Richard Montgomery High School - Rocket Yearbook (Rockville, MD)

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CLASSES The movement toward integrating the learning experiences of pupils is one of the most significant educational developments of our generation. It represents a reaction against the highly specialized and compartmentalized programs of the traditional high school. The major purpose of an integrated program is to provide a well-balanced series of educational experiences which will facilitate the integration of students’ personalities and will orient them more effectively in the world in which they live. In such a program the materials of instruction are drawn from any sources which give promise of contributing to the growth and development of pupils. Recognition of the need for better integrated individuals, resulted this year in a program of education in Richard Montgomery High School of such activities in the seventh and eighth grades of the Junior High School. This has proven to be an interesting and enlightening experiment to both teachers and pupils. Its success warrants retention of this improved method of education in the High School next year. The pictures on the following pages show a number of the classes. We can truthfully say that our school has wisely heeded Pope’s advice: Be not the first by whom the new is tried, nor yet the last to lay the old aside.” EIGHTEEN

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A MORNING AT SCHOOL A week-end's many pleasures Have gone into the past. And Monday morning's here again With assignments coming fast. First physics with its theories And experiments galore: Then French class with its verbs and nouns And sentences and more Than anyone could ever learn and Then there’s homework too Of newly learned constructions Just Oh! so much to do. But when that class is over There's another one to start It's English now to teach us How to speak with fluent art. And when our grammar's over There's a weekly theme to do. Next comes our spelling lesson Then a book report or two. Our teacher says. “Now concentrate Remember our objective Or there’ll be a check beside your name And that will be effective.’’ But as she speaks the lunch bell rings Oh. what a welcome sound. And each one rushes toward the door For fun they all ate bound: But as they leave the teacher sighs She's ready to give in: For teaching is a trying job Especially 'mid such din. But then she smiles discreetly For she recalls the day When she was but a girl in school And acted just that way. —MARY MARGUERITE WILSON

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THE BANK The high school is very proud of its bank and each member of the banking staff considers it an honor to be allowed to work in the bank. The work is both business-like and interesting and they feel that they gain much valuable experience, as well as information, from having the responsibility of looking after the accounts and the money that is entrusted to them. AUTO DRIVING The Auto Driving class is newly formed this year. The five units included in this course are designed to teach all members of the class not only to drive, but how to promote safety on the highways. The American Automobile Association has been kind enough to lend the class a dual-control car for several months to serve the purpose of instructing people who wish to obtain licenses and who already drive, but need additional practice. PROBLEMS OF DEMOCRACY Among the many interesting classes of the seniors, is the Problems of Democracy class. The students in it study national and international events. Their material is obtained from the daily newspapers, the Scholastic Magazine. and all current publications. The objectives of the course are to acquaint the students with problems they should be interested in and ones with which they will come into contact: to have the pupils understand problems and how to attempt to analyze them: to have students form a habit of expressing positive opinions: to have pupils form attitudes and habits of thinking rhar will cause them to be open-minded, critical in their thinking. and tolerant of the views of others: to help students meet the demands of this constantly changing world. INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION This year in the vocational shop the boys have made several group projects. Drawing tables for the mechanical drawing class and storage cabinets for the cafeteria were the chief projects. They have made some individual projects and in the metal department have worked out some artistic designs. In mechanical drawing they worked on orthographic projection. lettering, and project sketching. Along with their shop work they studied applied mathematics and science. Motion pictures were presented to the class to enrich the course content and present a better picture of the industries. NINETEEN