Gavit High School - Futura Yearbook (Hammond, IN)

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standards, 121 classes round out curricula, clubs ■ Accreditation by North Central Association was aimed for as the year’s highest goal. A unified CHS effort was emitted in readying for the 13-man committee which sur- veyed the school Dec. 10-13. Preparation meant a faculty self- evaluation which included all col- lege and graduate courses taken and explanation of teaching techniques. Next, each faculty member served on committees to study CHS phi- losophy. objectives, subject depart- ments, curriculum, community re- lationships. NCA committee visited each class, watched behavior, knew facts such as number of books in the library and desks in the lobby study hall. Academics also hit a new peak by adding senior courses, advanced lan- guages, new electives. High school totaled 121 different courses, junior high 35. Curriculum gave rise to more co-curricular clubs and trips. Both junior and senior classes incorporate panel discussions, as this 7B group of Sharon Lessig, Bob Pease, Dennis Taylor, Pam Wehmen and Patty Shreve discuss a short story. Debate and ideas come from senior magazine critiques as Letty Hicks, Peggy Motes, Sue Ann Peavler, Jim Milobar, Jim Sherby show. ' «vV Vv ' s ' k '

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Academic Throughout ’63-’64 Gladiators were certain to race to class, wait in line at the bookstore or consult for answers to the French quiz. Remembering when Sherman marched or interpreting “The Scarlet Letter” taxed minds as tromping through snow to libraries or scaling trees for leaves taxed bodies. 19