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

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MRS. HELEN HOLAHAN, Latin, Sophomore Class Co-Adviser, Journalists Club Adviser, ECHO Adviser, MR. PHlLLlP POSNER, Spanish, Senior Class Co-Adviserg MRS. HELEN IS lT REALLY SHRINKINGP Due to jet age travel, the world is getting smaller. As it does, the demand for knoudedge of a fonngn language be- comes greater. There are increasing fields in which language plays a large part. Royalton-l-Iartland's Language Depart- Inent B rneeung the evennuxeadng de mand. History and culture are included in the instruction of our three foreign languages: Laun, French :mul Spankh. The language teachers are provided with the most modern teaching aids including languagelab equunnent Even forthose who do not travel, language study provides a contnbuuon to a wwH10unded educa tion as well as a better understanding of ourowulconqiexlanguage Ann Semnan l S Y , , S l ln Latin class Paul Moore and Janet Clifford listen to a recording of a Catilinarian oration to help acquire an appreciation of Cicero's oratory. LANGUAGE LENT, French, Junior Class Co-Adviser, French Club Adviser 16 '---- as Mr. Posner helps Colvin Smith with o Spanish translation while Annette Heiser and Debbie Hinkley do some last minute reviewing for a test,

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Mrs Bunnell helps a student find reference material. BOOKS PROVIDE PLEASURE AN D KNOWLEDGE Travel, science, cooking or what have you - information for all topics can be found in the Roy-Hart library. Students use the library for research as well as for reading for pleasure. Junior high classes meet in the library every two weeks for scheduled instruction in library skills. A senior high teacher may work on research or term papers with his class. In another room teachers or students may preview film strips or listen to records. Service? - Name it - and the library has it. Susan Germany LIBRARIANS MRS. MARGARET BLACKBURN, Librarian Middleport Elemen- tary Buildingp MRS. DORIS R. BUNNELL, Librarian High School, Head of Library Department, Library Club Qdjfgserg MISS MARGARET HOFERT, Librarian Gasport UI ing Donald Webster uses an encyclopedia as Kathy Dudzik takes notes for her term paper. 15

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NAR ROBERT BASOM, Junior -ligh Guidance Counselorg MRS. luEONORA BOWERMAN, Guid- ince Counselorp MR. NORMAN JSCHOLD, Guidance Counselorg MR JOHN DOUGLAS, School Psychologist sv S STUDENT COUNSELORS ri Ui 53 wi Mrs. Bowermon discusses Cheryl Cook's progress with her mother, Mrs. McNamara. l l l HELP AVAILABLE FROM EXPERIENCED HELPERS Help! Help! We all need it! If it is in regard to our schedule or course in high school, the Guidance Counselors will straighten us out. Mr. Robert Basom, new to the department, taught group guidance in seventh and eighth grades. Freshmen met with their coun- selors and planned a general course of study for the four years of senior high school. All students and counselors met twice and made out semester schedules. Iuniors and seniors made use of the ma- terials available for selecting and applying to colleges, finding part-time jobs, or de- ciding upon a vocation. Advice and aid in solving problems was provided by the school psychologist, Mr. John Douglas. Mary Lyon The first day of school brings many schedule changes. Each student requesting a change must report to his counselor. Mr. Basom accompanied a group of juniors and seniors to visit Alfred State Tech campus. 17