Westmont Hilltop Senior High School - Phoenician Yearbook (Johnstown, PA)

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ENGLISH DEPARTMENT ENGAGES IN DONALD G WALL English I2 Education Duquesne IPaJ MARGARET M. KRIVONAK-English ll and 12, Education High School B A M Lltt University of Pittsburgh Activities Shade Township High School: B.A. University of Pittsburgh, Senior Class and Phoenician Activities Junior Play, Junior Class. Growth in size, course of study development, and cur- riculum offering characterized the Department of Secondary English this year. Increased enrollments in grades nine through twelve due to the iointure with Southmont, made it necessary to add two new teachers to the English staff. Also, Mr. McCormick reioined the faculty after a year as an instructor at Anatolia College in Salonica, Greece. Accompanying this growth in size was a growth in course of study development. Under the chairmanship of Donald G. Wall, the English faculty began an extensive program of action research. This program, which will extend over a period of several years, is designed to improve instruc- tion in such aspects of English as reading, writing, speaking, listening, grammar, and literature. lt will also unify the course of study and prevent needless duplication. In addition, the Department expanded its curricuIu.m by offering an elective course in speech. In the near future the course of studies may be enlarged to include electives in creative writing, dramatics, and iournalism. 26

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QUELLE HEURE EST-IL? Eleventh graders, Ed Schmidt and Gary Lund, study a clock as they learn to tell time in French. CYRILLIC SYMBOLS exasperate but interest eleventh grader Pat Malloy, in learning the many complexities of the Russian language through constant practice and drill. SPANISH III AND RUSSIAN I TO CURRICULUM program, and Russian was introduced on an exper- imental basis. The decision to include Russian in the curriculum was prompted by a desire to understand the cul- ture of the Russian-speaking people and to break down the communication barrier. Through mutual understanding it is hoped that man's future may include something better than cold or hot wars. To help the five hundred students enrolled in one or more language courses, the Department employed the latest audio-visual aids, such as tape recordings, records, films, and filmstrips to supplement and enrich classroom instruction. V ROBERT WARDROP-French Il, German I and II, Education East McKeesport IPo.J High School: B.A. Allegheny College: M. Ed. University of Pittsburgh, Activities German Club, Chess Club, Hi-Y, and Junior Class. ...fi 4 GRETCHEN C. ERDMAN-Russian, Education Westmont-Upper Yoder High School: B.A. Pennsylvania State University. f ' Wire?-,122 44

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ACTION RESEARCH TO BOLSTER PROGRAM H 'lJl5LHIlJIlVt wi I- I PEREIIE' F' I J T DAVID J. MCCORMICK-English I0 and II, Education Westmont-Upper Yoder High School, B.A., M.A. Alfred University of Pittsburgh, Activities Sophomore Class, Assist- ant Football Coach. 41- i EARI. J. MOSTOLLER-English I0 and 12, Education Fern- dale High Schoolg B.S. Indiana State Teachers' College, Activities Sophomore Class and Yodler. , f. l , 5 5 V A DESCRIPTIVE WRITING SAMPLES are carefully examined by Tom Sobieski and Joyce Kepins as they prepare to write their next themes for senior English. 'xy-:Sm . U .f . IQ! s A Ji. V 'L sf .pn I 'Q 81 15 SEGREGATION TOPIC for a senior expository theme requires Sandra Henze, Hannah Levine, Linda Levin, Gary Ruffner, and Peter Michaelis to work as a team in compiling data. MARGARET LAMBERT-English II, Speech, Ed- ucation Tidioute lPa.J High School, B.A. College of Wooster, M. Litt. University of Pittsburgh, New York University, Activities Junior Class. 27