Alvarado High School - Warrior Yearbook (Alvarado, TX)

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Amusement Dominates Fine Arts Despite the limiting of extra-curricular days, choir, speech, and drama classes concentrated on entertainment. Speech and drama classes traveled to Dallas to see A Christmas Carol for the Christmas holiday season. This year's one-act-play cast present- ed Dark of the Moon in Midlothian where it was disqualified for going over the time limit. Both instructors, Mrs. Jane Bolin and Mr. Kelly Sprowls, expect an increase in the number of students that will enroll in choir, speech, and drama next year. 28 Choir!Speech!Drarna Junior Pam Guidry rehearses her lines before leaving for the one -act-play entitled Dark of the Moon.

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..3w,3,,,.s,,s i . Complaining that he always loses the translating contests because he writes too slowly, Jesse Whitley adds that interpreting the answer to 'Where is the principal? isn't fair when he just saw the principal in the hall. The correct answer was The principal is in his office. Few Early Risers Show vw Although the English department leads in tutorial enrollment, many ofthe students come for extra help rather than because they are failing. As if to make up for raising the minimum passing grade from 60 to 70, legislators required schools to offer tutorial sessions. The optional attendance drew only a handful forteachers who were required to conduct tutorials from 7:45 to 8:30 a.m. each Tuesday and Thursday mornings. Whileonlythecorecurriculumclassesare required, elective tutorials were also offered. As Mr. Dennis Loofburrow, math teacher, observed, Some are going to benefit, some are not. Of Mrs. Linda Barton's English tutees, The ones who came consistently did see an improvement in their grades. Perhaps the greatest advantage for both the passing and the failing student was knowing that the teachers were available. Mrs. Diane Perry, English teacher, gives individual help to a tutee. English, Spanish 27

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