Fox Chapel High School - Renard Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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MRS. SALLY BULLINGTON MR. JOHN COLLE B.A. Bucknell University. Teaches: B.A. St. Vincent College. Teaches: Advanced Composition, Writer's English. Advises: A.F.S. Committee, Seminar. Advises: F ox T ales, Girls' Phoenix. Intramurals. This year, the schoolis largest subject area f nineteen teachersj was headed by four chairmen, one in charge of each class: senior teachers were headed by Miss Burnite, juniors by Mr. White, sophomores by Mr. Tichon, and freshmen by Mrs. Lucey. An accomplishment of last year's Senior English was the intro- duction of an Advanced Placement English course by Miss Burnite, who was responsible for compiling the AP syllabus. This course, taught on a college basis, promotes depth in the understanding of literature and encourages independent research and reading. A student achieving a passing grade on the College Board AP English examination is eligible for advanced standing in colleges that acknowledge the results of the exam. ln January, ,lack Matthews, poet and professor from Ohio University, ap- peared before Senior English, Advanced Composition, and Speech classes. Mr. Matthews read some of his best poetry and talked about the style and purpose of poetry. This lecture, sponsored by the International Poetry Forum, gave students a good insight into how a poet thinks, much of those students, time is spent analyzing poetry and critically inspecting it. n English Requires Four N MR. JOSEPH H. CONNER MRS. JEAN COX w B.A. Catholic University of Ameri- BA. Allegheny Collegeg Edinboro l ca. Teaches: English. Advises: Jun- State Teachers College. Teaches: l ior Class, Renard Business Staff. English. Advises: Bridge Club. P R I S slet -. , - ' H r Z ff s ,, ,,. 1 - , ...,..,. .ivv ss. -,.. . Mrs. Bullington offers tips to future Hemingways. Chairmen MISS PAMELA GRECO B.Sf Emerson College. Teaches Speech. Advises: WFOX, Cheer- leaders, Senior Class Play. MR. CONROY D. GUYER B.S. California State College. Teaches: English. Advises: Drama Club.

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MISS MARY IDA BURNITE MR. HARROLD D. WHITE A.B. Wittenburg Collegeg M.Ed. B.A. Penn State Universityg M.Ed. University of Pittsburg. Teaches: University of Pittsburgh. Teaches: English, A.P. English. Advises: English. Advises: National Honor A.F.S. Committee. Senior English Society. Junior English Chairman. Chairman. ' MR. JOHN TICHON MRS. GLORIA LUCEY B.S. Duquesne University. Teach- B,S, Slippery Rock College. Teach- es: English. Advises: Folk Club. egg English, Advises: Future Coaches: Baseball Team, Freshman Teachers of America. Freshman Basketball. Sophomore English English Chairman, Chairman. Speech II students learn to listen for a change. No, Mr. White, I do not want to buy stationery. Eight English faculty members lihe to chaperone. Miss Burnite,s favorite recreation is reading murder mysteries, and her favorite time of day--midnight. The past color of Mr. White's hair was brown. If Mrs. B. lzad not become a school teacher, slze would have liked to have been the mother of six boys. Mr. Colle would have liked to have been a translator, Mrs. Cox's eyes are blue, gorgeous, deep, and heavily lashed. She also teaches! bridge on W.Q.E.D.-T.V. Mr. Cuyeris favorite sport is swimming. Mrs. Karolis interesting hobby is being a nhappy hornemaltenv Mr. Tichon's favorite in school dish is Hbaked, stuffed, meat loaff, In his spare time, Mr. Benedict writes. Diverse Program . all j MR. MICHAEL BENEDICT P B.S. Duquesne University. Teaches: Eng- r lish. Advises: Future Teachers of Ameri- Q, ca, Junior Class Play. I T

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MR. LOREN HOLT Q' ,,.f-f-' :W MRS. CHRISTINA KAROL BS- PC1111 State UY1iVefSifY- TCHCI1- B.S. Clarion State College. Teach- , es: English. AdviSCS2 FrCShmHIl es: English. Advises: Homecoming. i Class, Folk Club. MISS MARY KATSULERIS B.S. University of Pittsburghg Cali- fornia State College. Teaches: Eng- lish. Advises: Girls' Tennis Club. ti f ,iw - 12: ii i , MISS JANE MOORE B.S. Carnegie-Mellon University. Teaches: English. 'Tm going to put this piece of chalk right between your eyes! Language Skills Taught In Class The completion of the new wing and the enlargement of the student body added eight new English teachers. Mrs. Walters joined Mrs. Bullington in the teaching of the Advanced Composition course which works on improving a student's style of expository writing. Short skits performed for the High School Nursery School children were written and several one-act plays were written and produced by Advanced Comp. classes. The practical side of writing, such as themes and short essays, was also studied. Writer's Seminar, taught for the first time this year, is the next step after Advanced Comp. Mrs. Bullington modeled the course on a college levelg hence the name Writer's Seminar. Students learn the value of criticizing as they set out to evaluate each otheris work. The creative aspect of writing is emphasized and students learn the techniques of short story writing and later write some short stories themselves. MRS. JANE PINKNEY MRS, KAREN SAMMEL B.A, University of Michigan. B.A., M.A., Carnegie-Mellon Uni- MRS. CAROLYN WALTERS B.S., M.Ed. Indiana University of Teaches: English. Advises: Nation- versity. Teaches: English. Advises: Pa. Teaches: Advanced Composi- al Honor Society. Freshman Class. tion. Advises: Drama Club. rv. We 4 1 'Wei av