Franklin Central High School - Flashback Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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at Franklin Central Tom Carnes explores globe for location of Turkey. H Mrs. Maze, Special Education teacher, explains a point in the workbook. Mrs. Maze works with each student in their class- room to give them the needed indi idualized in- struction. The students are enrolled in physical education, art, music, industrial arts, home econ- nomics, and certain basic English, mathematics, and business courses to provide opportunities tor better and more mature social adjustments. Plans are being made to provide work-experience for the students to prepare them for the working society. Some students are employed in the cafeteria and library as part of their day in school. Making wise use of his study time, John Delk completes his workbook assignment.

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Two Distinct Courses Accommodate Students Mrs. Irish checks each students progress individually. The developmental reading booths were designed to afford individual privacy to the students. Developmental reading was established to improve and build the comprehension of the student s read- ing abilit . Each student having a study period is reejuired to take six weeks of developmental reading. There is a fee of fifty cents which goes for purchasing reading materials and repairing the machines. Dur- ing this period, the student reads books of his choice and gets an opportunit to advance his reading skills. The use of the shadowscopc in the Reading Laboratory class- room, enables the student to gauge his reading progress.

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The key to the sport ' s picture was under- classmen and freshmen. Football, basketball, wrestling, cross-country, baseball, track, tennis and golf were the opportunities given to FC boys and many took advantage of them. Spirit and incentive became evident as the year progressed. Students began to like the idea of winning seasons. An active G.A.A. program gave FC girls a chance to prove their skiys.