Brookstone School - Laureate Yearbook (Columbus, GA)

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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.

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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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Superblu Skilled Secretories rt--..... CU Mrs. Slou shelves ottendonce sheets in the Lower School teochers' lounge. C25 Tippu Coin Ieorns some good news from her mother os Mrs. Slou smiles with her. - - C35 Mrs. Clepper reloxes during her coffee breok. C45 Mrs. LUofford thumbs through on importont Middle School docu- ment. The secretories of the Upper, Middle, ond Lower Schools helped the ueor run smoothlu for both the students ond the focultu. Lllithout their orgonizotionol obilities, the school would hove been in o stote of turmoil. However, the most importont foct is thot theu enjoued their jobs. Mrs. Slou, secretoru of the Lower School, ond Mrs. llJofford, secretoru of the Middle School, both ogreed with Mrs. Clepper, secretoru of the Upper School, when she soid thot the most pleosuroble of her duties throughout the 1985-86 school ueor wos her ossociotion with the students. None of the secretories hod onu serious comploints obout their office responsibili- ties. Bll three secretories hove worked ot Brookstone for monu ueors. For exomple, Mrs. Slou wos o teocher's olde nine ueors ogo, ond hos been the Lower School secretoru for three ueors. Mrs. UJofford hos held the some position since the founding of the Middle School 13 ueors ogo. Mrs. Clepper hos been on importont port of the Brookstone stoff since 1974. She wos o fourth grode teoching ossistont for three ueors, o medio ossistont lost ueor, ond experienced her first full ueor of secretoriol duties this ueor. Mrs. Slou, Mrs. LUofford, ond Mrs. Clepper oll plou vitol roles in the complex orgonizotion of Brookstone School. If theu weren't skilled orron- gers, Brookstone's stoff ond student bodu would be o frustroted group of people. E Dovid Gornett 62fSecretories 'Nc