Sylvan Hills High School - Bruin Yearbook (Sherwood, AR)

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What Makes a Good Teacher? Teachers... A little of every teacher’s knowledge and personality is often absorbed by his students. Hopefully they retain knowl- edge to use and pass on to others. In order to know this year’s faculty better, the yearbook staff prepared a question- naire to find out teachers’ opinions about their work and the students they deal with. Some of their replies will be found throughout this section. One of the questions asked the teach- ers was what they thought went into being a good teacher. Cosmetology instructor Ms. Cecelia Holt said she tries to make students into responsible adults while English teacher Ms. Donna More- hart said she does her best to get stu- dents to stop saying, “I ain’t got no book.” PASS IT ON — Ms. Jones discusses grades with her aide, Robin Brandon. Bob Agee — Physical Education, Girls Track; Nancy Barnard — Life Science, Physical Education. Gymnastics, Athletics; Earl Bell — English. Rosie Bell — Resource; Donna Brainard — English; Rosa Brown — English. Elizabeth Broyles — Adult Living Parent- ing, Food Family Financing; Jim Burgclt — Band, Strings, Cadet Band, Music The- ory, Brass. Woodwinds; Charles Bums — ICT, Advanced Drafting, Supervisor. 104 Faculty

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 Principals Know and Deal With All Students Every morning between 8:30 and 8:35, a voice came over the intercom that saxi. Please Hand for the National Anthem. The man behind this voice w ax Assistant Princi- pal Charles Crcen. who has been here for two yean. To him a model student “has versatility, ambition, warmth, friendliness, pride in himself and in his school, and takes part in extra-curricular activites. Mr. Crcen feeb that tfte Iwd student is transparent, seeks attention, knows the rules, but likes breaking them, has a poor atti- tude about school life and himself, rarely smiles, has no school spirit, makes bad grades, has poor attendance, and can't speak well about anyone.” The things that he liked best about the school year were the friendliness of the students, the rustic atmosphere, and the good reaching staff, lie also added this message, I really like the group of kids in the smoke hole. They are interesting to talk to and are very unique. They are full of life and love living. I do wish, though, that they would he better housekeepers. The new assistant principal is Mr. Call Russell, a former band director at Oak Grove. He said that the friendliness of the student body and the faculty really made him feel at home. I really appreciate that.” was his comment. In his opinion, a model student follows rules, has a developed sense of self-pride and discipline, exhibits a strong sense of school spirit, a good sense of humor, and participates in as manv school activities that a person is capable of. A ! ad student is jtnt the opposite, lie has no school spirit, low self-image, no self-discipline, no respect for authority, and constantly disregards rules and regula- tioni. PAPERWORK, PAPERWORK - Assistant principal Charles Crcen finishes up a daily report. REACH OUT AND TOUCH SOME- ONE — ” .Assistant principal Gail Russell talks with a parent — one of the many tele- phone calls in a day's routine. Principals 103

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Teachers. . . Mr. Carl Whitfield said he tries To instill in the students a sense of pride and a feeling of accomplishment in their pursuit of knowledge.” Coach Robert Agee feels that a good teacher has the ability to motivate the student into giv- ing his best effort while Ms. Therese McCulley believes that a good instructor is “interested, enthusiastic, and has a positive attitude.” Many teachers try to help prepare pupils to enter the world with confi- dence. As Mr. Bill Matchett says, “I want to prepare students for college classes and unexpected teacher rou- tines.” Ms. Jeannie Lowery believes that being open-minded, able to admit mis- takes, and able to deal with all personali- ties helps even more. Teaching sophomores, juniors, and seniors successfully takes time, under- standing, and humor and Ms. Bettina Steele thinks that being unbiased and caring is important too. Coach Tommy Solomon just wants to “teach sopho- mores successfully.” BACK TO SCHOOL - Ms. Brown. Ms. Brainard. Ms. Jones, and Ms. Young sign students up for English classes at August registration. WELCOME BACK - Ms. Linda Davis relumed at semester to teach junior and senior English. Loretta Chandler Drawing and Design, Painting, Crafts, Art; Nathallia Clifton English. Talented and Gifted, American History. Supervisor; Paul Cody Algebra. Math, Football, Athletics, Coordinator. Ed Darbonne Permanent Substitute; Rick Fincher American History, Government, Politics and Legal. Substitute; Pat FiskE- nglish. Breeze Sponsor. Faculty 105