Crittenden County High School - Rockette Yearbook (Marion, KY)

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The Faculty Patricia Sobolewski In Senior English you find yourself bringing together the various skills you have acquired over the past three years in order to achieve a common goal — surviving the course. Under the instruction of Mrs. Sobolewski (below) and Mrs. Weaver, several writing techniques and literature analyses are exposed to their classes in preparing them for college. The degree of difficulty, or possibly simplicity, of the assignments is usually not appreciated until looked back on. Timed composition writing and British literature are but a couple of such studies. English Eric LaRue Under the observation of Mr. LaRue (above right) and Mrs. Valentine, Junior English is taught. This rather indifferent stage in a high school student’s life opens a field of opportunities in methods of teaching. Therefore, assignments are given which seem to deal with anything except English. However, they begin to fall back into this category when preparing the paper or project. These assignments may include family tree research, a fallacy collection, a research paper on a current issue, or simply tearing apart Huckleberry Finn for the story’s true meaning. But no matter what the assignment might be, you won’t soon forget it. Sophomore English, taught by Mrs. Weaver and Mrs. Sobolewski, is a starting point for applying the basics — grammar and punctuation — to a specific type of composition. A research paper, assigned in the spring, requires the student to use all the skills he has learned, including the usage of library sources (far right). The 22 Education

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and seniors. The students in this class (opposite bottom left — Jeff Wood, opposite center — Sherri Dale and Billy Mills, opposite right — Lisa Large, right center - Angie Belt) have the opportunity to become familiar with the operations of various types of calculators and adding machines. With the aid of these machines, the student will work business problems covering such things as personal money records, sales tickets, invoices, wages, commissions, interest, and taxes. Paula Porter Accounting is taught by Mrs. Easley and Mr. Seymore Using the double entry method of accounting to deal with business records, the students (opposite bottom right — Phyllis McClure and Rhonda McDaniel, center left — Tonya Nunn, top right — Sharon Cannon) use accounting procedures such as journalizing transactions, posting, finding profit and loss, preparing financial statements, and reconciling bank statements. Education 21

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classes (opposite lower right and middle) are also instructed in literature and public speaking. Book reports and a study of Caesar are incorporated as well. Freshman English begins the new high schooler with a review of the basic grammar already acquired. Taught by Mrs. Valentine and Mr. LaRue, freshmen are gradually introduced to new literary terms and vocabulary building techniques. Achieving this through spelling units is not uncommon. Reading is also helpful in this effort. Therefore, it is now that the essential parts of a story Angela Weaver are presented: setting, characters, plot, theme, climax, conflicts. There is also a study of Romeo and Juliet which is interjected, complete with required recitation of meaningful lines from the play. Oral reports and poem memorization are assignments for a typical freshmen class (left, lower left, and opposite far left). Linda Valentine Education 23