Brookstone School - Laureate Yearbook (Columbus, GA)

Page 57 text:

Spelling, Sonnets, ond Sotire Mr. Gorrord enjous the Holloween Cornivol. Mrs. HeIleher's closs is hord ot work. Mr. Youngblood plons his lessons for the dau. 1 if ' 5 I-its--. Mrs. Cliff enjous her lunch breok. D .. lo u. This ueor's English Deportment wos bosicollu the some, but it did go through o few minor chonges in the Senior English Deportment. The teochers decided to odd some more electives to the list for Senior English. These new electives were: Musteru, the Sixties, Shokespeore, Brother Hgoinst Brother, Love, Muths, LUilderness, ond LUor. It wos decided thot the lost two, LUilderness, ond LUor, could be counted os on English credit, or o Sociol Studies credit. This wos o veru populor decision for the students, os it gove more options to the Seniors for Sociol Studies credits. Of these new electives, Mrs. Cliff soid: It exposes the students to more contempororu books. ln generol the English closses served to better the student bodu's understonding of the English longuoge. EMissi Murrou Students enjou leorning obout Shokespeore. 'D E O cc Mrs. Tomblin joins in on the Field Dou octivities. English Deportmentf53

Page 56 text:

Hdios, Bu Bevoir, LUe'll Miss You 1 M M, f.W ' ff ...RWM iiws Mrs. McGorroh, Upper School Secretoru for 15 ueors. Mrs. Flbell kept the Development Office ond Mr C in line Since 1970, with the opening of the Upper School, Mrs. Dee McGorroh hos run the Upper School office in o friendlu, efficient monner. She olwous hod time to encouroge students ond focultu olike. Since retiring from Brookstone in Julu, Mrs. McGorroh hos enjoued retirement bu troveling, visiting with Chondler, Mork, ond Brondon, her grondchildren, ond recoupero- ting from her knee surgeru. LUe hove enjoued hoving Mrs. McGorroh bock ot Brookstone substituting in the Upper ond Middle Schools. Mrs. Lucu Fibell come to Brookstone in 1970 when her fomilu moved to Columbus from Sovonnoh. Two of her children, Suzonne ond Cindu, groduoted from Brookstone. Mrs. Bbell retired from Brookstone in Februoru ofter l5Mz ueors os secretoru to the Heodmoster. One of the monu voried jobs in o secretoru's dou. Mrs. Bbell ond Mrs Clepper mostered the rerox 52ff-Retirees l'T1OnStel'.

Page 58 text:

T History ond Mystery S 5 E 35 554 Led by Mr. Ronold Burkhort, the Sociol Studies Deportment implemented new textbooks, listened to vorious speokers, ond took fieldtrips. The members of the deportment included Mrs. Non Pote, Mr. Pope Richter, Mr. Hen Poulk, Mrs. Hothy Helleher, ond Mrs. Borboro Livengood. During the 1985 school yeor, severol new electives were in the curriculum. Some of these included Rntebel- lum South, Georgio History, ond Rmericon Indions. Still offered ore: Rmericon History, Twentieth Century U.S. History, the Civil lllor, ond R.P. Rmericon History, which wos offered For the third yeor. The Seniors ore required to toke o term of Economics ond moy select from Psychology, Low, Current Events, Comporotive Reli- gions, Lililderness Humonities, ond l.Uor. Some history students went to the Columbus Museum to see on exhibit of Rudubon pointings celebroting the 200th onniversory of J. J. Rudubon's birth. There, they sow mony of his originol pointings from the Smithsonion Institution. Rlso, the wilderness closs invited Dr. Ike Moxwell to tolk obout koyoking in the wilderness of northern Conodo. Rnn Burr ond Spencer Gorrord showed slides of the Rfricon wilderness os well. Rccording to Mrs. Pote, The Sociol Studies Deportment strives through on orderly sequence of study to instill in our students improved powers of onolysis, criticol thinking, ond knowledge of the world oround us. lilloy Chostoin CU Morgoret ond Brontley disploy their interest in Rudubon exhibits. C25 Discussing foreign offoirs. C35 Mr. Richter ond Mr. Burkhort sell textbooks. C45 l love sending home progress reports! Not reolly. C53 Mrs. Helleher tokes o breok. C63 Mr. Poulk mokes deskcolls. C75 Mrs. Livengood drows flogs. 54fSociol Studies Deportment