Breck School - Mustang Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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Mrs. Virginia OUrn (Art) Mn Betty Tozer (Dept. Head) Min Justine Jones (Theatre Arts) The offerings of the Upper School Fine Arts Department are in the art and theatre areas, taught by Mrs. Olsen and Miss Jones respectively. Mrs. Tozer serves as Department Head for the entire I-I2 grade Fine Arts program at Brock. Art at the 7th grade level is designed to develop basic skills in all media, while at the higher levels, more sophisticated methods and materials are used and such concepts as the making of pewter jewelry are introduced. Breck's potter's wheel and kiln are very popular with students, as are the weaving techniques and tempera relief processes which have been taught for the first time this year. Miss Jones's theatre classes concern themselves with all forms of dramatic production from monologue to mime, as well as the technical aspects of theatre such as make-up and lighting. Despite the fact that this is the first year that theatre is offered, all of the many students in the classes respond enthusiastically to it, and many work diligently on the dramatic productions of the Drama Club. 25

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UPPER SCHOOL FACULTY

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ENGLISH Mr. William Harley (English 11-12) Mr . Kathryn Harper (M extern C om posit ion) (Dept Head) Mr. Charle Krenr (Engtbh 7-9) Significant changes have been made in the English program this year, in both programs and personnel. A continuous curriculum including grades four through twelve has been organized, and Mr. Kathryn Harper is the new department head. The English curriculum has been carefully planned so that a considerable portion of the pupils' experiences in speaking, writing, reading, and listening is not only organized into units, but also those units are arranged in an orderly sequence. The result is that the school directs the language-arts experiences of its pupils into channels which the accumulated experience of teachers and the results of educational research indicate are psychologically sound. The curriculum is based on the two facts: that children grow and develop at different speeds and that they differ in abilities; and that each academic subject has its own inherent structure, own anatomy, and own gradient of difficulty. On this background and premise, a complete language-arts program has been set forth, giving the student a sequential development in reading, language, vocabulary development as well as opportunities for creative work. Specifically, 7th and 8th grade students cover a wide range of literatures and language studies, while 9th and 10th grade students study American literature and 11th and 12th graders study English literature; an intensive approach to language and composition study is also used at the higher level. A course in Modern Composition, emphasizing basic writing techniques, is offered to Juniors and Seniors. 26