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

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Health and Physical Education Mrs. Nancy DiFabio, Miss Virginia D'Angola, Miss Martha Meek. This year West Essex added two new teachers to the Health and Physical Education Division: Mr. Vernon Young and Mr. Quentin Unger. The boys and girls at West Essex were ottered a balanced variety of STANDING: Mr. Ralph Dougan. SEATED (left to right): Mr. Quentin Unger (Physical Education Coordinator). Mr. Robert Christina, Mr. Vernon Young. vigorous activities this year, were in- troduced to a standardized fitness test Stamina acquired in Phys. Ed. classes is applied, by many boys, on the field. Here Juniors Lilian Helle, Roseann Bisaccia, Gerry Giannotta, Linda Fleder and Ruth Kum- mer, acting as football auxiliary, prepare the Vailsburg dummy for hanging. program, and were able to participate in health education activities. Dual, individual, and team sports with rhythms and self-testing activities, leading to greater proficiency in basic movement skills, were emphasized and taught progressively in grades 7-12. . and the referee must remain impartial.

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Business Education STANDING: Mr. Richard Rizzo. Mr. Byron Harmony. Mr. Leonard Kapochus, Mr. Lester Robinson. SITTING: Miss Roseanne Bowles. The Business Education Department of West Essex High School concentrates on developing the necessary skills needed in the business world. There are a variety of subjects offered in this area, including typing, bookkeeping, stenography, office practice, secretarial practice, law, and general business. The advanced courses of typing and stenography are the final steps in a student's preparation for future work or technical training. These courses are taught in an atmos- phere enabling the student to meet more successfully the demands of today's business world. 22 Typing to the rhythm of music at 78 r.p.m.

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Arts Division: Art, Drama, The Arts Division con- sists of five major areas: Art, Music, Drama, Home Economics, and Industrial Arts. In these various fields the students, junior and senior high, have the opportunity to explore, or to develop in depth, the various phases of the Arts. As in most schools and other subject areas, the advanced work is sequential in nature and gives the student an excellent chance for basic knowledge, devel- opment of skills and the foundation for future endeavors whether in college or as leisure pursuits. Mr. John Young, Mr. Harrison Goodall. Mr. Menyherl Veres.