Eisenhower High School - Introspectus Yearbook (Saginaw, MI)

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oocial studies deepen Looking for a break from her work, senior Debbie Hall finds talking the best escape. Giving the students a basic understanding of the past and present is the goal of the history and government departments. High- lighting acticities in the gold aree were mock elections and a debate between students in Mr. James Teal's honors class and students in Mr. Dick Douglas's government class. Students in government classes kept track of inaugural activities as well as President Ronald Reagan's state of the union address. The American history and world cultures classes rounded out the history department. Students were required to enroll in these classes for graduation si ...سو

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paie New additions were made to the English department to compensate for an increased enrollment. This was accomplished when Mrs. Gloria Wharton and Mrs. Sue Loesel joined the staff. Also added to the department was an Apple Ile com- puter, which was used mainly by students in Honors Seminar for SAT preparation. Eventually, the comput- er will be opened up for use by all classes. American Literature was once again popular for collegebound juniors. They emphasized mainly contemporary literature by studying Stretched out and comfortable, junior Agnes Hausbeck sche; the novel Moby Dick. novels written by authors Jok Steinbeck, Harper Lee, and S. Hinton. Also essential amon collegebound seniors was Collec Composition, which included lear ing research techniques, spellin outlining, underlining ar vocabulary. Emphasis on Composition was cluded in the curriculum. Class were larger and carried a har work load. Preparation was mac for the four year program whic will be instituted in the Fall of '85 by Jennifer Hinkston