The Lance - Vol. 3 No. 5 - Principal Hoback Discusses New Del Norte Curriculum

Sep 27, 2026

January 25, 1967 issue of The Lance from Del Norte High School presents Principal John Hoback’s discussion of a proposed new curriculum and the goals behind continued, evolutionary improvement. It reports how students elected class favorites, outlines program aims to make school mechanics serve education, and describes scheduling changes such as elective periods and team teaching. The issue also features Roy Reini as January Student of the Month.

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Principal Hoback Discusses New Del Norte Curriculum

DN Student Body Decides Class Favorites In Election

Goals of Program

Youth Symphony Receives Grant

Roy Reini Voted January “Student Of The Month”

theanr Vol.3 No.5 Del Norte High School,Albuquerque,N.Mex.January 25,1967 # Principal Hoback DiscussesNew Del Norte Curriculum PAT GALLEGOS KILEEN VANDAM ## DN Student Body DecidesClass Favorites In Election be more difficuIt. By MR.JOHN HOBACK 11TH GRADE 2 English teachers ## FINAL ANSWER? The rumor is out that DelNorte's curriculum next year willbe chaotic musical chairs with stu-dents wandering around,going toclass if they feel like it,andstudying only when the spirit movesthem.Forget it.Some changes willbe made in an effort to improvewhat is already a good instruc-tional program.Evolutionary pro-gram,yes;revolutionary chaos,no. 2 U.S.History teachers We are sure that this is not thefinal answer to our educationalproblems.As we evaluate andmodify year by year,the goal isto improve continually on DelNorte's excellence.This,however,depends to a great extent on thestudents.As each student tries touse what talents he has to the bestadvantage,and is constantly con-cerned with improving himself andhis school,all of us will benefit.Any system can only be as good asthe people in it. Class favorites for 1966-1967were elected in a contest spon-sored by the staff of Del Norte'sannual,the PAVILION on January Chris Anison was chosen "most 130 students beautiful girl.""Most handsome two hour period boy"of the year is Robbie Crnich. 12TH GRADE Jacque Castleman was chosenthe year's "best dressed girl"and Danny Carl was selected as'best dressed boy.""Most athle-tic girl"is Sue Jollenston.JudeSanchez is the "mostathleticboy." 2 English teachers 17. 2 World History teachers The Senior Class favorites arePat Gallegos and Kileen Vandam.Charles Romero and Patti Pollardare the junior favorites.Bob Cro-lett and Sally Summers are theSophomore Class favorites. 140 students two hour period The report card and transcriptwill be the same as this year,buteach team of teachers will be freeto schedule various lengths of per-iods,and various sizes of groupsas they see fit to serve the ed-ucational goal to be attained.Al-though one entire day might be de-voted to one subject,the amountof time spent on each subject willbe equal over a two week period. Marcy Levine is Del Norte's "most studious girl."Steve Max- ## GOALS OF PROGRAM The seniors also voted in sev- well is the'most studious boy"of the 1966-1967 school year. The goal is to have a programwhere each student can learn asmuch as possible.In order toachieve this,we are trying to makethe mechanics of school serve ed-ucation,rather than vice versa.By mechanics we mean length oftime for each class session,num-ber of students in each session,materials used(textbooks,per-iodicals,audio-visual aids,etc.),and other means to the end.Themore flexible these mechanics ofthe program can become,the bet-ter the education it is possiblefor the teachers to offer. eral other categories.Voted“mostlikely to succeed"was Chuck Fite. (Story &pícs con't.on p.-3) ## Youth Symphony Receives Grant ELECTIVE SUBJECTS The elective subjects will bescheduled into periods of 40,60, 80,or 100.minutes,depending onthe nature of the subject Studentswill be encouraged to fill theirday with classes rather than sche-dule a formal study hall as such. From the student's standpointwe hope that this will give him anopportunity to make use of his timemore effectively and to get moreout of his education,It will notmean that the work will neces-sarily be easier,but more inter-esting and more meaningful.Wehope to take the lid off for thestudent who wants to do as much aspossible and to offer more help tothe student who has trouble,butwants to over come his difficulty.For the lazy student who is inter-ested in only getting by on bareminimums,who is not interestedin improving himself or his sur-roundings,the new program will TEAM TEACHING In order to achieve this flex-ibility,we are going to use a basictime unit of 20 minutes in makingthe schedule for next year,and wewil

FAQs

What is Principal John Hoback’s main message about the new Del Norte curriculum?

He rejects rumors of “revolutionary chaos” and emphasizes evolutionary changes meant to continually improve the instructional program, with progress depending largely on students.

How did students participate in choosing class favorites during the 1966-1967 year?

Class favorites were elected through a contest sponsored by the staff of Del Norte’s annual, the PAVILION, with different grade-level winners such as senior and junior favorites.

What does Roy Reini’s Student of the Month selection highlight about what students should do?

The selection focuses on cooperation with faculty and fellow students and contributing to strengthening Del Norte, which Roy is credited with through his school involvement.

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