Fort Worth Country Day School - Flight Yearbook (Fort Worth, TX)

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Brooke Lively and Sacha Atkinson compare magazines written in French and Spanish. i 1' S . Emil , , S bf ...Q - Mrs. Sharon Foster and her eighth graders dig into their rats. MS Encourages Independence g Middle schoolers had a very structured environment with little unscheduled time. Their seven-hour day included five 45- minute academic classes, an hour-and-a- half sports period, lunch, and a 50-minute fine arts period. The English program was designed to in- crease student competence in composition and reading comprehension. Sixth graders studied three books dealing with Greek mythology. They also studied Shaeffer's Shane and Ullman's Banner in the Sky. Seventh graders studied Rawlings The Yearling, Burnford's The Incredible Journey and Lewis' The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Eighth graders studied two Jack London novels, Call of the Wild and White Fang, and Knowles' A Separate Peace. ln addition sixth and eighth grade students studied Greek and Latin roots extensively, Most Middle school students took first level French or Spanish. The students were introduced to the sounds of the spoken language and to the culture of the people who spoke the language, They studied grammar and their ability to write in the foreign language was strengthened by structured exercises. Sixth graders studied ancient history, em- phasizing Greece and Rome. They made a trip to Austin in connection with their study of Texas History. Seventh graders studied American History from Exploration to 1860 while eighth graders continued the study of American History and had a short study on Russian History. Skills in critical evalua- tion and collection of statistical and research data were stressed in all grades. The Middle School Math program reviewed basic concepts and introduced more depth in basic concepts as well as new concepts and technique. Pre-algebra skills and concepts were stressed. The eighth grade accelerated students had a full course in introductory algebra. The sixth grade science program includ- ed a sampling of both the physical and the biological sciences, while the seventh grade program provided the student with a basic understanding of botany and zoology. The eighth grade science cur- riculum was a two-part program. The first emphasized the study of mammals and the development of man and some of his major social problems. The second part was a study of earth science and basic geological concepts.

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Students Receive College Credit In order to groduote, eoch student wos required to complete twelve terms of English, complete the moth courses through Fundomentols ond Trigonometry or Anolysis 1, six terms of history, three yeors of o Ionguoge, o term eoch of Art ond Music history, ond economics. Once these requirements were met, students generolly tools those closses they wonted to toke. Advonced plocement courses were offered to those seniors who hod fulfilled the groduotion requirements. Those courses prepored students to o tolse college SOTFOOCG exominotions which, if they scored well, ollowed them to ploce out of college hours. E M an Virginio Dowling ond Courtney Hughes study cen- tripetol motion in physics lob. Amy Rooch gently hondles her fetol pig during Biology. ffm , ss, Z, -. -3. .- Mr. Art Burke helps Donno Sonders with her colculus,