Richmond High School - Shield Yearbook (Richmond, CA)

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MR. CARL MAYERS Department Chairman CURRICULUM The strength of our democracy is no greater than the collective well-being of our people. The level of physical, mental, moral, and spiritual fitness of every American citizen must be our constant concern. The need for increased attention to the physical fitness of our youth is clearly established. It is our department's job to provide the student an opportunity to make and keep himself physically fit, to provide a vigorous program of physical fitness, and to ensure that all children may enjoy the maximum benefits from a strong healthy body. following: 15 minutes of physical exercise, including The Boys’ Physical Education program of running each day, wrestling, soccer, tumbling, trampo- : Z : ; ; line, tennis, weight training, cross country running, bad- Richmond Union High School includes the Z : - : . minton, football, softball, basketball, volleyball, decath- lon testing program, and co-ed. Guarding the ball is a tedious task on a warm spring day during P.E. period. Our program tries to stress a well-balanced selection of activities that include vigorous physical activity. Students Co ; = are tested and programmed into classes of their equal ee | . ee ability. We try to give each student the basic skills of a es aa wy ay all the activities. They are tested at the conclusion of ee a ay each activity. We try to invigorate our curricula and rem] give a high priority to the excellence of health and fitness. Our athletic teams include the following: three teams of football, two teams of baseball, two teams of track, three teams of basketball, tennis, golf, two teams of swimming, and three teams of cross country. We hope to add wrestling and gymnastics in the 1964- 65 year, if approved by the district. Department Members—Seated: Mr. Frank Kocsis. Stand- ing: Mr. Robert Anderson, Mr. Carl Mayers, and Mr. Frank Porto. Department Members—Mr. Roger Potter, Mr. Emery Phil- 24 lips, and Mr. Kenneth Richter. Not pictured: Mr. Joe Stenson.

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MR. ALEXANDER KOUGHAN Department Chairman Applied Science, Physics 38 ii ee 2 saat : on B : DEPARTMENT MEMBERS—Mrs. Alysse Lowe, Biology and Sociology; Mr. Harold Fisher, Chemistry; Mr. Wayne Perry, Chemistry; and Mrs. Margot Halvorsen, Home Science, Biology. CURRICULUM The Science Department offers courses in two principal areas, the Biological Sciences and the Physi- cal Sciences. In the Biological area, courses in Biology, including Physiology and Home Science, which includes Per- sonal Health and Home Nursing, are offered. The Physical Science courses in- clude Applied Science, a physics course for non-college preparatory students; Chemistry, a laboratory course for college preparatory Juniors; and Physics, a laboratory course for college preparatory Seniors. Mr. Wayne Perry, Chemistry instructor, explains an experiment to Judi Hand, Nancy McDaniels, and Dwayne Broughton. Department Members— Seated: Mr. Alexander Koughan. Standing: Mr. George Campbell, Biology; Mr. Roy Norman, Biology; Mr. Leo Baker, Biology and Applied Science; Mrs. Lois Siegel, Biology; Mrs. Betty Wessenberg, Biology. Not pictured: Miss Tanya Oliv- ier, Biology.

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MISS HELEN MC DONALD Department Chairman CURRICULUM The girls’ physical education department hopes to give each girl an opportunity to develop skill, sportsmanship, responsibility, leadership, and enjoyment of physical education through participation in various individual and group activities. The emphasis in the Sophomore program is on team sports, rhythmics, trampoline, and gymnastics. Individual activities, tennis, and archery are offered to the Junior Classes. Folk dancing is started at the Junior level. The emphasis at the Senior level is primarily on individual sports. The Seniors also have a choice of Modern or folk dance. Special classes in physical education are offered to students that are physically handicapped. “Herman” is a popular game often played on rainy days in the girls’ portable. GAA activities are held after school and are available to any girl at Richmond Union High School. These activities include basketball, volleyball, softball, archery, tennis, modern dance, tumbling, fencing, hockey, and badminton. Maria Thompson and Paulette Loveless do their modern jazz dance in perfect timing. Miss Jesseph Department Members—Seated: Miss Margaret Stewart, Miss Kay Langston, Miss Susan Grant, Jesseph. Standing: Mrs. Patricia Deacon, Mrs. and Miss Helen McDonald. Not Pictured: Mrs. Betty Garcia, Mrs. Claire Shaw, Miss Lanelle Alice Clark.