Estes Park High School - Whispering Pine Yearbook (Estes Park, CO)

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English classes provide activities M Students who were enrolled in English classes encountered a variety of activities during the course of the school year. Freshmen were enrolled in English I, taught by Ann Day and Betsy Ugalde, a new teacher hired to fill the absence left by the one- year sabbatical taken by Laura Brovlm. The classes studied Roman and Greek mythology, read the plays Romeo and Juliet and l'West Side Story, and went through a unit concentrating on the works of Edgar Allan Poe. English Il classes started the year by reading the novel To Kill a Mockingbird. Their next major Lisa Wilson and Melissa Stephens practice uniting captions in English lll. 6 English assignment was a study of Robert Cormier and his works. This in- cluded reading I am the Cheese. Honors students, taught by Mrs. Day, also read The Chocolate War. An increase in writing assign- ments marked the year, as stu- dents wrote about such subjects as irony and controversy. Plays were a part of the reading curricu- lum, along with poetry and short stories. Vocabulary cards were required to be tumed in every week throughout the year. Third-year English classes read the novels When The Le- gends Die, Huckleberry Finn and The Great Gatsby. Writing assign- ments were reduced in number, but one of the assignments was a ten-page research paper written during the fourth quarter. English III Honors students, taught by Bob Keith, participated in a unit studying the novel Cen- tennial. The unit included the annual field trip to Fort Vasquez and Orchard and the climbing of Pawnee Butte. The Monfort feed lots, visited by past classes, were not included in this year's itiner- ary. Marilyn LaMarsh's theater arts classes provided entertainment for the school with such produc- tions as Come Blow Your Hom and The Pink Panther. L WN E ,R As members of the speech class listen intently, sophomore Wade Riedesel talks about an 'lexpert he interviewed for the assignment. K r

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Ka? T fa- A ' -,-, ' --- if' ,. 'A it C wil V ., ' H' '.-.M X2 .,,, Qf,L,-QM.-U ' ,, K bg, -.-as k.ii36w,, ST 1,T.:v.,L-K, 1,1 As Lisa Wilson looks on, Deena Collingham gives a look of annoyance after being Concentrating intensely, Robby James interrupted while rushing to meet a newspaper deadline. works on a track story for the Mountaineer. Hard work pays off for publicators With one of its better tumouts for the staff, the publications class worked hard to meet deadlines and complete their work. The year was busy for most publicators, covering stories such as the altemative calendar deci- sion, the space shuttle Challenger explosion and repeated vandal- ism at the school. The Mountaineer had a new feature that was called i'First Per- son, which proved to be quite a popular column with most stu- dents, since it recounted personal experiences. The staff also kept itself busy by attending conferences such as the Colorado High School Press Association's Newspaper and Yearbook Olympics. They did well in each, with the Mountaineer receiving three gold awards and the Whispering Pine receiving a gold award and the runner-up sweepstakes award in Division 1. Four members ofthe staff also attended the Journalism Educa- tion Association convention with adviser Bob Keith in Tucson, Ariz. in April, where Jeff Anderson re- ceived an honorable mention in the yearbook photo category. Cther activities that the staff involved themselves in were a field tripftour of the Denver Post and the Kodak plant in Windsor, and an end-of-the-year banquet at the Holiday Inn, where Anderson, Joy Hanks, Jane Kemmer, Krista Ma- her and Mike Stevens received awards for joumalistic excellence from the University of Colorado School of Joumalism. Some members of the publications staff pose in front of the sign on their Feb. 11 tour of the Kodak plant in Windsor. Earlier in the day they toured the Denver Post. Publications 5

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Students in English Ill Honors class take a break while climbing the East Pawnee Butte during the annual Centennial field trip. English ll students Dan Brooks, Glenn Gilbert and Mike Raybourn work on an events chart detailing the book I am the Cheese. While taking a break from reading, Deena Collingham finds time to flash a smile. Junior Kelly Bail talks about her sister while giving a speech. English 7