Iver C Ranum High School - Raider Yearbook (Denver, CO)

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What is Advanced Placement English? A.P. English is a course that explores literature by genres, by analysis, and by its relationship with the students' personal experiences. What is gained from A.P.E.? Besides a daily exposure to Dr. Perkins' fascinating personality, the course offers the college-bound student a refining of his writing skills to a point near perfection, a chance to read some fine literature, and the opportunity to take the Advanced Placement examination in the spring. Students who do well on this exam receive advanced standing in English at most universities, an advantage which spares them the agonies of Freshman English courses as well as the outlay of tuition dollars for those same courses. TQ. 'lA. ZQ. ZA. Why take Speech? The goal of a speech class is to overcome the basic fear of speaking before an audience. Once this is accomplished ANY student can be a good speaker. What is gained from a speech class? The ability to speak can be very advantageous because it helps curb shyness and promotes people to speak their mind with confidence. The ability to speak well will help one to appear more aware, concise, and learned. Q. 1.53 PM

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What is Man, Nature, and Science? 1A. With a course title like that, you can bet there is something for everyone. As a literature course, the students read quite a bit and consider what makes good reading material. A lot of the reading is done aloud so that students who may have trouble trouble reading are not at a disadvantage. What is covered in M.N.S.? g 2 . ZA. The students study about the future, and then delve into some excellent science fiction. issues that may be discussed include population control, modern weaponry and war, environmental maintenance and improvement, energy sources, and whatever happens to arise. Later on the students explore strange phenomena and the supernatural. Included in these subjects are outer-space life, biorhythms, folk medicine, ghosts, ESP, etc. Students with inquiring minds, average orabove average energy levels, good attendance records, and a willingness to do their work are always welcome in this class. 1 Q. What is Poetry? 'lA . Poetry is a class that develops relationships among people, ideas, and knowledge. Doing well in poetry requires more than the usual academic abilities because one has to work with his senses and his feelings as well as his head. What do the students say about Poetry? Poetry class is a bowl of scrambled eggs. - LM. Poetry class is mind bending. - P.D.S. Poetry is a way of expressing deep, meaningful feelings on paper that sometimes we don't have the guts to say. - 1. Z.

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fix l 1f' l l i ri 1 What is Orchestra? lt is a performing group which enables students to enhance and display their many individual musical talents. When and what kind of music do they perform? They perform for during school concerts, for other classes, and public programs in the evening playing all kinds of classical and traditional music.