Thunderbird High School - Warrior Yearbook (Phoenix, AZ)

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T TCDRI A' Below Will Meekin tutors Lesley Cates on a difficult problem in math. Opposite Page Keith Peterfreund gets much help from tutor Peter Overland, fphoto by David Wilcoxj Program provides tutors to help with tough courses by Patrick Anderson The peer tutoring classes on campus were there to help students when they needed it. Ron Shone is the sponsor of the tutoring which had many students involved. Students could get help all seven hours and before and after school. To become a tutor, one had to register for the class during registration. They had the choice of tutoring for one or two semesters. This class was for highly motivated students to experience the advan- tages and disadvantages of possible future careers such as teaching, probation officer, therapist, nurse, or a social worker. The student's develop personal communication skills as well as supervisory skills, learning how to diagnose learning problems and how to tutor to solve basic learning deficiencies. The tutor arranged and taught learning pro- grams for selected high school students. Tutoring class required extra time for preparing lessons and attending first period training sessions at least three times a week. Tutors helped about nine students a week. Many of them came back for more help. gif' .68 Peer Tutoring

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Plan to computerize libraries approved by Executive Council by Marie Corpe An important goal for the media center was to obtain a computer check-out System. They want to create a five year plan to fully computerize the library, Another goal is to incorporate mastery learning into the freshman library program. To meet these goals they researched and presented their plan to the District Executive Council. They accepted the plan and now all the district media centers have computers. The new computer system will check out books, keep track of overdue books, and simplify inventory. The biggest obstacle the department had to overcome was the lack of funds to buy books, magazines, and additional computers. Teamwork is the department's greatest strength, said Sue Cooke. Fewer TA's worked for them compared to previous years due to the increase of required subjects. UI enjoy working with people and want to have a career in library service,', said Cathy Coffmanf' senior fT.A.j. A goal of the Naval Science department was to raise the enrollment. To encourage increased enrollment, the ROTC squad performed for incoming eighth grade students as well as Thunderbird students. A new program that started this year was a Sea Air Land Team QS.A.L.T. Teaml. Which concentrated on survival tactics. The biggest obstacle the department had to overcome was the reputation of ROTC and to improve their image among the staff as well as the students. Top Left S.A.L.T. Team: Mike Murphy, Jack Satterfield, joe Lafortune, Glen Stracener, Chris Thomas fTeam Commanderj, Brian Kariker, Scott Florchutz. Middle Left Ruth MacKenzie helps a student find a certain book in the media center QPhoto by John Webb.j Sue Cook and Ruth MacKinzie work on their new computer. fPhoto by John Webbl. Non-Departmental 167 .. . -..-,,

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