Waterford High School - Excalibur Yearbook (Waterford, CT)

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Robert Kelley 'NNN Patricia Lester Mr. Kelly passes out a little mental exercise

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History Links The Post and the Present Rosemary Cardin, Department Head This year, the History department, directed by Miss Rosemary Carden, has gained a new teacher in an effort to reduce class size. Additional programs for all history classes include a new series of movies on Negro history. The department also has access to the school's videotape unit, and can thereby film newsreels or in fact, any program which is significant in forming a good back- ground for the history student. During the November Presidential elections, the department utilized videotapes of the candidates' cam- paigns to affect a growing awareness on behalf of the students. This program stimulated student opinions on the United States' system of the electoral college, and on the governments domestic and foreign policies. A history resource center in the schoo1's new addition provides a research room for the staff as well as an appropriate conference room for evaluating the history departments diversified programs. Also new to the department is a team teaching room in the L-wing. The room is divided in half, by sliding doors forming two separate rooms, but when necessary the doors can be withdrawn to form one large room. Clockwise: Robert Bachman, john Wood, Ralph Kehoe, Rose- William Lawrence, Charles Piskura. mary Cardin, Mary Ann Mountzoures, Howard Christensen,

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Broodening World Wide Communication The language department personifies a need for communication with others. Four languages are offered for study: French, sGerman, Latin and Spanish. Once basic language skills have been mastered, the student is encouraged to speak the language fluently. Through the use of language drills and the language lab, stu- dents become familiar with pronunciation and uses of a language. In some cases advanced language students are encouraged to take summer study tours to countries where their chosen language is spoken. Several of the teachers in the department have traveled to or resided in the countries whose language they teach. They are then better enabled to give their students a comprehen- sive view of the country and its people. Thus cultural understanding and inter-cultural communication is encouraged. This year the language department has added four new teachers: Miss Stapp, Mrs. Fink, Mr. Roman, and Mr. Reynolds. Mrs. Fink teaches French, and the re- maining three teach Spanish. Caroline Kinney, Department Head 6 Elsa B. Crossley, Judith Fink, Caroline Kinney, Cynthia Stapp, Earl W. Reynolds