West Essex High School - Milestone Yearbook (North Caldwell, NJ)

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Senior Division English----- Junior Division English — Social Science STANDING: Mr. Richard Clarke, Mr. Edward Lynch. Mr. William Spears, Mr. Joseph Martino, Mr. Harold Douglas, Mr. Donald Haurie. SITTING: Dr. John Arscott, Mrs. Mary Clilton, Mr. Harvey Saalberg. Gaining a familiarity with the English language through reading novels and poetry, and writing essays and short stories is the major objective of the English department. Interpretation is stressed, and the student learns to read comprehensively through classroom dis- cussions and critical analyses. As a student advances into the upper grades, he is given more opportunities to utilize his knowledge of grammar and sentence structure through writing. Read- ing is also a major aspect of the junior and senior years. In his junior year the student studies American novels such as Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter and Melville s Moby Dick; in his senior year the student surveys British literature from Beowulf to Hardy's Return of the Native. As in several other areas, honor classes are organized for the more advanced college prep students. The five Junior Division teachers (below left) teach English and social science in a block set-up (2 periods per class) known as unified studies. STANDING: Mr. James Mitchell (Junior Division Coordinator). Mr. John Molloy. SITTING: Mrs. Lucy Tinker. Mr. Charles Kane. Mrs. Ruth Lyon. Mrs. Jeannette Hughes, English; Miss Margaret Auld. Reading; Mrs. Patricia Hollander. English; Mr. Charles Martin. Social Science.

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Guidance Division Dr. Harold Vayhinger. Coordinator Dr. John Simmons Psychologist Instant Itineraries at the World's Fair supply the fairgoer with information about the various pavilions and their offerings. In seconds a computer furnishes a custom tailored list of places, times, routes and costs all in ready order. The Guidance Division provides each student with a personalized schedule at the beginning of each year. Guidance also gives each student the opportunity for individual counseling to help chart his future course of study and life work. The most important function of Guidance is to review, advise and suggest changes when necessary for the student's advancement. By this follow up the problems of the student are brought into focus and satisfactory solutions can be worked out. Mr. Leonard Contarino, boys' counselor; Mrs. Marian Korn, social worker; Mr. August Belotti, special education teacher; Mrs. Mariatta Arnold, Senior Division girls' counselor; Mrs. Lucetta Houghton, Junior Division girls' counselor. 14

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Social Science (Senior Division) Mr. John Pietrowicz, Mr. Arthur Conro. The Junior and Senior Division History classes are like the Triumph of Man found at the World's Fair. In the Triumph of Man one can stand on the primitive plains of Africa, walk the streets of ancient Rome, or relive the Civil War. In the Junior Division social studies class- room, one can explore the various forms of government. In World History and in Modern History the student finds the history of the world presented in chronological order. The Junior discovers the dramatic occur- rences found in the history of the United States, while the Senior in American History II discusses our country's problems today and the current events of our nation which will eventually be placed in history books. In addition, the Knight also has an opportunity to study Afro-Asian Cultures, economics, civics and world geography. Mrs. Eleanor May (also Latin). Mr. Robert Haskins. Mr. Ralph Harrity. Miss Edith Cowin, Mr. lames Wagner. 16