Greenhill School - Cavalcade Yearbook (Addison, TX)

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English Department Changes The basic purpose of language has always been communication, the exchange of ideas among various persons, One of the purposes of the English department has been to give students the chance to enjoy written communications, or English literature. In order to do this, the English department, under the direction of Mrs. Christine Eastus, has modified its courses and added new teachers. This last year, the emphasis in ninth grade English shifted to classical literature. Students in the course read AGAMEMNON, METAMORPHOSES, and the ODYSSEY, as well as modern literature. The drama course narrowed its scope, and became interested solely in tragedy. In 1977-78, Mrs. Eastus hopes to add a comedy course for the seniors. The poetry elective used a new text, concerned mainly with American poetry. This year, Warren Foxworth, teaching Enrichment Through Readingf' joined Mrs. Gonzales as an eighth grade English teacher. julian Smith began teaching in the seventh grade with Elaine Lambright, who is a Wilson scholar, Leah Waldorf and Peyton Davis, who is also a part-time reporter, taught courses in the Upper School. Peyton Davis Christine Eastus Barbara Erwin 'ttf Q- si Y as 4 ,

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Calculators Add Interest To US Math Computers and calculators were integrated into many Greenhill classrooms this year, for the math department feels that, after the students grasp the elementary theories, calculators should be used to lift some of the tediousness from math work. With the introduction of the computer into the Upper School building, special electives were establishedg these classes were well received. Because only one person can presently use the machine at a time, in the future Greenhill hopes to add auxiliary equipment. The courses offered in math this year were basically the same as those offered last year fAlgebra I, Geometry, Algebra II, and Calculusj, but new electives such as those concerning the computer were added. These were Statistics, Number Theory, and the Impact of Mathematics on the Western World. W David Clark Bobbie Ferrell Dennis Griebel Mike Keyton Wes Kittleman