George Washington High School - Post Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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ontinentals noticed a new face in the Media Center this year. A native of In- dianapolis and a student at l.U.PU.I., Miss Angela Brittain arrived at Washington in October as library clerk. She previously worked at LPS. Media Services in the SCIPS building. She is studying Library Science and Secondary Education while working with the intention to receive degrees in those areas in order to become a high school librarian. Miss Brittain enjoyed her first year on the job es- pecially when working with the students and staff. She added, I would like to see more motivation in the students. I believe in order to make it, the motivation and self-esteem must be there. - Kim Shepherd F av A, S If r l ' . A ' 31' '- ' ,. , 1 , x ' Q' V qt- i . V.. Aqm 12' - .1?I1,-.lgiait-fi-T'-fi, ' , - 'jfiffgg rf' K J ,X 1 -Xfbss-1 R . D ' H- taxi?-in Top: David Fredricks reads about people in the news in the Media Center, Center: Director Mr. Steinberg, Clerk Miss Brittain. Above: ENGLISH DEPARTMENT Row 1: Miss Childers, Miss Davis, Mrs. Gonzales, Mrs. Benson. Ms. Johnson. Row 2: Miss Theisen. Mr. Yerich, Department Head Mr. Sutherland. Mr. Woodard. Mr. Sirmin, Mrs. Hall. Mrs. Cravens. 23

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nglish sets new goals he English Department, headed by Mr. Sutherland, offered a variety of in- teresting electives as well as the re- quired courses. S.A.T. coaching, creative writing, etymology, and, for the first time in several years, speech classes were offered. Journalism, newspaper, and yearbook were available for students interested in the print medium. Bridge classes were also offered on the 9th, 10th, and 12th grade levels. These classes, as part of the Wabash-Washington Bridge program, encouraged students to pre- pare for college. Preparation for the ISTEP test conducted in March was an important goal of the depart- ment and its teachers. During the first semes- ter, freshmen who had failed a competency test in 8th grade worked with an aide, Mr. Sanders, and special materials to retake that test. During the second semester, teachers worked on test-taking skills every week until March. The ISTEP program is part of the new state requirement that students possess a certain level of competency before gradu- ation. Visitors and speakers to English classes sparked student interest in learning. Dr. Ann Marie Drew from the University of Indianapo- lis lectured Mrs. Gonzales' senior bridge class on Shakespeare and A Midsummers Night Dream before the seniors visited Wabash and viewed a performance of the play. Speakers from Project Business and Partners in Educa- tion visited several classes: Mr. Sutherland's classes welcomed a speaker from Detroit Die- sel Allison, Larry Cruse was matched with Mrs. Hall's English IG class, Keith Locke, Dir. of Group Systems, visited Mrs. Cravens' freshmen classesg Tony Perona was Mrs. Ben- son's business partner. Mr. Sutherland in his senior classes encour- aged group projects with successful results. When studying Beowulf, students assumed the characters and acted out several scenes from the story. When studying Chaucer, stu- dent groups chose one of the Canterbury tales to present to the class. Students even dressed in costume to illustrate the story. The Department again sponsored speak- ing contests for students: the 61st annual Po- etry Reading contest in May and the lst an- nual Shakespeare recitation contest spon- sored by the English Speaking Union. Washington's winner participated in the county-wide contest at the University of ln- dianapolis in February. The department welcomed one new mem- ber, Elaine Theisen who taught previously at Attucks and Broad Ripple. The Media Center, managed by Media Di- rector Mr. Steinberg, added a new library clerk: Angela Brittain. The Media Center also installed a book detection system to monitor the removal of books from the li- brary. The Media Center continued to be used by a large number of students and classes as they took advantage of its refer- ence and video resources. - Kim Shepherd, L. Davis Aboue Ur Ann Marie Drew lectures to Mrs. Gonzales' English 7 Bridge class on Shakespeare. Aboue right: Shan- non Adair works on his English assignment. Right: Holli Jacks and Trina Vincent work on assignments for their S A T class in the Media Center. PAGE 23: Top: Junior Jessica Jensen studies American literature in Miss Davis' English 5 class Bottom Miss Dauis' English 5 class listens to a lecture on the early American colonists. 22 F?- is F 7'

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ew faces, ew goals epartment Head Mr. Badgley wel- comed two new teachers this year: Mr. Williams and Mr. Bergeron. Mr. Wil- liams completed his first year of teaching here at Washington. He also coached the wrestling team. He wrestled in junior high, high school, and college at Ghio University where he received his degree in education and mathematics. Mr. Bergeron completed his fourth year of teaching and third year of coaching here as he took on the freshman football coaching job as well as teaching du- ties. He went to school and previously taught in Michigan. Mr. Bergeron called the fresh- man football championship his best experi- ence this year. The Math Department offered many classes beyond the required curriculum for its advanced students such as Computer Math, Geometry, Algebra 3 and 4, and Advanced Math. The Department and its staff also pre- pared, along with the English Department, for the ISTEP test. An aide, Mr. Kahn, helped with the remediation of those fresh- men who failed a competency test in 8th grade. There were also new faces in the Science Department. Mrs. Giordano taught Earth Sci- ence and physical science as well as taking on the job as cheerleader sponsor. Though new to many Continentals, Mr. Kassig had pre- viously taught at Washington. He returned after teaching at Shortridge Jr. High for sev- eral years. Miss Lyons also had a student teacher for the first semester: Mrs. Ransdell. The Science Department also prepared Above Dau ri Phillips and ,lorries Anderson work with Mr lk':lliums to get that problem right Above right Teresa Gammon figures out the experiment in Biology Right Fi Uno Cririlliri Cherks over her problems in Math Seminar For right Mrs Agostirio points out the forts in her Physical .Sfierire class PACE Z5 'Hap Cotrice Myles and Shown Troutmon set the rmfrosfope to uleu' their slide in Mr l lumilion s floss Bottom Euan Moore studies for the right Hllkll Lfr 24 K' Ng -- f 2 TX A L for the ISTEP though department head Mrs. Torain said she was just as concerned if not more interested in the resulting scores on the city-wide test. She stated she felt that test reflected better the quality of science educa- tion in LPS. Two science students: Larry Scisney and Diana Freels participated in extra-curricular science projects at Indiana State University. Both the math and science departments offered classes connected with the Bridge program. Math offered a Bridge geometry class while science offered a biology class. Students enrolled in these classes made trips to Wabash College to sit in on science and math classes at the college. - Kim Shepherd, L. Davis iz. Ji nv Q -1 75 I 9' l ze 'I ' 'rin A