Scotia Glenville High School - Acropolis Yearbook (Scotia, NY)

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ENGLISH Under the chairmanship of Miss Mildred Parkin- son, the English department has continued to revise its standards upwards to meet the needs of a more demanding age. For the terminal student whose formal training will end with high school, the aim has been to help each student realize an effective two-way system of communication for use now and in the future. College bound students with very high achieve- ment and ability now have the opportunity to elect Advanced English classes offering more mature programs during their eleventh and twelfth years. In addition to regular courses, special electives are offered in speech, dramatics, journalism, and reading improvement. LIBRARY STAFF Mrs. Ida Occhino, librarian, and, right, Mrs. Elizabeth Sotile, library secretary. THE LIBRARY Scotia-Glenville High School prides it- self on having one of the most up-to-date school libraries in the area. There is not a dead volume on the shelves. Mrs, Occhino, the high school's dynamic li- brarian, offers many special services to teachers and students alike. Attractive displays invite all to enter and enjoy this collection of excellent high school reading materials. — Mary Trainor, Mary Ellen Falace, and Pamela Michael examine new books in the library which may be reserved by students for future use. JHDTRPD P oo p.

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ENGLISH TEACHERS Left to right: Mr. John Stopera, Mr. Robert Boquist, Mr. John Kilrain, Miss Marilyn Leach, Miss Mildred Parkinson, Chairman; Mrs. Ruth Black, Mrs. Margaret Betts, Mr. James Kirkpatrick, and Mr. Thomas Gilmartin. (Below) The speech class and instructor. Miss Leach, upper right, listen attentively as Bob Mead addresses the group. (Right) James Martin, Virginia Naylon and Judy Bolt watch as Mr. Kirk- patrick explains a scene from a play.

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,(),«5 0.(Wl »t,. Kiml litwn uieiiit LANGUAGES Students today are evidencing keener in- terest in the languages of other nations. New trails are being blazed not in science alone but in the cultures and literatures of all peoples. Language students at S-G are discovering that Latin is not dead, but lives through its modern derivatives; that German, Spanish, and French are brought to life by teachers whose own lives have been enriched by sojourns in the foreign lands of which they teach. FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHERS (Left to right): Mr. Thomas Clohesy, Spanish; Mrs. Nita Sav- age, German; Mrs. Laimi Reynolds, Latin; Mrs. Lucile Dougher- ty, French. (Left): Robin Soellner, Alice DeLaney and Robert Snively, third year French students, hang up some new travel posters in their classroom.