Bishop Carroll High School - Spectrum Yearbook (Wichita, KS)

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Sill 51- i . Ml s 1. ,, Q lfflw we x KVA: , .xp ,- , ., .sA. I 5 is . , , 1 A6 L7 1. mr. mike dimeo-advanced writing, com- munication arts, freshman english, death, love and psychology themes, student-faculty senate. 2. mr. gary dohrer-freshman english, novel, student-faculty senate. 3. brother iim ehrn- mann-sophomore and junior religion, violence- poetry, freshman english, student council mod- erator. 4. a musical comedy version of 'othello' takes the dryness out of shakespeare class. 5. ioe hill and peggy perry clown around after presenting their duet act in forensics class. 6. sister Ieonida Iinnebur-librarian, lib- rary science. 7. mrs. katie mchenry-sophomore speech, forensics, senior class sponsor. 8. a student ponders an essay question in english class.

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elton john, m thological gods enliven english courses . . . what does diagraming sentences have to . do with shakespeare . . . i didn't know you had to write in communication arts . . . what'd ya mean, a five-minute speech . . . initiating four new instructors into the program, the language arts department add- ed three courses into its already broad curriculum. satire and humor, mythology l and modern music and poetry provided one- fourth unit of credit for juniors and seniors. one highlight of satire and humor was mr. W san martin's how to blow your nose with your sock and put your handkerchief in your shoe demonstration to show that the un- pected is funny. writing original poetry after listening to elton john's funeral for a friend was neat for some in modern music and po- etry. others, however, were disappointed that the course was not nine weeks of in concert. mythology explored ancient myths and -W-M their characters. one memorable aspect of the course was when students transformed , themselves into gods and goddesses in the 5 classroom. communication arts still boasted a large A enrollment of students who learned about the mass media. in addition, they produced some of their own commercials and shows- after the video tape machine finally arrived. novel, shakespeare and contemporary fic- tion and poetry featured heavy reading for students. another semester course lim- ited to sophomores was speech which afford- ed the students opportunities to speak be- fore groups. at the same time, they learned 2. something about themselves through intra- personal communications. E . . .i thought this monster course would be gg a pud. . . let's get in a fight, so we can put A 3 that down as a violent act for violence non- violence Class 1. carol brunkhorst and gary friedman imper- sonate greek gods and goddesses in mythology class. 2. susan reibenspies considers a suggestion about how to write a one-act play in creative g writing class. 3. colleagues alan thibault and Q mike crawley plan their strategy for a practice round in debate class. Q- i l 3 E l 'lb I page forty language arts I

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writing offers students chance for expression . . .how many packets do we have to do this quarter. . . we ain't been studying grammar long. . .we had to write an in-class theme. . . self-expression through the written media was the main thesis of the writing curriculum. following basics in gram- mar and paragraph structure, students were urged to do their own thing on paper. after completing the composition and grammar segment their freshman year, students could elect to take ad- vanced writing in their junior or senior years. in ad- vanced writing, they learned basic paragraph and essay development through a packet program. also in the ad- vanced course, some wrote term papers, under the guid- ance of their instructors. then, as another elective, those interested enrolled in creative writing which concentrated on poetry and fiction through journals. in addition, other writing experience was available for students through journalism I,ll and yearbook. . . .i forgot a pencil. . .i'm two months behind in my journal. . .i can't get this headline to Ht. . . 6A 1. mr. mike dimeo offers a suggestion in advanced writing class. 2. taking a break from her grammar assignment is susie robinson. 3. mrs. karen bradshaw-journalism I,lI, yearbook, creative writing, satire and humor, memorable monsters, sophomore english types, contemporary fiction and poetry. 4. sister daniel downey-freshman english, lib- rary science. 5. sister vivian newberry-advanced writing, voices of protest, mythology, sophomore english types, sophomore religion. 6. for a story in journalism ll class about life at other area high schools, jan kruse interviews michelle tade from wichita west.