Haltom High School - Buffalo Yearbook (Haltom City, TX)

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CURRICULUM Class Choices Con using mi You have to take this. You can't take that. When schedules are being put together, the counselors seem to be just downright picky, but really they help to see that every- one will have enough Credits to graduate when the time comes. Since the semester sys- tem has been brought back. credits have to be rearranged and required classes must be worked in. Required classes now include regular Eng- lish for nir.th through eleventh grades. In the twelfth one must take some type of Iinglish- oriented class with such selections as Science Fiction, Creative Writing, Developmental Reading, novel, speech. regular Iinglish IV. or journalism. Any student heading for college should either stay with a regular English or Creative Writing, said Mrs. Kay Clark, counselor. These classes will help them more than the others. but they are still good courses to take. All sophomores are required to take World History and juniors American Ilistory to receive one credit for each class. Then 'If a student doesn't choose wisely it may be his lossf said Mrs. Clark. during the senior year one ITIUSI have a semester of government and one of Free Enterprise. As far as other graduation requirements go, two credits of both mathematics and sci- ence are needed. Physical education or a substitute such as band,jROTC, drill team, athletics, Outdoor Education, gymnastics, Weights and Exercise or Figure and Weight Control provide one and half credits needed for graduation. The remaining nine credits are left for electives. These courses are left to be chosen by the student. They range from auto mechanics to typing to a foreign language to oceanography to journalism. When choosing classes. one should keep not only college in mind but what type of career he plans to enter, Mrs. Clark stressed. Glen Hodgekins, junior. listens intently to Mr. Ron Franklin in outdoor education. Those who take this class learn ot' safety in woods and water. fx ,i, W F james Stanfield looks at a jar of fish in Mr. Ed Ful- ron's oceanography class. Mr, Fulton travels ro and from Richland to teach this class to students, ag-M . nr 'IF' :HM P Q X42 fi 4 W AAIAWAVMI, .. f if ,, 'QM N ,dv H, Z5 Q 0 Q NX ,,,... H, ...ai '-- I f

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LIBRARY ' ore than source of no els' 'I t was too much like Grand Central S tation' In 9- ? if x Studying for an upcoming test, Felicia Neyra, senior. takes advantage of the 1ibrary's quiet atmosphere. A quiet room, a room with carpet, tables. books and more books. The library is a place famous for its studious atmosphere. According to Mrs. Cindy Edwards. librarian, most people use the library as a source of novels to read in spare time. Thats not, however, all it's used for. In the library November Zjim Bradshaw spoke to the government classes on what he had done in office. After the National Honor Society Ban- quet the club members, parents and teachers retired to the library for punch and cookies and to give the parents and teachers a chance to meet each other. When the student council met about every three weeks, they used the library. The computer terminal was moved from the counselors office to the conference room in the library. It was moved because the counselors of- fice was too much like Grand Central Station. There were too many people in and out all the time and the computer math students had trouble finding time to run their pro- grams because so many people were wanting to play the games programed in the com- puter, computer math teacher jay Thomp- son said. The conference room is much more con- ducive to a learning atmosphere and learning is what you come to school for, Mr. Thompson said. W2 Mrs. Par Dyer, assistant librarian. has been working in the library for nearly 12 years, She laminates papers, types and helps to keep the records straight. Student helpers in the library assist other students by helping thetn locate books and checking out the books for them. They also check in returned books and put them on the shelves in their proper order, 'il knew Mrs. Kathy jenkins, former librarian, and I knew she was leaving, Mrs. Edwards said, so I applied for the job. Mrs. Iidward's new job. that of head librarian, has numerous responsibilities. She buys books, for the library, with student and teacher recommendations. and she buys audio-visual equipment and kits. Her job includes supervising the 19 stu- dent assistants and scheduling classes to use the library. Sometimes she is asked to com- pile a list of books on a given field for research papers. as if-'A MTN-...Q What Roger is trying to say is ... Mrs. jan Ed- . V - . - - . ' ds,:t dentc nc'ls onso s. Student council members Monica Knapp, senior, Ingrid Aponte, senior, listen to homecoming plans. war S u Ou I P r' Say

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CURRICULUM if t n e g .ix . K i A, . K Q 1 .1 if ww , X if 4' . . t 1 is .sa g S Q '5- 7 , Vkii --1--....,,,,,, --v--vnu-....,...,,.,. .sr A..,, ws., junior Steve Mylius sets his left margin for a typing assignment. Typing is an elective but most helpful through high school and college. Y Mr. Marvin Reed's biology class discusses insect matters. Biology is an elective but if planning to go to col- lege it is necessary especially in a medical field of study. Chemistry would also be useful. ..-Q f' 1 fi af - 'r oi ' if e. i. at ,I ff!! Qs XA-5 vm 1' Mr. Don Houck teaches American History. jun- iors are required to take American History for two Debbie Terret, junior, answers the phone in Business Office Practice QBOPQ. BOP is also an elective. The semesters in order to raduate class is offered to anyone who has had typing and helpful to those who plan to work in an office related g ' Cafeef.