Royalton Hartland Central School - Scope Yearbook (Middleport, NY)

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SCIENCE MR. WILLIAM TRAVERS, Senior High Science, Junior Class Co- Adviserg MISS CAROL LEN- HARDT, Junior High Science, Freshman Class Co-Adviser, Junior High Dramatics Club Ad- viser, Cosmic Science Club Co- viserg MR. HERBERT KOENIG, Junior High Science, Head of Science Department, Seventh Grade Ca-Adviser, Cosmic Science Club Co-Adviserg MR. GEORGE MCKINNEY, Junior and Senior High Science, Junior Class Co-Adviserg MR. ROBERT ARNOLD, Senior High Science, Senior Class Co-Adviser, Student Council Co-Adviser SCIENCE HAS THREE NEWS CHANGING TIMES may he a maga- zine, but it is also characteristic of the Rl-ICS Science Department. Royalton- Hartland is one of the few schools chosen by New York State to use a new approach to teaching chemistry. This involves studying such topics as thermodynamics, chemical kinetics and electro-chemistry. Next year this method will he mandatory in all New York State schools. Through the New York State College at Brockport a group of eighth graders participated in a government-sponsored program called Programmed Instruction. New equipment in Room 309 aided the instruction in physics. Jerome Middione I , Mr. Koenig's junior high science class participated in an experimental program on Work and Energy from Brockport State University College. Here students are seen working on their individual projects. ln physics, Donna Schultz, Richard Howe, Mr. McKinney and Marcia Fry work on a laboratory experiment concerning heat energy being transferred from a warm object to a cooler one. Chemistry students are involved in an experiment preparing bromine, one of the group of halogens. 13

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LIBRARIANS AND CURRICULUM COORDINATOR MR. JOHN HANSSEL, Curriculum Coordinatorp MRS. MARGARET BLACKBURN, Librarian Middle- port Elementary Buildingg MISS MARGARET HOFERT, Librarian Gosport Elementary Buildingg MRS, DORIS BUNNELL, Librarian High School, Head of Library Department, Library Club Ad- viser Who says Roy-Hart students don't read? This is just a sample of the library return desk each morning. We don't blame you for hiding, Mrs. Bunnelll PLEASANT ATMOSPHERE PLUS NEW EQUIPMENT EQUALS MORE READERS A pleasant atmosphere tends to create a desire for learning. The RHCS library with its new tables and chairs, lovely drapes and pretty plants certainly en- courages learning. This added equipment in the reading room increased the seating capacity to sixty. Another addition was ri record player with earphones which enables students to listen to records with- out disturbing others. A second record player was housed here to be circulated to teachers. At present the library has a l0,000 volume book collection. Ann Allport New equipment in the library includes a record player with earphones which enable students to listen to educational records without disturbing others. Also new in the library is a monitor system. Sue ThieI's book is checked by Marilee Buhr to be sure that the book was stamped at the desk. 12

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LANGUAGE MRS. HELEN LENT, French, Junior Class Co-Adviser, MRS. HELEN HOLAHAN, Latin, Soph- omore Class Co-Adviser, Jour- nalists Club Adviser, ECHO Ad- viser, MR. PHILLIP POSNER, Spanish, Junior Class Co-Adviser J MORE STUDENTS USE LANGUAGE LAB Ave! Bon Jour! Hola! Hello! Language is our only Way of relating our ideas and communicating with others. Rl-ICS offers to her students three languages: Latin, French, and Spanish. Learning these languages has been greatly Facilitated by use of various audio-visual aicls such as film strips, movies, and the language laboratory. Language courses provide not only fundamental vocabulary but also an unclerstancling of the' customs of countries where these languages are spoken. Various means are used to create interest. in Latin Ann Allport classes. Joyce Nichols explains Roman attire to the class. Students also study customs, vocabulary, and sentence construction as well as dress. Spanish and French are the two modern languages taught at Roy--Hart. Snpanish students are eager to reply to Mr. Posner's question. Four French students utilize earphones to hear correct pronunciation which enables them to become more fluent in speaking these languages. 14