Alief Elsik High School - Ramblings Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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Instructing from her podium, Mrs. Silva shows her pearly whites. Photo by R. Law Resting on her podium, Carol Arp laughs during a lecture Photo by R. Law- Performing The Return of Ulysses are Sophomores Melissa Barge, Brett Jarrard, Greg Walls, Patti Bell and Shelly Coats in Browns IIA English class Photo by G. Brown Mrs. Pritchard drills grammar into her students' brains. Photo by R. Law Brown, G. English Brown, M. Counselor Bryant, W. P.E. Burns, D. Special Ed. Burns, J. Science Bush, C. Special Ed. Cann, B. Clark, C. Science Counselor Clark, D. Cochran, D. Contine, S. Copley, R. Math Attendance Clerk Health Drivers Ed. Corb, C. P.E. Cote, R. Crawford, J. Crummel, T. Librarian Attendance Band Learning English 99

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English Strives for Excellence Who has the largest department with as many as 29 staff members? The English Department does with over half of these teachers having earned their Master's degree in English. This made them very qualified as they work very hard for long hours, described Department Chairperson Kay Moore. The curriculum consisted of basically the same elements as the year before. Freshmen worked on paragraph writings and grammar along with Antigone and Romeo and Juliet. Sophomores also studied paragraph writing, mythology. All Quiet on the Western Front, Julius Caesar and Animal Farm. The juniors' multi-paragraph research papers and American Literature added to their study of The Scarlet Letter and Huckleberry Finn. Seniors' paragraph writings and research papers helped them to become more oriented toward the world of work, stated Mrs. Moore. A dramatized version of Ulysses Return to I theca Aftei the Trojan War helped Mrs. Brown's sophomores to ease the end of the first semester. The students worked hard, had lots of fun, and everything was just great, said Mrs. Brown. The teachers spent their summer working on curriculum to fit the new standards requiring four years of English instead of the present three and a half year requirement. The English as a Second Language (ESL) program lead by Mrs. Burns has really helped many students of Hispanic, Vietnamese, and other cultures to learn despite the fact that they cannot speak fluent English. This class is of special im- portance because the language and cultural barriers of many bright students prevent or hinder them from commu- nicating their ideas and skills in English. By Debbie Figueras Waiting to pull out for a field trip on a school bus is Voices sponsor Wrotenbery. Photo by R. Vivian Viladevall takes a break from grading those endless amounts of pa Photo by R. Abrookin, L. Adams, P. Social Studies Science Aquil, J. Armstrong, K. Asnes, E. Autry, L. Beatley, S. Becker, F. Special Ed. Business Special Ed. Social Studies Special Ed. Art Bedford, G. Biasiolli, A. Bilbrey, B. Bodine, D. Bowers, C. Brandt, T. Bright, C. Broussard, B. Special Ed. Secretary Secretary P.E. Registrar Asst. Social Studies Math Science 98 English Learning

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Trigonometry and E.A. teacher Nancy Stephenson contemplates on explain- ing the next problem. Photo by R. Law During Algebra class, Donald Clark explains one of his many jokes. Photo by R. Law Algebra teacher Elizabeth Hatley helps Sophomore Stephanie Vails average her six weeks grade. Photo by R. Law Crump, M. Curtis, N. Secretary Foreign Language Dadura, G. Daniels, R. Social Studies Industrial Arts Davis, E. DeAngelis, J. Science Secretary Dethloff, M. Dilts, E. Special Ed. English Ehrmann, S. Ellcy, P. Foreign Language Secretary Evoritt, R. Fairman, C. Fawcett, L. Ford, L. Fontenot, F. Foreman, M. Business Social Studies P.E. Foreign Language Health English 100 Learning Math ’