Amphitheater High School - Panther Trails Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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E NGLIQH CLASSES PROMOTED Four years of English is required at Amplii in order to graduate. The Freshmen studied the hasic grammar tech- niques and they made a study of one of Charles Dickens, works, David Copperfield. The Sophomores traced the development of a play from Greek times into the Elizabethan age. Numerous projects were presented to parallel their intensive study of Shake- speare's fulius Caesar. The Sophomores devoted a term to the reading and discussion of the short story. Mrs. Hortence Allen The Junior year was centered around the basic theme of Folklore and the development of the short story in America. In the Senior year, the students continued their study of Shakespeare with Hamlet along with the preparation for college. They also studied English History in relationship with its literature. College preparation included a final re- view of grammar and vocabulary techniques. V Q qpk' ., i Sophomore g . 4? 5 ' Us e.r.s i i in ' li if V 'l TN' . . Q - x 'fi ..- q.., . A Y Q gr K 1 1 :ear t ' ., 75.3 - ff' tg - 2 .r ' J Mrs. Lita Beeghley Are you implying you don't understand that pun? Ron Alexander likes to express himself more than Junior inquires Mr. Sterrett. Mrs. Lillian Cooper MIS- Paula EII1Cl'iCk Senigf Sophomore others. h 5:33 X fa ' ply f 2 , ' I f, I I g f.: ' . Yds ' V f ' Mrs. Kathryn Ferguson Mr. Burton Cavitt Freshmen JUHIOI'

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COUNQELORQ SERVED AS ADVISORQ Robert Hiatt Esther E. Parris Tenth and twelfth grade boys' counselor. Tenth and Twelfth grade girls' counselor. Imagine being responsible for the welfare of 1,600 stu- stay at Amphi. They offer any help possible on scholarships, dents! This is the job our counselors face each day. They re- colleges, and job opportunities. cord each student,s work, marks, aptitudes, and results from The C0unSel0rS have had special training in working tests so that they may help him decide about his future. with students and are always ready to help whenever possible. Each student has the same counselor during his entire Mildred H. Baker Nicholas Paynovich Ninth and eleventh grade girls' counselor. Ninth and eleventh grade boys' counselor.

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BETTER LANGUAGE TECHNIQUES Mr. Mel Gourdin Junior P Mrs. Gretchen Hawke Mrs- Cynthia Johanson .lunior Senior COMBINED ENGLISH AND HISTORY PROVIDED BACKGROUND HELP FOR LITERATURE A long time dream of Mrs. Roten's came true this year: a combined English-History class. She has always wanted to teach this type of course because she believes a student will learn and understand better the different aspects of literature with a little knowledge of its era. The students and Mrs. Roten enjoyed the class this year and she hopes it will be continued for many years to Come. ,rw-f Ww' 3 Ve, Now when I was playing in the Globe .... remarks Mrs. Roten in her seventh period History- Englislt class. Mrs. June Pennington Freshmen tfiwg-geff-rf-re , .W-cf f f 'Y ' elifals to i in fi ' J J , K' .- X 23 f 4. ,. ,.,. , Mrs. Edna May Roten Sophomore Mr. Allan Sterrett Senior 'Ita X 5 V . . . 5 ,-,,- I A it 1 r 1 . Mr. Milton Walser Freshmen