Dallas High School - Dragon Yearbook (Dallas, OR)

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LANGUAGE ARTS Goals Realigned After four years as Language Arts Department Chairman, Mr. James Fairchild said he found it both interesting and frustrating. Changing Room 13 into a resource area proved to be one of his most challenging interests. The room offered multiple copies of particular books for student use. The emphasis on budget and spending was on texts, teaching supplies and films. The Language Arts staff held night meetings to re-evaluate each course and acted on student business, petitions and pre-registration. The third year Intern Program went very well, but needs more supervision, according to Mr. Fairchild. Intern, Mr. Rod Britt gained much experience by working with the vets . Graduation requirements for the present day seventh-graders occupied the nine instructor’s time as they adjusted the focus of lesson plans to interrelate with the concept of achievement levels as dictated by the state department. The free-elective, non-graded program remained intact throughout the year, despite changes in philosophy and point of view. Organizing their material for a panel discussion are Cindy Rettler and Kathy Holbrook who are members of Mr. Glenn Knight's seventh period Group Processes class. Discussing Rod Serling's story Escape Clause and the rationale behind a man selling his soul to the devil are Ronda Wilson and Caryl Hoffman. Peggy Martin lends Mr. Dewey Tuttle her personal volume of Emily Dickenson's romantic poems as fellow poetry student Pam Sondav looks on.

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The Club 15 exercises occupy the complete effort and attention of Joan Senteney, Betty Sharp and Cindy Rettler as they work hard on situps. The exercise is being done in first semester, fourth period P.E. class. MHB »;»»» •« “»»•«« ] umnuun » ' »»«»»• am rmgggm P.E. girls spent three weeks on badminton and here, Janine Robertson participates in one of the singles matches. Junior, Wally Reimer works on the Universal Gym Leg Press to complete one of the circuits in his Physical Education class. 27

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Creative Writing teacher, Mrs, Linda Chertudi aids Vocabulary and Spelling students, Debbie Wilson and Mel Lange, study for an Karen Clifton and Sue Sampson with a short story assign- exam using instructor Glenn Knight's individual learning packages. ment. Conversing with each other, Darrel Brookshire, Tim Hoxsie and Debbie Smull conclude their scheduling for first semester Language Arts classes. ENGLISH CLASSES Media Utilized Language Arts classes totalled roughly eighty sections for the year with many students taking multiple sections. Some of the classes included Vocabulary and Spelling, Basic Writing, Science Fiction, Non-Fiction, History and Development of the English Language, Novel and College Writing Skills. Some of the featured films shown included: All Quiet On The Western Front, The Art Of Huck Finn, Time Enough To See The World, Soldier's Christmas and Farenheit 451°. Drama classes traveled to the Portland Civic Auditorium to view the ballet Cinderella, while poetry classes communed with nature on an outdoor field trip to Black Rock. Other unusual activities included the publication of a magazine of student writing in Creative Writing classes, the use of package instruction in Mr. Glenn Knight's Vocabulary and Spelling class, and the viewing of Night Gallery and Star Trek video tapes in Science Fiction classes. 29