Brentwood High School - Eagle Yearbook (Brentwood, MO)

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l For Language and Literature Mrs. Ruth Martin has, been at Brent- wood High School for three years. She teaches t w o sev- enth grade combi- nation classes. Combination class- es meet 12 or 13 hours a weekg one hou r alternates with gym class. Q Q ..:: 69 .4 i-' s! g filiv -i,4! I R I X. Mrs. Moxter, who, has been teaching at Brent- wood High for several years, is well known to students in grades seven through twelve. Mrs. M o x t e r teaches two classes of seventh grade combination. Miss Judith Cook has been at Brentwood High for three years. She teaches two classes of seventh grade combination. In her classes Miss Cook teaches English, literature, and history. In the seventh grade combi- n a t i o n classes Brentwood High School students gain a greater understanding of our country's history and culture. Each week they receive jun- ior Review, a magazine tell- ing of the latest happenings in the world. Seventh grad- ers also study a unit on the United States Constitution. ' Judy Taussig, Ken Mor- row, Jacque Broyles, Susan Singer, Susan Offenbach and Pat Fraley, with Miss Cook, listen to Judy Glass give a report on the junior Review.

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Combination 7Prepares Students Mr. Paul Beuttenmuller, Latin and French Mrs. Mary jane Randolph has the difficult teacher, chuckles over an ancient tale by Livy, job of keeping BHS's library running smooth- the famous Roman historian, in the Latin II ly. text. Mrs. Mary jane Randolph, BHS' busy librarian, has worked at the library of the University of Missouri, the St. Louis Public Library, and the St. Louis Public School Library. Mrs. Randolph came to BHS in 1957. Mr. Beuttenmuller came to Brentwood in 1952. He studied at Springhill, in Mobile, Alabama, and at St. Louis University. This year he taught four Latin classes and French II. Mrs. Dorothy johnson is an alumna of the University of Missouri. This is her second year at Brentwood. Below, Doyle Ragsdell, Sandra Parini, Dave Holmes, Leonard Hofmeister, Dave Bieber, Susan jacobi, and jerry Kleinsorge correct letters in Mrs. johnson's business Eng- lish class. Mrs. Dorothy Jean johnson taught four Spanish classes and business Eng- lish this year. She also sponsored Spanish Club.

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Histor And Literature Courses Aid In Miss Price, Ricky Ruegg, and Stephen Dorn read about the Spanish-American War in the eighth grade history text. Miss' Margaret McGrath, at left, teaches, as do the other combination 8 teachers, a morning and an afternoon class. Combination 8 includes social studies, English, and health. A study of American history centers on important problems and achievements met by people of this nation since the writing of the Constitution. The last frontier, the rapid industrialization of the nation, the immigrants who helped build America, World War I, and World War II are all vital topics. A special project of the year is a unit on Missouri. Students make notebooks on the history and industries of the state and study the state's Constitutions. Each week the pupils receive World Week, a magazine to supplement their discussions of current world events. w Miss Madeline Price shows a copy Mr. William Long pauses while record- of Panoramas, a reading test used in ing test scores of his eighth grade combina- her combination 8 class. tion students.