Westwood High School - Green Years Yearbook (Westwood, MA)

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Languages IF YOU SMELLED CREPES COOKING IN ONE OF THE FRENCH CLASSROOMS. IT WASN ' T JUST YOUR IMAGINATION!!!!!!!!!! With the emphasis on an oral approach, the Language Department is constantly striv- ing to provide better methods of communi- cation. Field trips to museums, restaurants, and the viewing of foreign films, along with arranged tours of European countries, bring about different aspects of foreign languages and customs. The humanities approach us- ing music, is an added feature to supplement the course. Mrs Elaine Eaton Department Head Mr George Parker Director of Driver Education THE WORLD ' S GREAT MINDS COMBINED WITH THE MOST POWERFUL INFORMATION SCANNING SYSTEM DEVISED BY THE MIND OF MAN BRING YOU: INSTANT LEARNING MissClaire Strachen Mrs. Ruth Very Mrs. Barbara Grey 20

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Miss Marguerite Knight Department Head Mrs. Virginia Burke Mrs. Joanne Arnold Home Economics The Home Economics Department, under the direction of Miss Knight and Mrs. Burke, is designed to give girls enjoyment in expressing their talents along with practical knowl- edge applicable in the fu- ture as a homemaker. Be- sides the very successful Alteration Shop and the Future Homemake rs club the girls have added a sort of order store called Mrs. B ' s Boutique, which is doing a thriving business. Mr. Joseph Chicetti Department Head Mr. Lawrence Rettman Mr. Thomas Nelson Industrial Arts Under the leadership of Mr. Joseph Chi- cetti, the Industrial Arts Department is rapidly expanding its programs and en- compassing a larger portion of the student body. In addition to the regular offerings, students are exploring new areas of draft- ing, carpentry, electronics, and electricity. A course in basic printing will also be of- fered when we move into the new building. Don ' t be surprised when you see a great- er number of girls in the drawing, drafting, and graphic science complex — they ' ve even got the gals interested in their inno- vative programs. 22