Brookstone School - Laureate Yearbook (Columbus, GA)

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Beoding llJorkshop Helps Students Studu ond Beod Better The Beoding workshop completed its third ond most successful ueor in 1986. Mrs. Lois Johnston worked with students from the pre-first through the twelfth grodes. Students took port in o wide vorietu of projects to improve their weoknesses. The controlled reoder ond the computer were used to help the students occeler- ote their reoding speeds. This ueor Mrs. Johns- ton's ossistont wos Mrs. Horen Horveu. Besides teoching closses to increose reoders speed, Mrs. Johnston olso odministers o botteru of opproxl- motelu ten to fifteen tests individuollu to stu- dents. These tests help to determine students strengths ond weoknesses in studuing ond students specific stule of studuing. The one thing thot Mrs. Johnston enjous most obout her job is thot she, gets to work with students of oll oges, which helps her understond how students' studu- ing hobits progress throughout their school ueors. lj Flnno Bogleu QU Mrs. Johnston helps Joson Peose improve his skills. C25 Leigh Potton does on exercise. C35 fl computerized reoding lesson. ' K. N N EX? . .,. -' uh Q ,ga Tuping, The Heu To Success Brookstone offered tuping closses ogoin this ueor to help students enhonce their tuping skills. Monu students who took the closs were veru glod thot theu took it. One student soid, l know thot tuping will help me becouse l'm going to hove so monu popers to tupe when l go to college. Mrs. Finn Jones wos the tuping instructor for another greot ueor. Mrs. Jones wos olso the focultu odvisor for the Cou- gor Courier, ond her tuping skills helped o greot deol. E Bnno Bogleu C43 Hristen von Brero ond Mindu Demonet work on their tuping skills during closs. C55 Viki Tor- onto proctices tuping on her junior poper. C65 Ston Copelon doesn't seem to enjou his tuping! o0fReoding llJorkshopfTuping

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Port of o Brookstone Education 1986 LUos o Dromotic Veor 'E o D .D 3 I can CU Bight ot the end of your chinny, chin, chin. C21 Bn intense scene. C31 The snoke CMeIisso Simsj, Bdom CDovid Doultj, ond Eve CDono Beissj. C43 OH CpeojNUTS! ln on ottempt to help students Ieorn to creote or to oppreciote the creotions of others, Mr. Brent Norris, the heod of the Dromo Deport- ment, directed two ploqs, 'a'ou're a Good Man Charlie Brown ond The Diary of Rdam and Eve. The Diary of Fldam and Evo won second ploce in Region Five B. Dovid Doult, o Freshmon, ond Dono Reiss, o Senior, won Best Bctor ond Hctress for their performances in Bdom ond Eve. Bs if thot weren't enough, Mr. Norris oiso conducted on Upper School quortet. He mode the qeor more dromotic for oll of us. E Dovid Garnett Dromo Deportmentf59

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High Tech Made Easu lllith T-ipples -nnmwwm l . 'ff 4.4.9 I 'NX XJ Q: ' '3 1 Hfffrfffg ll.: l:.l 3 'u 437 , . . MWA . 'lr' e k .,3,, 4 W, W' .r ., ,M V, , , A ,qi , I L it M' W--wc-. it , '.'W?Q9f- '. . . W rit, . ,ir I A .,., . -W Yfy, W, Q f .41 ci ...W , H ,Wu .V Z 4 -i ,, 2 C79 O L r L L LUe can't predict where computers will take our stu- dents, but it will prepare them to be leaders of the future, said Mrs. Joiner. Brookstone students had access to the latest soft- ware and equipment. Hfter four uears of computer ex- posure theu rapidlu adjust to new innovations and tech- niques. l.Uord processing, data base management, spread sheet application, and programming were inte- grated into the total school curriculum. E Hellee Lawrence CU Jimmu Foster solved a problem with use of the Macintosh. C21 Mr. Bruan helps Him Tatum correct her suntax error. Q33 Mrs. Joiner, our computer specialist, and Mr. Banowsku master the new science program. C43 Megan loves her apple! Energetic Cougars Get ln Shape! The 1985-86 Phusical Edu- cation staff consisted of Chico Lunch, Jau Sparks, Martha Bone, and Maru Lunne Cumiskeu. Things have gone smoothlu this uear, mainlu because the P.E. Staff has worked well together with their varied interests, Mrs. Bone said. Stressing the importance of phusical education was their goal for the Cougars. This uear's PE. department has been effective in adding varietu to the sports the students participate in. lUith- out these four people, the Cougars would not be in such great shape. Cl Hellee Lawrence C65 Josh lllilliams has the kicking power. C73 Your turn! C85 Hellu and Cherul take time out.