Astoria High School - Zephyrus Yearbook (Astoria, OR)

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Students Take Advantage of Opportunities Although four years of English is required for graduation from high school, quite a number of students interested in developing either their speaking or writing skills take elective classes in speech, drama, and journalism. Speech and drama students are motivated through participation in speech tournaments and in the production of plays. The Astor Post and Zephyrus are edited in the journal¬ ism classes. In addition to the reading lab, special non- graded reading classes were included in the curriculum this year. English instructors, too, have concentrated their curriculum studies on methods of improving reading skills. Tests were given by Mrs, Coffeen, reading lab in¬ structor, to all English classes to evaluate the reading abilities of the students as a whole and as individuals. Students in reading class listen to instructions from a tope recording before proceeding in their study guides. The tape gives them answers after they have finished the exer¬ cises so they can correct their work immediately. The reading instru ctor, Mrs. Trenholm, listens, too. As a change of pace in foreign language classes, Christmas carols were sung in many languages this year. Recordings, slides, and movies also highlighted the year. Advanced students read their first novels and beginners learned how to converse with each other. Mixed reactions are reflected on e faces of English students following a film, Writing Force¬ ful Sentences. 14

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Show Interest in Students’ Problems In his eleventh year at Astoria High, Mr. Ted Marshall, band director, has served as stu¬ dent council, rally, and pep band adviser as well as handling his usual job of student counselor. Mr. Marshall ' s duties as counselor are to discuss with students their college choices, vocation plans, and personal problems. My goal in counseling, he said, it to help young people learn to help themselves. Away from school, Mr. Marshall enjoys read¬ ing books and working on his stereo set-up. He often finds time to water-ski in the sum¬ mer. Although her main responsibility is counseling girls, Mrs. Schafer works with boys os well. Shown with her here is Bud Conger, Student Body President. The problems of the student ore the foremost concern of Mr. Ted Marshall, student counselor. An atmosphere of friendliness, understand¬ ing, and genuine concern about each girl ' s problems prevails in the office of Mrs. Louann Schafer, Dean of Girls, drama instruc¬ tor, and adviser of Girls ' League. Mrs. Schafer says that her main job is to give every girl a chance to make educational, vocational or personal decisions on her own. Counselors don ' t tell students what to do— they provide an opportunity for students to look at a variety of choices and choose that which is nearest right at that particular moment. Mrs. Schafer is enthusiastic about skiing, tennis, swimming, music and art. 13

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in Language Field The language master and controlled reader, new eauioment installed in the reading lab this year, are used by Melinda Coin and Yvonne Wheatley. The drama class rehearses its first production, The Oyster and the Pearl, which they plan to present to the English classes. Playcast members shown are Nancy Wahlstrom, Richard Pursley, and Susan Hansen. Mr. Ralph Bassett, director of foreign languages in Portland public schools, prepares Astoria ' s French IV students for a model demonstration in ad¬ vanced literature at the State Foreign Language Conference in Gearhart. 15