Astoria High School - Zephyrus Yearbook (Astoria, OR)

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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

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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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iL — L ’ ■-’il li yA ' W “ ‘Councilman’ Jennifer Adams, what is your opinion about covering Dickinson, Gary Day, John Waisanen, City Manager John McCoy, and Tapiola Pool? asks Mayor Roxanne Curry during a mock city council Linda Green, meeting in government class. Other councilmen participating are Ron Students Gain Knowledge of Past World History teacher, Mr. Moberg, in his first year at Astoria High, helps sophomores, John Kuppenbender and Jukka Perkiomaki, with their papers on the Roman Empire. “If we are to solve the many problems facing us today, we must have some knowledge of the past. Before we can pass this to others, we must first possess it. Then if we have the desire and intelligence to solve the prob¬ lems of today, the future will be richer and more mean¬ ingful, according to Miss Tolonen, chairman of the social studies department. Since the aim of the social studies department is to develop students into clear thinking adults, all courses are geared to encourage students to evaluate past events in the light of today’s happenings. Miss Rose Tolonen instructs Wipah Sae-Lee, Astoria High ' s foreign exchange student from Thailand, in the use of the view master. 16