Jackson Preparatory School - Precis Yearbook (Jackson, MS)

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Latina Est umera na! Filled with activities and diligent stu- dents, the 1976-77 Latin department com- pleted a very successful year. Prep stu- dents were offered Latin I and Latin II which were both taught by Dot Mann. During the year, several new approaches were taken in studying Latin. Among these were a mythology unit and a cultural enrichment of the Roman people. The Latin department participated in the state I.C.L. convention in March. This proved to be a rewarding event. The year was concluded with a Roman banquet, slave auction, and a Latin-sponsored beauty pageant in April. Indeed, Latin proved to be a living,' language at Prep. fupper rightj During their study of mythology, Maria Andy and Melissa Day paused to concentrate on a difficult story in Latin. flower lefty With the help of her handy copy of Edith Hamilton s Mythology, anet Roell worked on a , J up K 7 KKAV A , Latin assignment. it Jaw' 50 After Latin class, Mrs. Mann admonished a student for not completing translation.

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5: ftopj As a result of his diligent work, jeff Bland won grand prize of the annual Science Fair. He and Mrs. Gamblin proudly exhibited jeff' s project, an electro-thermal loudspeaker. Cbottom left, Anxiously awaiting the results of their chemistry experiment, Randy Woodruff, Tony Warwick, and jeff Bland hoped to obtain a sample of oxygen gas in the beaker. In a hair-raising experiinent, Neal Lehan tested the ef- fect of the Van de Graaff generator. This was one of the more exciting activities in Mr. Ballardis physics class. ' A 9

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Senors And Senoritas Experienced panish leftj Comfortably propped against the wall in Spanish class, Rodney Ayles and Manning prepared to take notes. lower leftj Eyeing her rowdy students, Mrs. Marsalis seemed to wonder if she could ever ake it through the rest of the day. With more students studying the Span- ish language each year, Mrs. McKeigney and Mrs. Marsalis have increasingly brought more Spanish life into the class- room. The study in first year Spanish is based on the basic vocabulary, grammar, and a history of the Spanish people and their country. The second year Spanish course is designed, so that by the end ,of the year, a student will have a good under- standing of the language, its people, and a semi-fluency in the spoken dialect. During the first few weeks of summer vacation, several students went to Mexico City to visit a country which speaks Spanish and to study its culture. This trip brought the language to life. s S .... . - , ,W-v55,. :fe-is -Q , S sspp fupper rightj Looking questioningly up at Mrs. Marsalis, Laurie Lott had to make sure what she heard was correct. flower right, During a class reading time, Edward Wofford obvi- ously enjoyed the Spanish story he was reading. 51