Gavit High School - Futura Yearbook (Hammond, IN)

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My favorite hour of the day is spent in choir. It ' s not like other classes because it is more informal. Our Junior Choir is great because we have the greatest teacher! Sherri Kalas Junior I love being in theater. We have lots of fun in drama and stagecraft. Working on plays gives me lots of new experiences. I think all students should take drama for at least one semester. April Carter lunior I have an interest in advanced math, and I feel our math department is efficiently set up for sufficient training in higher math. luliane Oresko Senior My favorite subject this year is chemistry I like all the science classes. Last year I really enjoyed biology. Science is a very int esting subject. Karen Jankowski Junior — All About I Academics 12

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English, a necessity for life The Gavit English Department is set up to provide certain goals for the individual student. Their aims are to provide for the individual student a variety of programs that are geared to his interests and abilities and to also create a learning situation in which every child is willing to participate. The depart¬ ment is designed to stimulate creati¬ vity and to create an atmosphere in which a student can assume responsibility for his behavior. The English department offers three programs of required four- year English courses along with seven electives. The college preparatory program gave college-minded students in¬ structions to build vocabulary, to master grammar, and to study liter¬ ature to its depth. The practical English courses are geared to those who have not yet mastered language arts and need help with the detec¬ tion and correcting of their reading problems. One of the most beneficial cour¬ ses for the college-bound students is the six-week mini-course that the department head, Mrs. Angela Pen¬ ny, taught. The students learned to make descriptive reference cards on 57 reference books. Students received new textbooks to further their education in the arts. All books are and will be used for the next five years. Mr. Donald Kopenec, the advisor of the FUTURA staff, a co-curricu- lar English elective, taught the fun¬ damentals of creative journalism. What you say, how you write, and the books you read are all reflections of the person you are. Mrs. Angela Penny English department head 14 Academics 1. Senior English students examine various books for Mrs. Penny ' s six-week college prep reference unit. 2. Mrs. Jeanne W. Moll, Indiana University M.S., English. 3. Mrs. Angela Penny, Indiana University M.S., senior English, department head. 4. As a mass media student, Lori Swearington gets the “feel of the camera. 5. Mrs. Rebecca Board, Indiana State Univer¬ sity B.S., English, Scribner ' s Club, Freshman class sponsor. 6. Miss Margaret Fitzgerald, Indiana Univer¬ sity B.A., M.A., English, Junior class sponsor.