Independence Junior High School - Declaration Yearbook (Virginia Beach, VA)

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'Ql.-fln44-..0 c -' ,W Klum. lf' Ezbe' M: De-'E-lf,c1ndMr ., 30 tg, - gf. TNG' Moy out' P A,Mr. Morsholl ond Mrs. Gurney, ore 2 very furrtlltor foces OrOur1ClIJHS He con be found out ornong students ony ttme She con be fOund only when other teochers ore out' Longuoge Arts ofters students Engltsh tn eoch grode level developmental ond seventh grode reodtng publuc speolstng, ond drorno Engltsh closses ore dtvtded tnro three levels Supertor, A fefoqe ond Rernedtol Eoch level concentrotes on developtng the students obtltry to expond has usoge of the orol ond wrttren lunquoge The reodtng proqrorns concentrote on tmprovtng the students obtltry to reod tnterprer ond evoluote oll types of luttquuqf- Puhltr spf-ulstnq deols wtth the slstlls needed to speuls well bf-lore uudtr-nces Drurrrn encourogf--, Interest tn rheotre tntroductng uturlr-nt-, to ull u-,pr-r t-. ot ploy ptoducrtons lhe' student centered l'I'.lV'Jfll'l'lgJH1Jlf1l'fjrJyflrlf'lJf'FlfJlll'YlQ fllfJfiflQIlSrlf'lWUbl!Y'S Ooch ',t ,flr-nt tt . 1-up rrrrl hlnfrlttlttlr-'t through uppllcottrqrt ond f-xplorotlon nl the al-,tll-. tuuqht tr-ur hlnq hlrrt to thtnla und use longuoge wllr-1 ttvr-ly ltr ltv, pta-sf-nt ond luturr- ',llllCJlIUfl's tn lute Literoture Lovers Ms, C. West teoches Engltsh 6 She groduoted from Texos Tech Unlverstry wtth degrees ln French ond Engltsh Ms West as tmpressed wtrh the hugh overoll student ochrevemenr here ot IJHS V 1 A A .-4s.,,1. wwf A Only students wlth on ocure lrstentng eor mtghr detect thot one of our Englrsh teochers is from Torboro, NC Chome of numerous fomous peoplel For those whose heortng rs not fine- runed, Mr. H. Bailey, Eng. 8 teochery ts thot mystery person. I I 'T ,f x, sf ' I - K A I A One of our English Q teochers hos not only fought I0 severol stores luke Po ond Coltf T but hos even fought os for owoy os Tokyo Jopon Besldes reoching English, Ms E McBride teoches Publlc Speoktng I pl s t ' lx A A groduote of Old Domtnlon Unrv Mr. R. Jones teoches lngltsh 8 thus yeor ot IJH5 In his spore tune Mr Jones Itlses to keep tn shope by Itlttng wetghts und long dtsronce runntng I

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Problem Solvers The mothemotics deportment offers ten courses to meet the needs of our students. These courses form on occeleroted progrom: Moth 7 Superior, Algebro I, ond Geometryg on overoge progrom: Moth 7 Averoge, Generol Moth 8 or Pre-Algebro, ond Elementory Algebro or Algebro I, ond o bosic or remediol progrom: Bosic Moth 7, Bosic Moth 8, ond Generol Moth 9. Home Economics closses ot Independence ore obout you. your fomily, ond your friends. All closses ore open to boys ond girls ond ore full of ideos for use in olmost every oreo of your doily life. Procticol odvice ond skills ore developed in food ond clothing, money monogement, child core ond bobysltting, coreers, grooming, ond home decoroting. You moy toke o semester in seventh grode, Home Economics I in 8th or Oth grode, ond Home Economics ll ofter completing HE. l, FHA is included ot oll levels to give students leodership ond decision moking skills. . 5-ODDC l :N 'h . ' . v..,i.:'EZ5m.?2 vttllligii Home-moking Heroes i l T lo ' my F . i , iv- . as . ' ' ' .1 1 Q lv - , 2 f Lu xc 'Q' 'rv Nisvhe 'l:. , ' f I' ,N ' ff! sin? fs' ' 'A ' LST' M .2 ,shi i Q 'T ui' Agri K ':,- KT 'A' . Ev , ft '., - .V .- .mg 1 , 2.351 , q pf -gr ., W ,I si - '- R., 31,46 1 iff ' 1 ,gt H -, I, ' ' V, it i .4 .N ,Sgt Q - ' A pf Aj .4 2 3 1? V- mf. ' A Ms. M. Pugh teoches 7th grode Home Economics A Sew, ofter 7 yeors of teoching, things ore still cooking in Ms. C. AIlen's 8th grode Home Economics l closses. Ms. Allen enjoys teoching ot lJHS becouse of the rer- A An exciting new ospect for 8th grode students through their moth closses this yeor is the 15 doy Computer Literocy course. This course introduces the student to BASIC V' CBeginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code? o 4' computer longuoge which mony home computers use. ln 'cf I our computer lob, the students work with Mr. Spock, E.T., Tron, Yodo, ond Gorfield, Rodio Shock TRS. Here Mr. Wiltshire is seen with Mr. Spock. rific student body. A Didn't think we'd put this in did yo, Ms. Rogers? E.T. Comes to l.J.H.S., With Mr. Spock, Yodo, .

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Ms. M. Weiner began teaching English 9 at IJHS three years ago. She was born in Baltimore, Md. and participates in the Interna- tional Folk Dancing group. V 7 'M lm :Zi S' c -555 s' ' Q ' . 5 3 er T , 1 '5 3 'E The students at IJHS have always made it the best junior high in the city, says Ms. V. Merritt. This English 7 teacher is busy taking graduate courses at ODU and preparing for a little Merritt. Y 11 it AEC? -Awf- A graduate of ODU, Ms. D. Alessio teaches English l. V A Ms. Lant is one of the 7th grade Reading teachers She has been teaching for 11 years Tennis and creative design are her hobbies. T 1. ft' ' T h . ' I '-3754: A 1 -Q ' 1 X , -ii r N mu A A A Ms. K. Lassetter has taught in a variety of places: Maryland, Florida, Rhode Island, and the U.S. Naval Academy, She was born in Baltimore, Md. and loves to ga to the beach. She teaches 7th grade Reading. 'Ft A A collector of elephants and other miniature statues, Ms. L. Pyles teaches 7th grade Reading and Developmental Reading A and B, Ms. Pyles received her BS. at Savannah State and her M.A. at Atlanta University. Ms. A. Williams teaches 6th and Qth grade English She loves ice skating and snow skiing She has also taught at Cox High School V IIXH I 0 This is Ms. P. Coskill's oth year teaching English. She enjoys reading, bikeeriding, and cross stitch V Spending his first year teaching at IJHS is Mr. G. McMinn. He teaches English Q and Drama I, His hobbies are reading, writing. and directing. V 1-aj- - 1- s A Ms. Marchbank reaches Oth grade English C7 Ms. F. Blais is in charge of the Reading Resource program at lJHS Not only does she have talent for helping students with reading, but she is o whiz at gourmet cooking and baking 1 A This is Ms. E. Kifer's second year working with the Reading Resource class She is also work- ing with the foreign students in the building helping them learn English and get adjusted to a new school 67