Centennial High School - Eyrie Yearbook (Ellicott City, MD)

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Students Discipline Their Native Tongue The major goal of the English Department wasito help students utilize their native language in a disciplined manner. Mrs. M. H. Elder, department chairperson, and the other eight r English teachers. worked toward this goal by providing different experiences in reading and writing. S i E ep A field .trip to see the movie Julius Caesar, the largest field trip in Centennial's history, r wasp anintegral partrof the study of Shakespeare by every class. Seven Shakespearean plays, .including some not usually studied in high school I The Tempest and Othelloj, provided stimulating variety to endless grammar. 5 There were conceptual and thematic approaches r toiliterature as Well. ' y In the phase program, the department offered four honors levels and an advanced placement course. New courses were also offered - 'Advanced Composition, Newspaper, and Year- book. e t To provide extra practice in varied writings was the major goal of Advanced Composition, which could be taken for an English credit. This course also provided an opportunity to improve writing habits, and it introduced new writing techniques. .Due to the small size of the class, specialized, individual instruction could be e given, an important factor of the course. Mrs. Ava Vecchioni and her class took field trips r to libraries and museums which provided good writing .material for compositions. A public speaking course was to be added to the broad selection of English courses in 19804 This would further i enhance the op- portunity to expand and explore the various aspects of the English language, 34 English Department i an f'

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Mes Students Keep Health rw , Walt? X ' , .X-, ,W 'N-.., 1 i ,'lf'A4!- 4 LS.. 4--5' A L A .M ,.tt . an W ...nn A, K qt,-, rg ,Z Capable lof handling t any! thing from splinters to sprains, Centennial's : sehool nursegi Mrs. kRose-Marie Bell, Y has been withpthe school since its opening in September of 1977. Even though the law prof hibits her from doing' more than taking a temperature' or, putting ona bandage,lshe acted with efficiency and t Qcalrn 'in times of emergencyp p Q Nurse Bell was moretthan a school nurse, to-rnost -of the student body. 'Sheiwas a friend. ABOVE, LEF71jC.H.S. nurse, Mrs. Rose-Marie Bell- has been with the school since. its opening -in 1977, ABOVE, RIGI-17? Nurse Bell takes the temperature 'of sophomore Marva Kidd. LEFT- Performing one-of her daily duties, Mrs. Bell contacts the parents of an ill student. A A .1 Health Department 33

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S CLOCK WISE FROM OP- POSITE ABOVE: English Department: Maureen Edison, Mary Ellen Van Dusen, Karla Gibson, Sherry Wright, Sharon Kohl, Karen Goertler, Myron Dutterer, MQ H. Elder, Deborah Koenig, Ava Vecchionig Good tests can rattle- the tumblersgof the mind and unlock the vaults of knowledge, but only when one knows the combination. Here Mark Nix reaches into the dark recesses of his memory as he ponders over an English examination: The -inductive approach to the teaching of literature is preferred by- the majority of the English teach- ers. When all other techniques fail to induce learning, Mrs. Elder has been known to resort to force. Scott Myers defends himself with his pen: Com- munication through the use of good composition skills is a major thrust of the English program - students will write as many as twelve papers in the course of a year. Here Mrs. Vecchioni returns a composition for Larry Devitt to add to :his cumulative English folder. English Department 35