Heathwood Hall Episcopal High School - Highlander Yearbook (Columbia, SC)

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II With a Goal f11q--.- IS IT OVERDUE? Keith Legare and Johnny Burg were part of the new library helpers program, which resulted in Tartan Society points for the workers. AN EARLY INITIATE above, Mena Hope, a biology student. gains premature knowledge of the things to come as she handles chemistry materials. SMILING SOPRANO SINGER Claudette Stewart man- ages to hold a note and grin for the photographer. Ann Grimball is in the background. MANY HELPING HANDS get Susanne Powell up for the cheerleading formal picture. One entire class spent 45 minutes raising and lowering the cheerlead- ers. VOYAGE OF ODYSSEUS above, one of the Odyssey projects turned in by ninth graders in November. 2 I Q, POET-IN-RESIDENCE Bennie Lee Sinclair, with her simple , positive approach to poetry and nature, was a new experience for many students who discovered latent talent within themselves. 47!Tangents

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Latin III, French Ill, Spanish e Foreign Language Department las greatly increasedg Spanish was added :J three levels of Latin and all levels of rench. Extensive use of audio-visual ids was made in this department, in lasses meeting from one to five times a feek. In Spanish and lower levels of Latin, rammar was emphasized, while Latin III oncentrated on Cicero and Vergil. Spo- en French wastaughtto youngergxades, 'hile grades 5-10 leamed more written ench . V GIVING A LECTURE, Scott Devanny teaches the Spanish class while Mr. Miguel Hernandez super- vises the project. REPRESENTING THE UNDERWORLD, this Latin pro- ject was built by Elizabeth Moore and Kelly Dunlap. BUILT TO SCALE, and designed by Robert Meri- wether, this Roman Home is an example of those found in Pompeii during the reign of Caesar. MR. MIGUEL HERNANDEZ laughs over the notes he has written on the board for the eighth grade French class. 49! Foreign Language