Adlai Stevenson High School - Aurora Yearbook (Livonia, MI)

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English Stevenson ' s biggest department is the English department with 17 teachers. Some of the teachers only work in English part-time. One of the major changes in 1981- 82 was dropping of the film appre¬ ciation class from English offerings. Mr. Ron Quick is department chairman in addition to his regular teaching duties. Students must take 9th grade Eng¬ lish, literature, writing and one-half semester of speech in order to gra¬ duate. In addition, students sign up for electives such as journalism, mytho¬ logy or humanities. For many students rhetoric is a rig¬ orous test of writing skills and pa¬ tience. Most seniors take if they are going to college. Advanced students take AP Eng¬ lish and then take a special test in the spring. In 1982, Stevenson was granted a charter for a chapter of the National Honor Society.

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Library Stevenson ' s instructional materials center - a fancy name for library - serves to support the courses offered at SHS. It is also a place for reading for fun, for studying, and for working on career projects in the career information cen¬ ter. The library also supplies the school with audio visual equipment and lots of moral support , according to one teacher. Students use the library to work on research projects . . . including the famous paper needed for rhetoric class. The library opens before school and after school and during lunch. Often, IMC director Ivan Kemp has extra hours during the end of the semester so students can finish reports. Librarian Margaret Bronson (far left) with Kevin Lech. Mrs. Pat Sharp (far lower left) helps Angelo Mauti. Lisa Gibson, Mary Lynch and Debbie He- lenzic use library to complete reports (top cen¬ ter). John Brannon and friends use career center books. Robert Myers checks Reader ' s Guide for sources (center bottom). IMC director Ivan Kemp (center left) works to keep TV equipment in good shape. Mrs. Gwen Strong helps Amy Tedrick with MOIS terminal, a career information system op¬ eration by the state (below). 167

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Mr. Ron Quick and term pa¬ pers he must read after stu¬ dents have worked on them for several weeks (left). Heather Pruss leades a group discussion in public speaking class (below center). Students in Shakespeare class look over model of Globe theater (below). llllfllll 169