Prescott High School - Hassayamper Yearbook (Prescott, AZ)

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Teachers Instruct in Knowledge of Business Mr. H. F. Yost prepares to push the stop watch as students begin a speed typing test. Mr. Yost teaches Typing 1-2, beginning and advanced typ- ing, and Bookkeeping 1-2. He is also a Sophomore Class sponsor. Mr. Donald Cook looks concerned as he prepares to advise students in one of his typing classes. Mr. Cook teaches Typing, Cooperative Office Education, and Consum- er Economics. He is also a Sophomore Class sponsor. Mr. Ronald Gould glances over notes in one of his classes. Mr. Gould teaches Sales, Merchandising, and Marketing. He is kept busy throughout the year as DECA, Key Club, and Junior Class sponsor, working hard to stir interests in the business field. Students gain valuable business experiences from the commercial courses offered at Prescott High. These courses include bookkeeping, Consumer Economics, Cooperative Office Education, Distributive Education, General Bus- iness, marketing, Secretarial Training, shorthand, and typing. Bookkeeping is designed to provide sufficient training for students in the field of handling records and books. Consumer Economics aims to give students basic knowledge concerning available goods and services. Distributive Edu- cation is offered to seniors only, and is an organizational pattern of instruction which involves regularly scheduled part- time employment. General Business is designed to acquaint students with everyday business procedures. I can hear! exclaims Miss Helena Skinnor as she works with the tape recorders in the steno lab. Miss Skinner teaches shorthand, secretarial training, and typing. She is a Junior Class sponsor and is also a member of the Merit Cup Committee. Mr. George Wiant is put on guard by a question from one of his students. Mr. Wiant teaches General Business and Typing 1-2. He is a member of the Counseling and Guidance Committee and is a Senior Class sponsor. —28—

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Add To Overall Education Program Mr. William S. Cover is one of the driver's training instructors. He teaches a study hall and is ort the Health and Safety Committee and the Physical Education Committee. Mr. Cover is also one of the sponsors for the Sophomore Class. Mr. James Burns instructs all of the choruses at PHS and helps with the orchestra. He is a Junior Class sponsor and a member of the Chorus Club. Driver’s training is offered to students in order to train them in the skill of operating an automobile. Driver's education is offered n the P.E. program, and driver's training is offered to those students who apply for it. The driver's training teachers are Mr. Benny Bishop, Mr. Gerry Nelson, and Mr. William Cover. Mr. James Burns teaches the choruses and orchestra. PHS offers a variety of choruses, including girls' chorus, concert choir, mixed chorus, and the madrigals. Both chorus and orchestra offer a chance for talented students to display their musical ability. Band is another musical organization at PHS made up of musically- minded students. As band director, Mr. Raymond Henderson strives to develop more student interest in the wide field of music. Mr. Raymond Henderson is the PHS band director. He also directs the orchestra, is a Sophomore Class sponsor, a member of the Music Committee and the Band Club. Miss Bonita Hix is the new girls' P.E. instructor who has taken Mrs. Merritt's position. She sponsors the pom pon girls and the cheerleaders. Mr. Gerry Nelson is a driver's training instructor, study hall teacher, and Junior Varsity baseball coach. He is a Sophomore Class sponsor and is on the Health, Safety, and Physical Education Committee. He is shown here with Roger Gilson, senior. —27—

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Instructors Enhance Student Physical Fitness Mr. Wayne Howell reacts enthusiastically to some of the boys’ actions in his P.E. class. Mr. Howell is assistant varsity football and golf team coach. Also, he is a member of the Health, Safety, and P.E. committees and a sophomore sponsor. Physical fitness has become an important asset to every active American of today. For this reason, physical education is a major part of the curriculum at Prescott High School. Good sportsmanship and co-ordination are the most important things taught under the physical education program. Thus, Prescott High requires all student to participate in gym for two years. The P.E. teacher's responsibility is to train each student to perform to his greatest capac- ity. no matter what his size or strength. The varied sports undertaken in the P.E. program give each student a chance to show skill in a particular area. In Girls' P.E., volleyball, basketball, softball, soccer, track, tennis, archery, badminton, table tennis, gymnastics, folk dancing, and modern dancing are some of the activities in which the girls participate. The Boys’ P.E. classes participate in football, basketball, baseball, wrestling, gymnastics, and weight lifting. Mr. Roger Hightower, varsity football coach, surveys the football team during a game. He is also Boys' P.E. instruc- tor and Lettermen's and Senior Class sponsor. He also serves on the Health, Safety, and P.E. committees. Mr. Benny Bishop keeps a watchful eye on the gymnasts during his Boys P.E. class. He is the gymnastics coach and also teaches driver s training. Coach Bishop is one of the senior sponsors. Basketball anyone? Mrs. Marylynn Merritt. Girls' P.E. teacher, also acts as Pom Pon and Cheerleader sponsor, Sophomore Class sponsor, and GAA sponsor. She serves on the Health, Safety, and P.E. committees. Miss Ethel Cary instructs the Girls' P.E. class in archery. She is also GAA Senior Class sponsor, and a member of the Health, Safety, and P.E. committees. —29—