West Phoenix High School - Westerner Yearbook (Phoenix, AZ)

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k ig , Mrs. Marian Magnusson English 3 Miss Bette Plew English 5 - Mr. Pierce Ressler Department Head - English 1A . , Mr. Harold Robinson English 7 Mr. Sam Scott H English 3 Mrs. Louise Shumway English 1,3 M .J S'Ib hl English? drag? ag . DMA L! Mr. Robert Stewart ' W ., if Ersiis:5ne ar 0 jg 1 12 ZQKFW ,Cin .114 s n AM lt's really all very simple, Miss Plew says, explaining the situation for the third time. Miss Campo greets her Senior English class with a characteristic smile. m'IL A ,. ,f , E4-, vc? 1751! Y 1' 4 A X JM FACULTY 17 .ml-

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Mr. James Agee Journalism Publications Mrs. Carol Campbell English 7 Miss Teresa Campolongo English 7 Mrs. Vicki Crane English 1 Mrs. Lorraine Cripps English 3 Mrs. Janice Gardner English 7 Mrs. Mary Hodge English 5 Mrs. Millie Johnson English 1 Mrs. Bonnie Kuhn English 1 Mrs. Grace Locke English 5 ENGLISH The English department is the largest department with twenty-one teachers, teaching seventy-nine different sections. With Mr. Ressler as the department head the Eng- lish department is developing a trend toward individ- ualized instruction in small sections combined with large group lectures. In addition to teaching regular English courses at three levels in each class, the English department staffs a well stacked resource center, where students may pursue special research and receive individual help. Illia, ii f 7 ' 5 :PQ .nag fl 'S ' f-'S' ui Vi 16 FACULTY Miss Campo's 7th hour English class seems to be bearing up very well - with the help of her ever- ready jokes. The Freshman English class has faced the best of times and the worst times with Dicken's traditional A Tale of Two Cities.

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The Foreign Language department carries on an extensive program offering four years of Spanish, French, Latin, and German. ln all the courses, from the first year through the fourth, the culture and literature involved are stressed as well as grammar and vocabulary. The instructors are reinforced in their teaching through the use of the lab and the resource center where materials are available for extra credit work. Although unofficial, third and fourth year are actually advanced courses because of the detail they go into. The grading scale used, since learning a foreign lan- guage is difficult, is not as high as in other departments but this should not be misleading. These courses take work. By second semester students are expected to con- verse and understand almost entirely in their language, and since these courses are unrequired students take K, them by choice. , Spanish seems to be very popular because of our lo- ,, cation: Latin runs second since many feel that it is the base of all other languages. Foreign language, in addition to being rewarding, makes an excellent major or minor in college and is an asset in any field of work. ifwljf, Michelle Hayt listens attentively as Mr. Barragon explains some of her duties as student assistant. Miss Durnin makes use of the Foreign Language lab to give individual instruction to her first year stu- dents. Mr. Joe Barragon Department head Spanish 1,3 Mrs. Lucille Bridgewater Spanish 1 Miss Phyllis Durnin French 1,3,7 LANGUAGE Miss Julia Homer German 1,3,7 Miss Cornelia Ledyard Latin 1,7 French 1 Mr. Alfred Romo Spanish 3,5 18 FACULTY