Yuma Union High School - El Saguaro Yearbook (Yuma, AZ)

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The Yuma Union High School population has increased by 1014 each year for the past ten years. The total present enroll- ment is 257 over capacity but a second high school will be completed by September 1959. The 1958 enrollment, by actual count, numbers 669 freshmen, 631 sophomores, 496 juniors, and 400 seniors, for a total of 2196 students. The curriculum is broken down in four main divisions, College Preparatory, Commercial Prepara- tory, Vocational Agriculture, and General. There are 36 clubs that the students are encouraged to loin in order to participate in co-curricular activities. Also active are the two student government groups - Student Council and SRAC. There are 86 members on our faculty this year who have all done a fine iob in instructing us in our studies. Our admin- istration is composed of a superintendent, business manager, principal, assistant principal, registrar, and coordinator of guidance and counseling. A faculty steering committee, that is composed of department chairmen, meets regularly with the administration. A classroom teacher association group is also active, and this body may meet with or without a mem- ber ofthe administration being present. New courses have been added in the past year. Humanities is now offered to iunior and senior students on a voluntary basis. Two teachers handle the instruction in two of four areas of study, and they exchange classes at the semester. Sci- entific Design is now available for junior and senior students who are particularly interested in science. Science Problems is a course now offered to juniors and seniors, who set up problems with the instructor which they will work on throughout the year. Algebra E is also a new course this year. lt was set up with the very careful testing and recommendations of certain teachers. Biology has been divided into two sections this year, Applied Biology and Theory and Principal Biology. French was of- fered to students on a pilot basis. Home Economics Problems is offered to senior students, college-bound or terminal, who have completed three years of home economics. A course in Advanced Conversational Spanish is also offered this year to the students who are recommended by teachers of Spanish. Requirements for graduation from Y.U.H.S are as follows: English 3 Untlls Mathematics l Unfl Science l Unlsl Social Studies 3 Unfls Total Required 8 UNITS Elective 14 Unlls Total 22 Units VITAL STATISTICS-9

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