Richmond High School - Shield Yearbook (Richmond, CA)

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biy,| | MRS, BEATRICE KERTIS MRS, BRENDA LUTEN MRS, CORA MATTONEN ss Te ee I Librarian, Library English 2,3,4, Drama English 2,3, Jr. Prom English 2,3,4 Home Chest Committees Jr., Sr. Plays, Thespians Open House, Faculty Club Faculty Follies Incoming Students ENGLISH CURRICULUM The general purpose of the curriculum in English is to teach the language skills involved in communicating information and feelings effectively in reading, writing, speaking, and listening, The tenth year course emphasizes the reading of world literature; the eleventh year, American literature; and the twelfth year, English and contemporary literature, Specific classes offer additional training in public speaki ng, drama, drama reading, and journalism, Special features of the curriculum include viewing films, attending the theater, debating, listening to phonograph recordings, tape readings, in-class drama presentations, and class MRS, SYLVAN MYERS English 4, Faculty Follies eres tig Commencement Speakers 0 |] MRS, LUCILE PLACE | MRS, RUTH PROTTER MRS, CLAUDETTE SIGG ee jj] English, Oral English, Forensic English 2,3, AFS English 3,4, Writers Club English 2A,T3, 2S, Tech Program oust English 2 Chairman }( Club, Speech Tournaments Faculty Follies Commencement Speakers | MISS DOROTHY SWENSON English 3, Sr. Act. Scholarships MISS LOIS THAU MRS, MYRA WALTON MISS HARRIET WILLIAMSON English 2,3,4 English 3 English 2, Journalism, Shield 7 Drama Circle Hi-Nus, Publicity

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MRS, .LEONTINE BENNETT MR, JOHN BEBELAAR MISS E, ALBERTA BEST MR, TERRY BORTON Department Head, English 4 English 2,4 English 3, Cap and-Gowns English, Inter-racial Discussion AFS, Faculty Follies, Pre-Tech Appearance Committee Essay Contest, Poster Committee Group, Sr. Play Director es. 2 Helps Enroll English Department Miss Dorothy Swenson explains a grammar lesson to one of her Junior English students. at p™ MRS, ELINOR BROKAW MRS, ERNESTINE BROWN MISS SHARON CAPLOW MRS, MABEL COLBERG English 2, CSF English, Sociology, Girls’ League English 2, Landmark, Jr. Play English 2 SR, Class Sponsor Faculty Follies, Senior Ball AFS, Faculty Follies Open House, Soc, Comm. MBS, VIEGINIA DRAPER MRS, JANE FITZGIBBON wa MR, JOHN HONORE ng1s ° j : g English 2,4 Director of SR. Gaieties English 2

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MR, VIRGIL WOOLBRIGHT Department Head U.S, History, American Government Student Council, Inter-racial Discussion Group MISS ELAINE DALE U.S, History, Emerging Nations CSF, Honor Roll, Faculty Follies MR, JOHN ENOS Sociology, American Government Commercial Law, Student Court Faculty Follies 3 MR, JOSEPH BILOTA U.S, History, Faculty Follies Sports Referee, Soph Class Sponsor MRS, MARGARET ELDREDGE U.S, History, AFS Faculty Social Committee MR, ROY FOGEL American Government Trig., Algebra MR, HOLLIS BLEDSOE U.S, History, American Government Social Science SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULUM The Social Studies Department of the Richmond Union High School offers both required and elective courses to further its work in the fields of history and civic education, Emerging Nations is the tenth grade elective course which was initiated in Sep- tember of last year. The four large units of this new offering are (a) Latin America, (b) Communist Bloc Nations, (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 require- ments for high school graduation in Cali- fornia, A full-year course, American Govern- ment, has replaced the former one-semester course called Civics. All twelfth grade stu- MR, HIRAM FRY American Government Emerging Nations