Harrison High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Farmington, MI)

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26 ABOVE: Mark Vasu and Don Hagan prepare for a group presentation. ABOVE RIGHT: whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune . . . , Kerry thamt Gluckman really shakes the spear in dramatics. EXTREME LOWER RIGHT: English Department. L. to r. Miss Barbara Haas, Mrs. Joyce Kaplan, Mrs. Margaret Rosbolt, Mrs. Mary Brown. Row 2.- Mrs. Katherine Nyberg, Miss Margaret Ferguson, Miss Bonita Fel- ton, Miss Diane Akres. Row 3: Mrs. Laura Sparrow, Mr. William Clair, Mrs. Carla Barrett. tdepartment headt RIGHT: Absorbed in the days lecture is Kris Hagstrom.

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LEFT: Scheduling brings with if not only the opening of school, but excitement over summer activi- ties, discussed by Cory Dietrich and Jan Haggar. ABOVE FAR LEFT: Liz Woitowycz aids a student's mother in the proper method of registration while Dave Rollins waits patiently. ABOVE LEFT: Miss Turley comes to the rescue when John Johnston finds the scheduling a challenge. TOP: Mr. Huy- brechfs, underclassman photographer, positions a student for l. D. picture. ABOVE: Mrs. Kaplan and Mrs. Barrett show signs of puzzlement and apprehension as Mr. Schulman confers with them. 25

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English Resists Barriers 8r Success Shines Through THE ENGLISH TEACHERS began the year with many new ideas. One suggestion was to give new students to Harrison 0 reading entrance test. The teachers would be able to approximate the students abilities and plan activities around this information. The program was discussed, but postponed. The American Novel course added the novels, ttHuck Finn and Grapes of Wrath which were financed by a book fair. A new course called uHorrors and Superna- tural was considered. It was for non-college bound, slower students. This course failed for lack of money on the district level. Mrs. Nyberg's new SRA reading lab assisted the iibasic English students and was a success. Mrs. Kaplan and student teacher, Miss Ken- nedy, tried a bit of team teaching in the Shake- speare class, and kicked the year off with a suc- cessful trip to Stratford to see iiKing Lear. A new teacher, Miss Akres, was added to the department and Mr. Clair was speaking English full time this year. Mrs. Barrett attributes 'ithe success of the English department to the conscientious students and staff.