Roseburg High School - Umpqua Yearbook (Roseburg, OR)

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English a Group discussion puzzle Lita Paulson and Steve Bowker. ▼ Mr. Duffy Lederman stresses an Important point. Mrs. Sandy Lange helps Reagan Blanck with some difficult grammar, in her 11 CP English class. a A thorough investigation by Mr. Darrell Kenney proves that Mindy Jinkins’ problem is correct. ▼ How can Mrs. Michelle Palmateer help grinning as she watches her crazy fifth period senior English class? English 23

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English Senior Year Of English Required In response to encouragement from almost everybody but the students, the class of '84 was the first to graduate with four years of required English. The school board approved this requirement in 1983. To make way for this change in curriculum, more English classes were offered to the sen- iors. This meant the end of several elective classes which were offered for English credit in years past. Mr. George Paxton replaced Mr. Don Bo- deen, who retired after teaching here since 1953. After seven weeks, Mrs. Sandy Lange, a substitute teacher in Roseburg schools for three years, replaced Mr. Paxton, who moved to California. Mr. Bodeen returned to complete the yearbook one period (?) a day. Other addi- tions included Mrs. Marcia Lenker, Mr. Gary Flood, and Miss Cynthia Burgey, who took over Mrs. Miller’s job. ▼ Dawn Welkum, an efficient English aide, explains, “It’s not my fault this desk is a mess. It’s Mrs. Lange’s, and she says that a messy desk is the mark of a genius.” a Hoping that her students will love Shakespeare, Mrs. Jennifer Doerner, sophomore English teacher, prepares lesson plans for herself and evaluators. 22 English

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 Math Spaghetti Test, Fun Functions Featured Math, usually considered a dull or a proce- dural class, was not this year because of the efforts of a witty group of teachers. In present- ing the method for finding if a set of rules could make a set of numbers a function, Mr. Don Crossfield, department head, explained a “Speghetti Test,” the brain-child of Mrs. Jean Defenbach, with twenty-one years at RHS. Mr. Mike Gould completed this trio. Into this unusual family came Mr. Richard Carrillo and Mr. James Moyer. Carrillo, a per- sonal finance teacher, and Moyer, a business education teacher for seven years, combined to teach one class of applied math. Calculus, a very specialized class for seniors, was offered for the twenty-first year. Defen- bach was the teacher for these students, whose college credit for their efforts during this two- period block class. The team of Mr. Robert Fey, Mr. Ron Goo- dell, and Mr. Duane Hatter completed the math department. They taught geometry and Alge- bra I. Standardized Achievement Tests (S.A.T.) were an area of great achievement for the Ro- seburg scholars. Math students scored on par with the national averages, and great improve- ment was shown by these students in achieving well above the regional average in this test. New textbooks caused changes in curriculum and lesson plans, changes were well received according to Mr. Crossfield, department head. ► As the class groans, Mr. Hatter assigns the duties required for the following day. T “Sorry, I don’t know the square root of 10947682 off the top of my head,” says Mr. Crossfield in disbelief. 24 Math