Choctawhatchee High School - Tomahawk Yearbook (Fort Walton Beach, FL)

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janitors handle school cleaning picking up pieces of broken windows, replacing worn-out lights, rejuvenating the bath- rooms, and cleaning the school are the responsibilities of mr. richard cothran and his staff which consists of six members: mr. and mrs. lewis williams, mrs. mrytle adams, mr. hollis miller, mr. charles adams and mr. wade griffin—a full-time staff. top sweeping the halls, mr. hollis miller does not miss a corner, left richard cothran inspects halls to be sure everything is in order, right mrs. ila dudley (principal’s secretary) instructs mrs. myrtle adams to help clean the office. maintenance 27

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student assistants contribute to library success “the library could not be run without them,” says head librarian, mrs. joy maudlin, in reference to the library assist- ants. assistants arrange dis- play windows, process books and help students with all their difficulties in the library. the library offers students a variety of material, including over 130 different magazines and newspapers and audio visual material needed in the classes, the library committee, which is composed of six teachers and two students, suggests needed books and magazines for the library to purchase. top dale mcnamara discovers the usefulness of the card catalog, left the magazine section captures kay waddell's attention, right doug hammond finds the library offers a variety of research material. 26 library

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emphasis on creativity inspires english students left coach bill benson outlines his game plans for the correct uses of nouns and verbs to this captive au- dience, his grammar class, top right classwork is the surest, but not always the most popular way to keep students quiet, right jay gonta- rek finds it is simpler to keep up, if he follows discussions in the book. english teachers are using a different method to teach reading skills, a projector-like machine helps increase stu- dent reading capacities, a con- trolled reader and reader’s di- gest combine to form pro- grams that flash stories on a screen and allow a student to read without trouble. “it increases speed without loss of comprehension,” says mrs. sarah davis, head of the english department, songwriting is one project in mrs. julia hammet’s creative writing classes, many activ- ities such as composing words and music to original songs help students learn to express themselves. some of the other classes, like mass media, also stress “creativity” by students, mrs. randi friese supervises stu- dents’ “film-making.” so who knows—choctaw could be pro- ducing 1984’s authors, stars and directors—thanks to our innovative english staff. 28 english