Jenkins High School - Sequoyah Yearbook (Savannah, GA)

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ABOVE: Mrs. Conyers poses for a pretty picture. UPPER RIGHT: Wendy White tries pursuading Miss Stephenson into not giving her the test. UPPER LEFT: Bill Gebhart tackles the hard task of trying to teach his class. LEFT: The results of Miss O'Leary's first day of teaching. EXTREME UPPER LEFT: Mrs. Davis makes up curriculum for test. Compliments of LIBERTY w FEDERAL 27

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LEARNING THE SKILLS entitled Goodbye to the Clown . Miss Kathi Wood was the advisor for the an- nual staff, and her students learned how to create and produce a school yearbook. For grammar and literature, students were expected to present speeches on various topics as well as compositions and outlines. It was also standard for students to master sentence structure, phrases and clauses, and vocabulary. One could not make it through life with- out these skills. The objective of the teachers was to make students inter- ested in learning by organizing logical relationships for one’s better under- standing. Miss Karen Stephenson was the head of the English department. She thought it possible to make class fun while still accomplishing certain ob- jectives. Each student was required to com- plete four semesters of literature and four semesters of grammar and com- position. These English classes were based on ability levels of the students. Elective courses included journalism, drama, and annual production. Ms. O’Leary conducted the journalism class which produced six issues of the school newspaper, Hi-Jenks. It was Ms. O’Leary’s first year of teaching and the first year in a while in which a class was set up for journalism. Even though she was impressed with her students' abili- ties. Ms. O’Leary hoped to have more interested students in the course. Dra- ma was taught by Ms. Seifferman. She taught three classes ranging from mime and movement to stage plays. Her stage play class performed for the English classes, and also put on a one act play for competition in December Compliments of FI ERAL 26 ENGLISH

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The history and social studies I courses this year were geared toward I practical concepts that students would I be able to use now and in the future. Mr. I Franklin Butler, head of the history de- I partment. stated. “We are trying to I steer the curriculum closer to required I courses in order for students to do bet- I ter on standardized tests.” In short, the 1 history and social science department I was concerned with the welfare and fu- I ture of the students. I European, world, and U.S. history I were all integral parts of the history I program. These subjects were taught I by Kathi Wood. Fay Carroll. James De- I kle, Hugh Golson. Franklin Butler. An- I nette Mitchell, and Josh Harris. I Mr. Butler was quoted as saying. “So- I cial studies classes are putting empha- I sis on map skills. Hopefully, this will en- I able our students to better function in I society.” HISTORY AND THE MAKING 28 SOCIAL STUDIES Compliments of