Burns High School - Blazes Yearbook (Lawndale, NC)

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Mr. Miller helps Kevin Lancaster with his French composition. Mrs. Dellinger explains poetry ne scheme to her A.P. English class. seniors Clint Shuford, Chris Ed- wards, Cathy Edwards, David Cline, and Betsy Bowen discuss MAS cle in College-Prep. En- glish.

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Senior Shannon McSwain sits quietly in College Preparatory En- glish after completing the assign- ment given by Mrs. Mauney. Mrs. Mauney is the replacement teacher for Mrs. Dixon, who left during the first quarter. Mid- semester Change Normally, new faces on the teaching staff appear at the beginning of the year. However, when English teacher Sybil Dixon was hired to become one of two Curriculium Designers for Cleveland County Jam Schools, a new face, that of Jo Ann Mauney, came on the scene nine weeks into the year. Mrs. Mauney graduated from Limestone College, and taught previously at Ashebrook High School in Gastonia, North Carolina. Taking over Mrs. Dixon's Classes was not difficult, only very busy. Mrs. Mauney did not benefit from the teacher work days. She found out that she was to begin teaching Only one day before the second nine weeks period and had to take care of several days work in one day. Mr.s Mauney com- mented, ‘I think the stu- dents here are coopera- tive. | had no problems ad- justing to them and I'm very happy here.” 70 Kathy Wix and Amy Elmore share a laugh before class in Mrs. Cline’s room. f' 7 : y i4 Me rs is ‘ iif ii a Raymond Curry studies for his ols in Mr. Miller’s French Il class.

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Outside the Classroom History — no longer the Class full of lectures on the past. Now students are in- volved in making their own history, and learning about the various aspects of life and government at the same time. Helping students ‘‘Make history” are programs such as Presidential Classroom, Boy’s and Girl's State, and Close-Up. Presidential Classroom, held in Washington, D.C., in- volves lectures and classes dealing with national gov- ernment. State government is dealt with at Boy’s State, Girl's State, and Close-Up. At Boy's and Girl's State the partici- Members of Mrs. Lamb’s Revolu- tions class use the time before the bell rings to talk to their freinds. pants run for state office and listen to lec- tures on influential people. At Close-Up students take an in- depth look at how the government is run and what takes place within. Programs such as these are helping to make history more than just names, dates, and places. Presidential classroom nomi- nee, Tom Lutz checks to be sure he has the correct answer while doing his history lesson. Junior Amy Hull finishes her assignment in class. Amy attended Presidential Class- room in Washington during the first week in February. peed. oy «te + ls oe: b ocean ‘= yee on Me