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

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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

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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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ENGLISH STAFF DESIGNS DYNAMIC LANGUAGE PROGRAM M. JOAN SNYDER fMrs.7-English 9 and IO, Education Beaverdale - Wilmore IPa.J High School, B.S. Indiana State Teachers' College, Activities Senior Play and Freshman Class. WILLIAM C. STAHL-English 9, Education Johnstown Hiah School: Pittsburgh Musical Institute, Inc., B.A. University of Pittsburgh, Activities Assembly Organist and Freshman Class. EXAMINING GRADE CHARTS, Lloyd Stebbins, Jack Sobieski, and Carol Stern determine where they stand pointwise in their tenth grade class. ,an ,f Fifi, 1 HY 4 OUTSIDE RECREATIONAL READ- ING culminates in written book reports which are housed in these ninth grade English students' cumulative folders.