George Washington High School - Monument Yearbook (Cedar Rapids, IA)

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Our world foday is expanding and becoming more and more complex. So- ciologisfs esfimafe fhaf nearly one- fhird of all people who have lived on fhis planef fhroughouf hisfory are liv- ing foday. Af Washingfon High School, fhe IBM cards used for scheduling and grading were firsf-hand evidence of our fechnological age. The populafion explosion could be readily seen in crowded hallways. To meef fhe challenge of fhe space age, we need a well-rounded and broad curriculum. This curriculum should sfrive nof only fowards accumulafion of facfs or even acquiring specific skills, buf al- so foward The affainmenf of fhe abilify in an individual fo fhink independenfly, clearly and meaningfully. One of fhe greafesf advanfages of a large high school over a small one is fhaf if can offer a more diverse curric- ulum fo ifs sfudenfs. For fhe sfudenf who considers high school one sfep fo- ward furfher learning, Washingfon of- fered such preparafory courses as ad- vanced mafh, physics, English lifera- 'rure and foreign languages. ln fhe same respecf, disfribufive eclucafion, ofher business courses and fhe indusfrial arfs courses prepare fhe sfudenf who plans fo begin an occupafion righf affer high school. Dramafics, creafive wrifing, arf and music allow fhe sfu- denf fo develop and use his creafive abilifies,

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FACULTY AND CURRICULUM

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English Teachers Help Pupils Grasp New Ideas An English sludenl al Washinglon may lalce courses in wriling lechnique, composilion and iournalism. l'le may gain wriling experience by working on school publicalions. For lhose inler- eslecl in lileralure, There are classes where lhey may sludy 'rhe eflecls lhal dillerenl hislorical periods and coun- lries have had on lileralure. Speech, dramalic arls and grammar complele areas ollered in lhe broad language arls curriculum. A lacully ol 23 leachers presenl I4 dillerenl courses lo sludenls. Three and a hall unils ol English are needed lo graduale from Wash- inglon. The required courses ollen open new and inleresling avenues lo slu- denls 'rhal lhey may pursue while slill in high school or laler in college. Q ' E L. . 1 1 f' Q., 1 Mr. Elbin Cleveland B.A. Language Arls Technical Direclor lor Thealer , Q' it T I in AMERICAN LITERATURE classes occasionally go lnlo lhe library lo look lor lree reading laoolcs Calhle l-lanser ' Jay Hammond Tami Ham and Farl Greene look over reading possnbnlnlues , , - i i ' - T rfsr- . . ' . . ,sir g Mrs. Jean Hoepner 5 B.A. X English