Washburn Rural High School - Chimes Yearbook (Topeka, KS)

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H LEARNING. ln sophomore English, the students start out at many different levels. What we try to do is give them basic English skills that will prepare them for either junior English or junior college prepatory English, stated Marlin Berry, English and journalism instructor. Sophomore English classes emphasized learning to write clear paragraphs and the cor- rect procedure in writing re- search papers. lunior English's primary purpose was to provide stu- dents with basic communi- cation skills necessary for adult living. junior college prep classes discussed great Ameri- can authors including Poe, Twain, and Whitman, and worked on basic and complex sentences, and vocabulary. Senior English was aimed toward the students who did not plan to further their education. The course reviewed such skills as sentence struc- ture, spelling, and vocabulary necessary for the reading and writing of everyday life. Senior college prep chal- lenged students to develop writing techniques and an understanding of which will be essential to them in college studies. fill 445379 CHIMES '81 27

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COMMUN CATION SKILLS AID TO F RTHER ,, iff' I sql! 'fmt 1. Sorting through her notes in preparation for a test in senior college prep English is Pam Hollar. 2. Senior English student Bryant Combes works on a writing assignment. 3. Mrs. Nancy Stumbo waits to collect journals at the end of the week from students in her junior English class. 4. Diagramming sentences on the board was a part of junior college prep English, as Tim Filburn demonstrates. 5. Lecturing to one of her sophomore English classes is Mrs. Carolyn Craeton. 6. At the beginning of his junior college prep English class, Mr. Michael Swartz takes roll. 7. Sophomore Kinny McCoy concentrates on his literature assignment. 8. While working on a writing assignment in Mrs. Maggie Hilt's senior college prep English class, students find an amusing mornent. 26 CHIMES '81

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COMMUN CATION SKILLS C If A . ll 'QM' 7. Printing track programs was one assignment given to production journalism students Sherry Crow and john Stanley, as instructor Mr. Arlin Morgan assists. 2. Blue Streak advisor Mr. Marlin Berry reads the regional journalism contest lists before competition, as junior Harry Craig loads his camera. 3. Looking over results ofthe regional journalism contest are Blue Streak and Chimes staffers. 4. Preparing to write copy for her pages in the yearbook is sophomore jennifer Pasley. 5. Chimes business manager Kami Ramcharan, senior, instructs senior Tina Schreiner howto use the typesetter. 6. Working on his yearbook project in journalism I is sophomore jim Thorp. 7.. Proofreading for errors on a Blue Streak paste up is junior Ann Falley. 8. Photography I students work on magazine reports in preparation for actual picture taking. 9. Assisting sophomore Wenona Hollinger with her yearbook pages is Chimes editor leannie Blanck, senior. 28 CHIMES '81