Great Valley High School - Musket Yearbook (Malvern, PA)

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Megan Bailey looks surprised that someone has interrupted her typing. Mrs. Grande and Mrs. Frey. Practicality Of Business Programs Is Obvious We often find ourselves asking our math and English teachers, ' T3ut what GOOD is the quadratic formula to ME? or Who cares about the message in WAR AND PEACE? These things don ' t mat- ter in REAL LIFE ! One can ' t, however, ask his typing teacher, When in the world will 1 possibly use typing in my career? This is because the courses offered by the business department reap tangible benefits. They prepare students for jobs straight out of high school. It is possible for students to revolve their schedule entirely around a business curriculum. In fact, the business de- partment is a whole different world. Adele Moulden surreptitiously erases an error. Amy Quay is engrossed in her typing. A smile from Mr. Whitcraft. i - V

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Debi Page relaxes with a book. Library Or Lounge? The library is not, we are told, a social center; yet it cer- tainly is a congenial environment for socializing. The librarians, Mrs. Baldwin, Miss Cassiola, Mrs. Winters, and Mrs. Bernardin, are reasonably tolerant of our antics and always willing and able to help when we really are working. They always know just where to find what we ' re looking for. The facilities, including everything from magazines to micro- film, provide much opportunity for research. The library contains some bit of information on nearly every topic you can think of. It is an important part of our education to learn to use the library resources. Miss Cassiola confers with students. As Lynette and Karen become more engrossed in their work the books accumulate, ii i ' . .A 1 K ' Guidance Dept. Establishes Guidelines For Future The guidance dept. pro- vides services which run the gamut from setting up college conferences to standardized testing. Through them we can arrange to be tutored or to be counsel ed on future plans. The constant badgering of our coun- selors provides us with the in- centive to get those college ap- plications in the mail! In addition to all this it is always fun to spend a study hall browsing through catalouges and planning your future as we see Tim Sackinheim doing at right. 106 Academics

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.EP Miss Ebert advises students. It doesn ' t look like anybody ' s reading in this reading class! English Department: Back To Basics This year marked t±ie beginning of a new system for G. V. ' s English dept. The new program is designed to insure that students reach a certain level of competency before moving on. The stress is on taking a position and argueing logically for it. When the first competency exams were administered some students found, to their dismay, that it was no joke. Once a student has moved past the level I area he has a wide range of courses to choose from. One can study journalism, poetry, drama or novels. With all this choice a student is bound to find something that interests him! Student-teacher conference A good story highlights an English class. Theme Readers Advise Students Theme readers work closely with students on their writing. They come weekly to collect new pa- pers or to help rework old ones. 108 Academics