Elkhart High School - Pennant Yearbook (Elkhart, IN)

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The EHS Curriculum Ever since the launching of Sputnick caused the U. S. to realize the importance of science and math, the EHS curriculum committee has followed the national trend. We already had good courses and teachers in these sub- jects, but we improved the labs and equipment, and, so students think, toughened the courses. However, stress was put not only on these two sub- jects; the faculty also realized that other courses were important too. Although adjusted to individual differ- ences, the entire EHS curriculum is geared to high standards of achievement. PAGE 17

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EHS is proud of its wide-spread and varied curricu- lum, a curriculum which is built for students. College prep courses are offered for students who plan to go into business, and vocational training for those who plan to go into industry. In science, math, and English, many courses at EHS are presented on a college level, but general courses are also given, adapted to those who are less capable or less ambitious. In some departments, accelerated and remedial courses add the third and fourth track in the subject. To quote our school philosophy, the school is ‘‘organized around the needs, interests and capacities of the pupil.” Students have a chance to become well-rounded in art and music, as well as in informative or skilled sub- jects; experience in debating, dramatics, radio broad- casting, and in many other special courses is available. In summation, a good all-around education, in a good well-equipped high school, with a corps of good teachers, is within the reach of all boys and girls in the Elkhart area.

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Dick Holdeman reads his theme in Writing Lab ENGLISH: varied yet basic courses English Literature and Writing Laboratory constitute one unit of English in the twelfth grade. English Literature, a one semester college-prep course, is a survey of English literature from the Anglo-Saxon period to the present. The course offers many chal- lenges for critical thinking, as well as opportunities for developing appreciation of artistic style in writing. Writing Laboratory is divided into two parts: tests and drills in fundamentals, and writing assignments. This course is built on college requirements for fresh- men in composition courses. Students write two and three themes a week, themes in which form, mechanics, and content are stressed. During the course, students are taught how to do research papers. Jerry Hart, like the rest of us, learns the importance of the card catalog PAGE 18