Rich Township High School - Lagoon Yearbook (Park Forest, IL)

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Unified Stullles One of the most popular courses to be taken at Rich High nre the Unified Studies. They are actually a combination of two fields, English and Social Studies. They are offered through all four years of high school and are taken in a double period, They make Social Studies and English much more interesting by studying each subject concurrently. In Unihed Studies I, English is combined with Social Living which deals with school, community, and personal life. Unified Studies Il is based on wide reading of historical ncrion and classi- cal lireranrreg World History and English ll are the combined courses. American Studies, American History and American Literature. These studies make up Uniiied Studies lll. Unified Studies lV is a senior course in n single period. It combines Senior Problems iproblems of clemocracyj with Home itnd ,Family Living lmttrriuge, personality, and on-the-job prob- ems . -fmly Mnrhin Hnmemakmq Homemalting teaches ou the fundamentals of every- day living, namely coolcing, sewing, and child care. These three things help prepare you for the important job of marriage and family life. Homemaking teaches us cooking, from the easy basic foods to rusty foreign dishes. ln sewing you learn how to buy patterns, materials, how to sew and take care of the sewing machine. lastly, homemaking teaches you child care from an infant to the nge of six years. -Barbara Cederquitf Wurltl Hislury World History provides the student with a thorough understanding of current world prob- lems and situations through a study of the historical backgrounds of the many nations. The course emphasizes the influence of political and economic geography on the growth of nations and traces the development of democracy from its beginnings in the civilization of ancient Greece to its place of importance in the world today. - Dare Perlnluller

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Girls' Physical Etluualinn There is always a variety of activities going on in the girls' physical education. During the spring months, the senior girls take golf while the freshmen, sophomores. and juniors try their hands at softball or archery. Inside sports layed during the winter include co-ed volleyball, basketball, and, co-ed square and round dancing. Remember the charleyhorse and gracel?j we de- veloped while learning the art of modern dance? Our able ad- visors rhis year have been Miss june Dutiield and Mis Marilyn Please who took Mrs, Nilsc-n's place in the middle of the year. -- Judy Adam: Health llffilze One of the most active places in school is the nurse's oliice, Students with cuts, bruises, and colds all bring their troubles to the school nurse, Mrs. D. Fahler. Thcre are adequate facilities in the nurse's oflice for students with colds, headaches and other minor ailments. Eye, ear and nose check-ups were given students during gym classes. These are just a few of the many things that Mrs. Fahler checks ro insure better health for Rich High students. -Barbara Stlmllcr Buys' Physical Edutzatinn The boys' physical education classes each year participate in a well rounded schedule of athletic activities designed to keep each boy in tcp physical Htness. September saw the classes playing touch football with the spirit of keen competition. As the fnll weather grew colder, the classes withdrew to a season of interclass basketball. By spring each boy welcomed the opportunity to go outside again, Ever day, weather permitting, haseball games were the order of events. All in all, at Rich, physical ccliucation classes were eagerly awaited each day. - jim Cale r

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Industrial flrls A full program in industrial arts is offered to students at Rich. Beginning with the nine-week ex- ploratory course taken by freshmen as part of the freshman survey, the curriculum continues with gen- eral shop the sophomore year. ln the junior and senior years, students are offered a variety of courses in the industrial arts. They may elect courses in metals, mechanical drawing, wood- working, :md engineering and machine drafting and architectural drafting. These courses prepare the stu- dent for further trnining in the industrial arts or for jobs after graduation from high school. - Dare Perlmullcr Enqlislt English at Rich is one of our broadest learning areas, including nine separate courses. We learn und practice all of the basic and finer points of our lan- guage, Fundamental work in grammar and composi- tion is done in English 1, 2, 3, and 4. Expressing our ideas and having them understood, orally and in writing are important features of speech, rhetoric and iournalism courses. Learning to understand others' ideas is gained in Literature courses through detailed analyses of all types of written work from poetry and propaganda to Fiction and the classics. We realize English offers some of the most valu- able and useful knowledge to be gained during our high school days. - Marilyn Daly .Iuurnalism Journalism instruction begins with newswriting. We later advanced to feature writing, sports writing, editorials, and the mechanical end of publishing a newspaper, including make-up, copy and proof read- ing, type fonts istylesj and writing headlines. ln the spring the class is divided into several groups and each group writes its own four page newspaper. hch group wrote and typed its own news- paper stories, editorials and column, and also did its own make-up and copyreading, The course ended with u section on newspaper history and ethics. -- Barr Mayhew 5-l