Guilderland Central High School - Tawasenthan Yearbook (Guilderland Center, NY)

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Our ever expanding English Department strives to help us express ourselves better and appreciate the language arts. Communication, both written and vocal is encouraged by our English courses. The courses which a student studies throughout his school years gradually develop him so that he is able to go out into the world as an individual. Aside from those awful grammar lessons and vocabulary tests most students do find English an interesting and valuable subject. We learn to appreciate good literature, to express ourselves on paper and in class, and in most English 9, 10, ll courses we are prepared for the State Regents Exam. In our first three years of high school English we read such masterpieces M Shakespcare's Romeo and Juliet, Ed- mond Rostancl's, Cyrano de Bergerac and Nathaniel Haw- thorne's The Scarlet Leller. Every student learns to criticize, praise and analyze literature on paper and in class. English students also write an autobiography in English 11. English 12 is quite unique. We make use of our skills as we venture into specialized courses in literature, writing and in speech. Each student must take a minimum of two electives following English 11 to complete his English sequence. Among the electives offered are Public Speaking, Humanities, British Literature, Business English, Dramatics, World Literature, Modern Literature, Creative Writing and journalism. This year the English Department added a few new teachers and many who taught our big brothers and sisters came back to teach us. The new teachers, some who are fresh out of college brought new and exciting concepts to the department. Those who have been with us before add a certain amount of continuity and carry on the tradition of inspiring students to reach out for knowledge. Theone big addition in the work of the English De- partment was the English resource room, located in the old Biology Lab. Here students find a quiet place to read, study, and do homework. .Richard Sanders 11H 11R 1ONR Miss Alice Comstock IOAR 10R 10-4. Mrs. Ann Fairbank, 9AR, 9R, 9NR, 25

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l l English K- in: 'fs Mr. Allen Sholres, QAR, 9R, 9NR. Mrs. Barbara Redmont, 10R, 911. .-,S a-,, . M nm, 'lf Ti ln mmf, mm, mn, 1oNR Mr. Frank Pillgcon, lon, 11AR,Bus. Eng. MH mgm' Know' H ,, 1 x A' .asf J, , A' Ml T-lr. jfflm llirchlcr, IOAR, IIR, IINR. Mr, Fredrick Heitkamp, 11-R, creat. Writ., Med- Lit- .