Fort Osage High School - Indian Legends Yearbook (Independence, MO)

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.H ..f, Science Improvement . . Depoirtment Offers Advanced Courses Introducing the physical realities of the world was the object of the 1970-71 science department for the general student. For the college-bound student, science was neces- sary for their college career. To better accomplish their objectives the science department made several recom- mendations to the administration concerning curriculum. Courses recommended were more specific with less repetition from level to level. Traditional classes were made less difficult so that emphasis could be placed on advanced course. ln the 1970-71 academic year, teaching methods changed to include more laboratory session and experiments. The junior high science teachers reques- ted new equipment for their classes. New microscopes, charts, and models were among the materials requisitioned. Chairman., of the science department, which includes nineteen junior and senior high teachers, was Mr. Walter Buckley, re- turning for his seventh consecutive year.

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Mr. Dean Abbott, B.S. Science Mr. Don Beebe, B.S. Science Mr. Nelson Boles, B.S. Biology Mr. Walter Buckley, M.S. Chemistry, Algebra ll Mr. Lowell Burns, B.S. Science Mr. Leo McCullough, B.S. Science Miss Pamelia Stark, B.S. Biology Mr. Robert Watson, B.S. Science TOP: Mr. Burns prepares his science class for a test. RIGHT: Mr. Abbott relaxes with a coke after his class. BOTTOM: Mr. Buckley shows his Chemistry class how to use a butane burner.

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Improvements . . . T Fine Arts Expanded Musical Premieres inanimate are the props of a musical, but not the people behind the props. The musi- 1 cal Oklahoma was one of the best exam- ples of cooperation in a department. The Fine Art department united to pre- sent the 1970-71 musical. The Art section painted the set, the vocal music section were the actors, and the band performed the Oscar and Hammerstein's musical score. Besides working on the musical, the art students experimented with pastels, char- coal, wax, clay, and ceramics. Later in the year, a representative from Fort Osage en- tered the Hallmark Art Festival. The Fort Osage Band and choir cooperated various times in 1970-71, the Christmas as- sembly, and a combined band and choir concert at the Independence Ft.L.D.S. Audi- torium are two such occasions. The language department revised its cur- riculum adding French lll, a course in the customs, geography, people, and literature, of the romantic nation of France. Boy's Choir was added to Fine Arts curri- culum for 1971 enrollment. Mr. Charles Beck, B.S. Spanish Mr. Leo Gussman, M.A. Vocal Music BOTTOM: Mrs. King gives a dis- approving look to a Jr. High art stu- dent. TOP: Mrs. Moore listens in on a French student. RIGHT: Mr. Guss- man applies make-up to Mark Har- VSV before the opening performance of Oklahoma tk