West Phoenix High School - Westerner Yearbook (Phoenix, AZ)

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fri' E undampened spirits. WINTER DECEMBER lst-Football G Cross Country Banquet lst-3rd-A.F.S. Week Grd-First basketball game-West downs East 9th-Guaymas, Mexico trip 9-10th-Arizona Model U.N. at Tucson 21st-Christmas Assembly 22nd-Ian. 3rd-Christmas Vacation 23rd-Interact Christmas Formal JANUARY 15th-Fellowship Brotherhood Conference 18th-Faculty vs. Harlem Clowns Basket- ball game. 25-26th-Semester Exams 29th-Travel Club trip to Disneyland FEBRUARY 3rd-TAP Assembly 8th- Up With People Assembly 14th-Annual Boys' Panel: G. L. Valegrams 24-25th-Inter-Divisional basketball playoffs at P.U. ....,s ' J V ,'7an.- , 1, ' SPRING MARCH 7th-First baseball game-West downs Arcadia 9th-Winter Sports Banquet 10th-Student Body elections 15th-Rodeo Election 16th- Rodeo Assembly and Dance 24-27th-Easter Recess APRIL lst-Fellowship Brotherhood Conference 4th-Girls League Elections 7th-A.F.S. Assembly 8th-G. L. Convention at West 21st-Class Elections 28-29th-Key Club Convention and Goveror's Ball at Westward Ho MAY 6th-Senior Dinner at Mountain Shadows 12-13th-School play - Sabrina Fair 15th-Spring Sports Banquet 24th-Senior Ditch Day-Scottsdale Country Club 26th-Honors and Awards Assembly 27th-Iunior-Senior Prom-Executive House JUNE 2nd-Senior Farewell Assembly 6-7th-Semester Exams 9rh.c:.mduuti0n Spring was patient waiting . . . . . . toqetherness . . . refreshing rains ling-.

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FALL SEPTEMBER 2nd-Freshman Orientation Sth-All-School Mixer Intra-squad football game 23rd-First home football game-West downs Carl Hayden OCTOBER 4th-Girls League Putt and Pant Prom 7th-Student Government Assembly 8-12th-Periodical Push 14th-Freshman elections 19th-Kalahim Na Mahal-G. L. Semi 31st-Nov. 4th-Homecoming Week- dance. assembly, Olympics. football game-West downs North. Winter was bare branches . . . Fall was rain . . . group efforts. NOVEMBER 1st-Father-Daughter Banquet Sth-A.S.U. Senior Day 18-19th-School play- Out of the Frying Pan 24-25th-Thanksgiving Recess . . . school spirit . . . wet feet . . . chilly walks

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Independent study, one of the goals of Flexible Scheduling, made the vari- ous resource centers necessary. These centers, each covering a major acad- emic area like the Science Resource Center, offered the proper atmosphere and materials for students to follow their own study routine in a specific field. FLEXIBLE SCHEDULING West's revolutionary Flexible Scheduling sys- tem brought freedom and independence to its stu- dents. Despite modifications, the results of over- loading the computers which scheduled the stu- dents and maintaining order during the first weeks of school, Flexible Scheduling was a success in its first year at West. Students were given more free- dom to study on their own which, in turn, gave the teachers more time to really teach. Other ad- vantages included homework at school, a greater variety of subjects, and shorter periods. Flexible Scheduling, part of a three year plan, will con- tinue to be modified until the ideal system - plac- ing much of the responsibility on the student - is reached. Mrs. Annie Laurie Buehman and Miss Wilma Sain find the math re- source center a good place to discuss the schedule for their algebra classes. One advantage of the resource centers was the concentration of material covering a single academic field. The Social Studies resource center had a collection of books, pamphlets, and records concerning the social studies - from World History to American Government - which helped teachers with their lectures and students with their assignments.