Prescott High School - Hassayamper Yearbook (Prescott, AZ)

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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—

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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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Practical Skills Learned With Teacher’s Aid This one goes here, and this one goes there, and . . Mr. Jack Andre explains to John Barnabus, senior, the fundamentals of Electronics. Mr. Andre is also a member of the Industrial Arts Club, Practical Arts Committee, and is a Junior Class sponsor. Putt, Putt, Putt, Putt. Mr. Edward C. Treadway, Auto Shop teacher, watches as David Beyea, senior, and Chris Erwin, junior, work on a motor. Mr. Treadway is a member of the Practical Arts Com- mittee and is a Junior Class sponsor. The practical arts department offers courses in auto mechanics, wood shop, metal shop, electronics, and homemaking. Auto shop teaches boys the mechanics of a car and trains them in the repairing of automobiles. In wood shop the students work with wood and make such objects as furniture. Homemaking includes the study of sewing and cooking, each of which takes up half of the year. Those who take home- making also learn about child care and first aid. In metal shop the students work with various forms of metal. Electronics is a course designed to verse students in the wide field of working with electricity. Now that's a piece of wood! exclaims Mr. Robert A. Raudebaugh, wood shop teacher. Mr. Raude- baugh is also one of the Junior Class sponsors. Mrs. Faye Ohler explains sewing fundamentals to Lupe Romerex, junior, and Becky Beltram, senior, in one of her homemaking classes. Mrs. Ohler is FHA sponsor and is a Junior Class sponsor. Richard Espitia, sophomore, learns about the various uses of metal from Mr. Floyd Heaton, Metal Shop teacher. Mr. Heaton is also a Sophomore Class sponsor. —30—