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

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-t. - .mv- y- -.-,..t- - ,zmvw; Whr'WFIKm.WWIr WWW t 1- ,lezugv, X k n... Nawgmu English Fine Arts Departments Theuavagawrs Health and Physical Education, Library Departments Health and Physical Education Elizabeth Boswell, Memphis State University h BS Harold Cagle, Lambuth College - BS, Memphis State University - MEd Sally DiScenza, Memphis State University h BEd Jerry Ellis, Memphis State University - BS, MS Ken Netherland, University of Mississippi h BS, Memphis State University h MEd Gerri Smith, University of Tennessee, Martin - BS, Memphis State University - MS The philosophy of the Health and Physical Education Department is to teach students that health is a state of physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and to stress physical conditions each day with the understanding that those who are physically fit feel better, look better, and think better. - Gerri Smith. Department Chairperson Library Sharon Carter, University of Mississippi - BA, Aide Marian Mitchell, Alabama State University - BS Alice Romines, Memphis State University - BA, MA Our philosophy is to make available to every student some type of material, printed or visual, to enrich their school experience. - Alice Romines, Librarian

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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. . .

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Math Department a h The Navigators Alice H. Brock, Memphis State University - BS, MEd Barbara J. Carlton, Memphis State University - BS, MEd Alice M. Carruthers, Union University - BS, Memphis State University e MEd Priscilla Hayes, LeMoyne-Owen College - BS, Memphis State University - MEd Frances K. Hightower, Alabama State University e BS, Memphis State University - MEd Marie A. Johnson, Le Moyne-Owen College - BS, Memphis State University - MEd Jeanna Kitchens, Union University - BS, Memphis State University - MS William Maddox, Southwestern at Memphis - BS, Memphis State University - MAT Evelyn Morrison, Memphis State University - BSE, MS Dora Prager, Memphis State University - BS, MEd Sharon Suber, University of TN, Martin - BS, Memphis State University - MS The Germantown High School Math curriculum consists of those courses, units of instruction and activities designed to contribute to both the common and special needs of the students. The curriculum places the proper amount of stress on developing U accuracy and facility in performing fundamental mathematical operations 2t ability to analyze and solve pro- blems of a variety of types and varying degrees of difficulty, and 3 an understanding of the nature and structure of mathematics so that students will be able to apply the basic principles to entirely new areas. - Alice Carruthers, Department Chairperson