty new typewriters to replace older models. The new machines were used by all business education students. The vocational education program was one of the strong points of Pottstown High. Students could choose from eight areas: machine shop, automotive shop, building trades, appliance repair, health assistance, electronics, drafting, an cosmetology. Approximately 34 percen of the students were in vocational educa tion. Every shop tried to keep abreast od changing technology. Special services were provided meet the needs of all the students as as the needs of students with talents or special problems. F education helped students physical fitness. Home economics, music, industrial arts, special edt library services were provided. Pottstown's comprehensive p gave students an all-inclusive ed and prepared them for school military service, and good con' citizenship. 'RTUV 'fb-. F , li.- . 4 hx X, ,ZX f f Stacey Lure, Jessica Rotz, and Beth Slpple X !,,' N E... t .. 16 Academics Qx KYN Mary Eddy Ami Leberman