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

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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

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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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REINFORCED WITH PRACTICE, PUBLICATIONS -X 1. N, M- .W V3--.. -A A - W.m. I ...- Being on the staff of a school or district publication is a big responsibility, and takes loads of work that sometimes goes unnoticed and unappreci- ated, stated Jeannie Blanck, senior, on her experiences in the journalism area. I journalism 1 students spent most of their class days learning the basics of various forms of mass communication. After these basic skills were studied, the 1-1 classes put them to use by publishing one issue of the Blue Streak and by making model yearbooks. Communication and keeping students informed on school events was the purpose of the bi-monthly newspaper, the Blue Streak. The 1980-81 Blue Streak staff published 14 issues. Besides writing stories and pasteing up the district paper School News, production journ- alism students also had the responsibilities of making tick- ets, programs and other printed material for special events taking place at WRHS and in the district. After selling advertisements and subscriptions for he 1981 Chimes, yearbook staffers had the responsibility of completing all pages included in the book. The staff created layouts and wrote copy to develop the chosen theme Learning to-Live, -1-P' A -,? .,,. CHIMES '81 29