Germantown High School - Red Devils Yearbook (Germantown, TN)

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English Fine Arts Departments 1 ho Navrgatovs Marilyn Taylor, University of Tennessee, Knoxville - BS, Memphis State University - MA Teena Williams, Jackson State University e BS, Memphis State University - MEd Lyn Windsor, Stephens College - AA, Indiana University - AB, MAT Fine Arts Department E. Frank Bluestein, Memphis State University - BS, MA Norma Early, Washington University - BA Sara Savell, Memphis State University - MA, MEd Sam Shaw, Memphis State University - BME Susan Shreve, Memphis State University - BS, MA Almeda Zent, Columbia College - Assoc. Fine Arts, Memphis State - BS, MEd The Fine Arts Department is structured to function on four tiers. The foundation tier stresses comprehensive four year arts course offerings made available to the entire stu- dent body. The second tier emphasizes an ongoing integra- tion of the arts departments. The third tier concerns overall school awareness of the arts. Finally. a fourth tier is main- tained that resolves around an active community outreach program. - Emphraim Bluestein, Department Chairperson

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77W- EngliSh Department The Navigaeors Rozanne Clemmensen, Mankato State University - BS Alice Clough, University of Tennessee, Knoxville - BS, Memphis State University - MA V Ruth Dunning, University of MMMM 3 , ' e . . ' e, Evansville e BA, MA Cleta Jeter, Memphis State University - BA Barbara Joyner, Memphis State University - BA, MA Donna Kendrick, Middle Tennessee State University e BS, University of South Florida e MEd Eunice Kirkpatrick, University of Northern Iowa - BA; University of Iowa e MA Patricia Lanier, Memphis State University - BS, MS Jennifer Marshall, LeMoyne-Owen College - BA, Memphis State University e MA Jo Ann Rosemann, University of Mississippi e BAE, Memphis State University - MEd Nancy Scott e Memphis State University - BSE Goldie Terrell, Christian Brothers College - BA, Memphis State University e MS The philosophy of the Department of English at Germantown High School is to provide students with the knowledge and skills for written and oral communication, for an appreciation and understanding of American, English, and world literature, for an awareness of the ongoing need for vocabulary building and spelling improvement. - Lyn Windsor, Department Chairperson

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l l I i 5 A it s. a. 7 wMWWMWaMM: The Navigators Foreign Language Department Guidance Servicesv Foreign Language Department Janice Dacus, Memphis State University e BA, MA Elizabeth Hankins, Memphis State University - BS, MEd Sandra Puckett, University of Missouri - BA Lorraine Smith, Memphis State University - BA, Arkansas State University e MA Arntraud Sowell, Memphis State University - BA, BSEd Cheryl Westbrook, Memphis State University - BA, MEd Language is man's basic instrument of communication, and today's global community makes it imperative that we.acquire some understanding of the languages and culture of our world neighbors: Language study provides insight into the general phenomenon of language, thereby improving the studentsl ability to understand and participate in a world of increasingly interdependent nations and language communities. The Foreign Language Department acknowledges its commitment to provide all students with opportunities to develop a competence in the com- municative skills and to acquire an understanding of the cultural differences of language communities. Jan Dacus, Department Chairperson Guidance Services Ruth Brewer, Blue Mountain College - BA, Memphis State University - Med Kaulah Holmes, Memphis State University - MA Helen Newton, Alabama College, Montevallo - AB Florence Tate, LeMoyne-Owen College e BS, Tennessee State University - MS, Memphis State University - MS Charles Yates, Louisiana Tech University - BA, Northeast Louisiana University - MEd The Guidance Staff is committed to and in- volved in assisting all students in making the best possible choices, adjusting to the en- vironment in which they find themselves, reaching their goals and interpreting the road signs of life. . .