Ernest Seaholm High School - Piper Yearbook (Birmingham, MI)

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EEEZMQ! XIII NS .few 1' , . Q7Q7ZZ7MQ!Q7ZZ7Ll7Q!Q!Q7Q7E!Q7Z4!Q! Seaholm English: Course For Every Student Under the direction of English Department Head Dr. Henry Malony, Seaholm offers a variety of English courses that are available to each student. The students who plan to go to college after graduating, are required to have at least M credit of Speech 1 and M credit of Composition 1. After these requirements are met, each stu- dent may then decide to further their English skills by taking more advanced classes, in Literature, Humanities, or advanced Composition. Composition 1 helps each student to create better ideas and reports as well as acquire and broaden their basic grammar skills. Speech 1 gives the student a background in voice control, posture and on their over all presentations. Now, since the beginning of this year, a Composition- Iournalism class has been added to the schedule to help students in forming this years school paper. 1. Eric Hanson feverishly scribbles the final paragraph of his impromp- tu. 2. Mrs. Swart stands quietly observing a senior class meeting. 3. Mike Woodruff tries to break Geoff Kasselman's intense concentration. while lennifer leffris dictates more answers. 4. Mrs. Swart is just checking to see it it's really Dave Sipila under that hat. 5. Erica Amman gets some criticism from Mr. Buell. 6. Bob Kusak and Cris Marranca diligently com- plete their five paragraph themes. 7. Note taking is only one of many skills Kim Seklar is acquiring. 8. The novel Shane keeps Penny Artcliff on the edge of her seat. 9. Dialogues by Plato provides Katrina Hanson with plenty of materialfor an exciting panel discussion. 10. Miss Angott 11. Mr. Hummel 12. Mrs. Swart 13. Mr. Buell 14. Mr. Malony 15. Mr. Tar- rant 67 . if T

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15'-'F' 51 A A umerous Electives Provide variety No matter what the English Student is looking for, they will find it in one of Seaholmls numerous electives. From Adventure Stories to American Dream, and from Shakespeare to Short Fiction, there are elective at Seaholm to suit everyones needs and tastes. In order to graduate, a student is required to take three credits of Language arts including one half unit in Speech and one half unit of com- position. He or she can then go ahead and plan their other two credits in any way they wish and that is where the electives come in. Although they all deal with the skills of reading and writing, they are diverse enough to be en- joyable to even the most unenglish-minded students. 1. Quiet and solitude help Betsy Mannick to read with greater concentra- tion. 2. Paying careful attention increases Melanie Muskie's literary understanding. 3. Left handed Iudy Hice takes thorough notes for later study. 4. Research can be a formidable task as julie Wood discovers. 5. Tammy Storey is proving that hard work and perseverance will get her that A. 6. While Moira Carrol takes some notes on her book, Karen Lefford ponders its deeper meaning. 7. Dave Thomas is searching for exactly the right book. 8. Mrs. Swart. 9. Mrs. Taylor. 10. Mr. Buell. 11. Mr. Tarrant. 69 l