Callaway High School - Lesprit Yearbook (Jackson, MS)

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ENGLISH 5 F ff- , as A , K I X Z3 .ww-f 's-M M710 ,ff fsdazim or M. SOPHOMORE ENGLISH TEACHERS: Miss Bertha Marshall, Miss Susan Lomax, Miss Lord helps juniors research their Miss Thelma Kinney, and Mrs. Katherine Rankin. annual English term papers, ,rg for JUNIOR ENGLISH TEACHERS: Mrs. Earnestine Jackson, Mrs. Elizabeth Montgomery, Mrs. Lucy Washington, Mrs. Gwen Schmelzer, and Mrs. Jan Arnold. 67

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ENGLISH othing's new about English anywhere . except at Callaway this year. Teachers attended a workshop last summer and under the direction of Miss Dottie Strain completely revamped the Eng- lish department. Tenth grade study was divided into five units per semester, while juniors concentrated on basic composition skills, the novel, the essay, poetry, s drama, and the research paper. The major change was on the senior level, which enabled students to choose two semester courses from English litera- ture, New Dimensions, creative writing, and the contemporary novel. The Peer Mediated Instruction Program was also added to Callaway's curriculum. Mrs. Posey Smith was the facilitator for four schools, teaching reading in the Content area' She strove to teach Mrs. Posey Smith explains the PMI Reading program to an interested student. instructional methods for improving reading skills in all areas of the curriculum. l SENIOR ENGLISH TEACHERS, FRONT: Mrs. Johnnye P. Jones, Mrs. Athenet Cotton, Miss Dottie Straing BACK: Mrs. Sue Dickson, Mrs. Glenda Lester, Mrs. Cheryl Payne. 66

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FOREIGN LANGUAGES Herr Tumage aids Andy Boyd with his German studies. Advanced classes and intensified studies . were offered for the first time at Callaway this year in the foreign languages department. Students L were given the opportunity to further their educa- tion in Latin, French, Spanish, and German. While French students received instruction under a practice teacher, German students wrote to penpals in Germany. Advanced Spanish stu- dents published their own newspaper entirely in Spanish, and Latin students delved into the histo- ries of such great Roman orators as Cicero. 5 t. A Spanish teachers are Mrs. Barbara McCoy and Mrs. Ann Bridges. 68