Richmond High School - Shield Yearbook (Richmond, CA)

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MRS. SYLVAN MYERS Department Chairman English 4, Study Hall CURRICULUM The general purpose of the curriculum in English is to teach young people the language skills involved in communicat- ing information and feelings effectively. To this end attention is directed in all English classes to reading, writing, speak- ing, and listening. The tenth year course emphasizes the reading of world litera- ture; the eleventh year, American literature; and the twelfth year, English literature. Specific class- es offer additional train- ing in public speaking, drama, and journalism. Special features of the curriculum include view- ing films, attending the theater, debating, and listening to phonograph recordings by specialists in the language arts. Department Department Instructors—Seated: Mrs. Sylvan Myers. Standing: Mr. Terry Borton, English 2,3, and 4; Mr. 3, General English 4; and Miss Dorothy Swenson, Hollis Bledsoe, English 3 and 4; Mrs. Claudette Sigg, English 3, Library. General English 3, English 4; Miss E. Alberta Best, Eng- 2 i oi i SR ee PCR ae a ae a a ed Ta aan Rei) = 1 Instructors—Seated: Mr. Richard Gaskins, English 3 and 4, Oral English. Standing: Mrs. Barbara Weider, General English 3, English 2 and 3; Mrs. Cora Mattonen, General Eng- lish 2, English 2, Library; Mrs. Carole Yettick, General English 3, English 2 and 3; Mr. Evan Gillum, General English 2, Record Keeping; Mrs. Leontine Bennett, English 2 and 4, Library; Mrs. Sharon Zebrack, English 2; Mrs. Mabel Colberg, General English Mr. Snyder instructs his Sophomore Class upon the rules of Eng- 20 lish grammar. LT 1c j . bok Fo % +: ie 1 | eae | hi ei ‘Mt + ii A Sophomores prepare a scene from 2, English 2; Mrs. Elinor Brokaw, General English R, General English 3; and Mrs. Beverly Fulks, English 2, General English 3. NOT PICTURED: Mrs. Beatrice Kertis, Librarian; Miss Marie Myers, English 2, General English 2, Study Hall; Mrs. Lucille Place, Eng- lish 3 and 4; Mr. Franz Snyder, English 2 and 4; and Miss Harriet Williamson, English 2, Journalism. “A Tale of Two Cities’’, lish 3, Drama 1 and 2; Mr. Clarence Lawson, English which is typical of any RUHS English 2 Class. Students performing are Terry Robbins, Carolyn Jackson, Virginia Bise, Gwen Veal, and Fred Sloan.

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S i MR. ROBERT SIKES Counselor B.A., University of California Civics, History Teacher 29 years at RUHS ““MY sincere felicitations go to the Class of ‘64, so many of whom have distinguished themselves as fine students and citizens. May the world you are about to enter treat you kindly.” MISS HELEN PARKER s Counselor Robert C. Sikes A.B., M.A., University of California Science Teacher 30 years at RUHS A wish for the Class of ‘64. “Learn to be good listeners, for a good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he knows some- thing! ’ Helen D. Parker MRS. LILA REINERTSON Counselor A.B., University of California M.A., San Francisco State College History and Social Studies Teacher RUHS Graduate “It has been a pleasure working with the Class of ‘64. | wish to them all the happiness and success that life can bring. Best wishes and good luck to an extremely spirited class.’’ MR. LLOYD DARLEY Counselor A.B., Chico State M.A., San Francisco State Lila Reinertson Electronics Teacher 18 years at RUHS 19 ‘“My very best wishes go to the Class of 1964.” Lloyd Darley

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eneral jlish 3. Myers, , Eng- d Miss MR. HIRAM FRY Department Chairman American Government “ery | Malaysia | Rew 7 Pena g CURRICULUM Mr. Joseph Bilota 7 ee Bs Rae, The Social Studies Department of the Richmond explains to his 2 Pai : ; Union High School offers both required and elective students in US. courses to further its work in the fields of history History the import- and civic education. ance of Virginia in the early United States. Emerging Nations is the tenth grade elective course which will be initiated in September of this year. The four large units of this new offering wiil be (a) Latin America, (b) Communist Bloc Na- tions, (c) Africa, and (d) South East Asia and China. United States History is a two-semester class of the eleventh grade. A passing mark in this class is one of the legal requirements for high school grad- vation in California. A full-year course named American Government has replaced the former one-semester course called Civics. All twelfth grade students are required by law to earn a passing mark in this class in order Mr. John Enos jai ae Pyaat oe 4 to be graduated. In April we begin using a text- readies the projector se : be ag book on Richmond City Government, largely written for showing a film pene — P : , and edited by Mr. John Enos, American Govern- to his American : 4 ment teacher. Government Class. Department Member s— Seated: Mrs. Margaret El- dredge, U.S. History. Stand- ing: Mrs. Carroll Parrill, U.S. History; Mrs. Nina Rook- aird, American Government, Latin American History; Mr. Roy Fogel, American Gov- ernment; Mr. Ernest Scolari, U.S. History; Miss Elaine Dale, U.S. History; Mr. Vir- gil Woolbright, U.S. His- tory, American Government; Miss Kathleen McCarthy, World History; and Mr. Jo- seph Bilota, U.S. History. Not Pictured: Mrs. Ernestine Brown, Social Studies; Mr. John Enos, U.S. History, American Government, So- ciology; Miss Dorothy Madi- son, U.S. History, World History, Far East History; Mr. Paul McGinnis, Ameri- can Government, U.S. His- tory; Miss Ann Myren, Am- erican Government; U.S. History; and Mrs. M. Smith, U.S. History.