Saint Pius X High School - Chi Rho Yearbook (Piscataway, NJ)

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lnvading The World OT Words The world oT boolcs is an essenTial parT oT every sTudenT's environmenT. AlThough Academic lvleThods is a required course Tor Treshmen and sophomores, iT carries The necessary Task oT enabling each pupil To enrich and improve his own individual basic reading skills. WiTh The addiTion oT SisTer Clara and Mrs. Burns, which eased Mrs. Racelcs hecTic schedule oT The pasT, The Teachers are able To give more specialized assisTance and caTer To a speciTic problem. A new clevelopmenTal reading course Tor The iuniors and seniors marks The TirsT Time an elecTive was oTTered in The deparTmenT. Through modernized Tapes and closed circuiT Television The class is blessed wiTh an ideal seTTing in order To grasp The concepTs oT speed and developmenT reading as well as recenT in-depTh worlc in spelling. The reading deparTmenT realizes ThaT The Techniques and principles gained Trom This course are TransmiTTed To all oTher subiecTs where comprehen- sion oT wriTTen assignmenTs is viTal Tor high'scholasTic achievemenT here aT ST. Pius.

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Expanding Knowledge Achieving individual skills and Techniques is whaT our Media CenTer has been concerned wiTh. ITS Tranquil aTmosphere makes iT The ideal area Tor independenT work, and iTs numer- ous TaciliTies provide sTudenTs wi+h every Type oT learning device. The use oT microTilm has made iT possible Tor sTudenTs To comprehend reading maTerial by audio-visual means. PasT issues oT newspaper pub- licaTions are recorded and Tilmed which has made iT easier To uncover pasT evenTs. Besides learning by audio-visual meThods, There has been an expan- sion in The number oT books and reT- erence volumes. Novels in paperback oT TicTional and non-TicTional sTories have increased in quanTiTy. NoT only has The Media CenTer been The cenTral poinT oT all publica- Tions provided in The resource areas, buT iT's Truly an area where sTudenTs are able To expand Their individual- iTy.

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l.earning - Family The very besT deTiniTion Tor The Home Economics deparTmenT is con- Tained in Those Two words, home and economy, Mrs. ChrisTensen, deparTmenT chairman, seeks To pre- pare The sTudenTs To be able To live independenTly in The world by giving Them a well-rounded exposure To The home Through courses in cooking, cloThing, and child care. A new course, enTiTled Family and Child, brings six Tour-year-olds inTo The school, where They are cared Tor by six senior girls in a nursery school Type siTuaTion. Economy is TaughT in STyle The cooking classes where sTudenTs learn The use oT a recipe as a basis Tor creaTing variaTions oT The recipe by changing iTs ingredienTs and where They decide wheTher prepared mixes or Toods Trom scraTch are smarTer budgeT-wise. Economy is exercised in The size oT classes, also. Classes are limiTed To a maximum oT Ten sTudenTs, and ThaT TacT, along wiTh The TacT ThaT sTu- denTs raTe Themselves, aTTords a greaT deal oT individualiTy in The deparTmenT. Home Economics deparTmenT chairman Mrs. Mar- gareT ChrisTensen gives some advice on housekeep- ing lTOPl. A saluTe To The Tlag announces The beginning oT anoTher Family and Child class IABOVE, LEFTJ. Threading The machine is noT such an easy underTaking Tor Linda Machinski TABOVET. Lisa Hudson Teaches The Tiner poinTs oT shaping Play-Dah To Kerry May TLEFTJ. Reading is Tunda- menTal - buT There's also some wriTTen work involved lOP. PAGE, TOPJ. A smile is The answer given by Reading DeparTrnenT chairman Mrs. Mary Racek TOP. PAGE, MIDDLEJ.