Westport High School - Herald Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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SOCIAL STUDIES, VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND COMMON LEARNINGS Future printers are shown skills In the Graphic Arts department. Mr. Sterk and two visitors examine the new electronics laboratory. The aim of the Social Studies department is to teach what history has recorded of the various political and economic problems. The efforts that were made to solve them are studied in an attempt to profit from the past. The courses offered are American His- tory, Citizenship, World History, World Ge- ography, Contemporary Issues, Current Af- fairs and Economics. Vocational Education trains students for various trades and offers on-the-job training in the form of C. O. E. classes. The courses offered are C. O. E., Refrigeration, Air Conditioning, Commercial Art and Electronics. Common Learning classes, in which all eighth graders are enrolled, meet for two and a half hours a day. In these classes students are taught English, where major improvements in spelling, writing and gram- mar are made, and history, where events of past and present are analyzed. Mr. Boucher points out the elementary principles of Commercial Art.

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Back Row; John Little, World History and Citizenship; Wendell Goodwin, Citizenship; Fisk Miles, Contemporary Issues and American History; William Merry min, American History and World History; David Morton, English and World History. Front Row: Bud French, World History and Citizenship; Pauline Harris, American History; Irene Myers, Family Relations; Roland Crane, World History and Citizenship. Hollis Lancaster, C.O.E.; Rudolph Sterk, Physical Education; Paul DeGeorge, Arts; Earl Boucher, Commercial Arts. Back Row: Francis Gates, Common Learnings; Jerry Roark, Common Learnings; Velda Bybee, Common Learnings; Dorothy Munday, Common Learnings, Dorothy Newman, Common Learnings. 12

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COUNSELORS Mrs. Emerine Kline, Secretary in the Counseling Center. The counselors orientate students .to Westport life. They conduct the Eighth Grade orientation. Schedules are planned with their help. Program changes are work- ed out through the counselors' assistance. They help students realize their potential in the school. Aptitude and achievement tests are administered. Scholarships for NUI sm A new student receives advice from Mrs. Holley. deserving students are arranged. Financial difficulties of students are solved by pro- viding textbooks and other school supplies. The counselors act as liaison between the school and community agencies such as the juvenile authorities, police force, and community groups. Mrs. Katie D. Holley, Junior and Eighth Grade; Marvin E. Langford, Sophomore and Testing Schedule; Virginia A. McClure, Seniors. Not pictured: Mr. Gerald Yoesel, Freshmen.