Sharon High School - Marsengold Yearbook (Sharon, MA)

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Math And Science Geared to Every 4 4. , l 1' 3155 S liz ii' Mr. Robert J. Bent Mathematics B.S., Boston College, M.A., San Diego State College: M.Ed. Boston State College, Baseball Coach, Sharon Fac- ulty: 4 years. Mr. Thomas E. Groffte Mathematics B.S., M.A., Boston Universi- ty, Sharon Faculty: l year. Mrs. Lillian S. Reardon Mathematics B.A., Colby College, M,Ed Boston University, Mathe- matics Club, advisor, Shar- on Facultyz 8 years. fp ig MY- 3055 C'0 l Mr. Roger M. Doherty Mathematics Mathematics A3-i Providence C0lleQ62 B.A., Harvard College, M.A., Sharon Fccultvr 1 year- Boston State College, Shar- on Faculty: 2 years. MATH DEPARTMENT The Sharon High School Mathematics Department teaches the best of traditional and modern mathematical concepts in order, generally, to enrich the background of the student and, in the case of the college preparatory student, to prepare him for future courses on a post high school level. The pro- gram is constructed with many sources from the field of mathematical education as bases. The courses range from Business Mathematics through Elementary and Advanced Algebra, to Calculus and Analytical Geometry - a fifth course in the college preparatory program offered for the first time this year. It can certainly be said that Sharon provides a more than adequate mathematics program which allows both the term- inating and preparatory student every opportunity to devel- op his capacity and interest to the utmost. The courses range . . . through Advanced Algebra, as these juniors can attest. My, what a nice equation! I6

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f The World We Live In HISTORY AND SOCIAL STUDIES Sharon High School has a creditable four year His- tory and Social Studies program. Instruction includes duties as well as privileges. Thus we have freedom of religion and of the press, but also the need for construc- tive citizenship, responsibility to run for not always from public office, and the accountability to defend the Republic. Some fields of study stress practical and terminal pur- suits while others emphasize the scholarly and continuing features of formal education. While all courses are sound and enduring, yet they are coupled with ideas and methods both flexible and reasonable in innovations. Our program includes: Civics-stressing citizenship of school class, communi- ty, commonwealth and country, Ancient History-from Archaelogy to Zoroaster. Economic Geography-as Ankara to the Yahi River. Modern History-Alsace and Lorraine to the Voice of America. Problems of Democracy-the individual, town meeting and the world. Stephen Leacock, the political scientist and novelist, once said, l am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder l work the more l have of it. ln the sum and substance of worthwhile living, this kind of luck is significant. ll'-'f NH' A if It says so right there! V i eel Mis. Ethel E. Atkinson ,qs gf Social studies , Be 5 B.A. Pembroke College, -ix' , ' Dramatics Society, Business , ' i Manager, Sharon Faculty: 4 , Q . years. ' , .af - ' :i H '-in-1 .- S - Qi fr - ...lgff 3 ti- hi B A, Mr. John S. Blanchon Social Studies B.S. Ed., Bridgewater Teachers College Soccer Coachg B Squad Bas- ketball Coach, Freshman Aa- visorg S h a r o n Faculty: 4 years 5. Freshman social studies class hard at work. 4' K' To 0 SX.. , ' 4 I l

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' esired Level At Sharon High l C ,l . X g gl.. Mr. Dudley D. Davenport Biological Sciences B.S., University of Rhode Island, Science Club, Boys Basketball Coach, Boys ln- tramurals, Sharon Faculty: 2 years. Mr. John L. Liberman Physical Science B.A., Rollins College, M.Ed., Bridgewater State College, Student Council, advisor, Sharon Faculty: 5 years, Mr. Myles Marcus Biological Sciences B.A., University of Mass- achusetts, Visual Education Director, Visual Aids Club, advisor, Senior Advisor, Sharon Faculty: 5 years. Miss Dianne C. Perrotta Physical Science B.S., Simmons College, Sha- ron Faculty: l year. 6 l SCIENCE DEPARTMENT The Science Department at Sharon High School offers a diversified. program designed to meet the varied interests of all the students. The physical sciences include Science l and ll, a two-year unified college-preparatory physics and chemistry course, Chemistry, Physical Science, and General Science. Those interested in the natural sciences have a choice of Biology, General Biology, and General Physiology and Hygiene. For those who want advanced studies, the depart- ment offers Science lll, an advanced physics course, offered for the first time this year, and Advanced Biology, a course only two years old. lt is hoped that the facts and concepts learned in each and every science program will lead the par- ticipant to some understanding of the what's how's and why's of our universe. Beyond this, it is hoped that he will gain the initiative to inquire more deeply into what he does know and beyond to that which he does not yet know, either along the lines of the program he has been pursuing or in some adjacent field of science. The purpose of the entire science curriculum, then, is to give the student a greater appreciation and un- derstanding of himself and of the physical world around him. Those interested in the natural sciences may choose . . . Biology, as these freshmen did. From whence cometh the top of the round? 1-7 This year's science lll class, with nine pupils-all sen- iors-is our largest yet. Come on, Junior!