Rickards High School - Anumpa Yearbook (Tallahassee, FL)

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Curriculum Wow! What's that? was the ex- pression of many Rickards students as they observed the broken soil and stakes where a new.driver education range was to be rcompletedland put to use by the second six weeks. Twenty-one new teachers replaced members who left last year, along with two new assistant principals and a new principal. Changes were made in the modular scheduling. instead of students having unscheduled time as last year every- one was assigned to study halls. Another change made in the modular scheduling was at the beginning of the second semester the regular week days Monday through Friday were put in and the usual A day through E day was taken out. The 21 mods were shortened to 14 and the 20 minute mod was changed to 30 minutes. Resource centers were made avail- able for the students' use. The library made changes in its bo,ok arrange- ments so new ones could be added to those already there. Being the only school in Tallahassee to be dismissed at 3:30 the county approved Rickards proposal that school be dismissed at 3:10 beginning the second semester.

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Dr. Britten Poulson Comes As New Principal As all Rickards students soon came to know, Dr. Britten Poulson was the new Rickards principal as school began. Where did Dr. Poulson come from and how did he come to Rickards? A Pennsylvanian, Dr. Poulson was a profes- sor at Florida State, coordinating student teachers. In that position, he got to know most school officials in the county. When Rickards job was open, he was offered it. I wouldn't have accepted it had Rickards not been on modular scheduling, because I am definitely for the sys- tem, reminisced Dr. Poulson. He commented that the system worked well for classes such as physical education, giving students time to do things like bowling or going to pools for swimming, and also for art, computer math and AVC. Modular scheduling also aided agriculture classes, he added, because it enabled boys to use the county farm, giving them time for transportation to and from the land. What did Dr. Poulson do during the day? Most of the time I'm talking with students with problems or ques- tions, or l'm listening to disturbed parents who are having problems with their kids. The rest of the time l'm roaming around the campus looking in on teachers and sending students on their way to class. Of course, at night l have to catch up on the paper work l was supposed to do during the day, the new principal said. Dr. Poulson gave special emphasis to the ninth grade reading program which was begun last year and to the new writing program which was begun first semester. He was also behind the addition of a new wing to the school and the construction of the new driving range first semester, and he pushed for other Rickards improvements. Dr. Britten Poulson gets instruction from Mrs. Susan Buchanan on what to do in the Human Relations Faculty Talent Show. Building good relations between students and administration is a primary goal in the everyday affairs of the princqaal. Playing chess, one of Dr. Poulsons favorite hobbies, serves the purpose well and gives him some extra practice.