Jenkins High School - Sequoyah Yearbook (Savannah, GA)

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GRAMMAR AND COMP: is a fun course for Ms. Siefferman. QUOTING: one of many famous quotes from the chalk board is Mrs. Ready. SELLING COUPONS: Mrs. Karen Stephenson sells tickets for the homecoming carnival activities. ACADEMICS 23

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English is vital to one's education. In the past, English was divided into grammar and composition and literature. In addi- tion to the basic English classes others were offered to students who wished to expand their talents in English curriculum areas. Literature and grammar and composi- tion were taught by Ms. Siefferman, Ms. Ready. Ms. Bryan, Ms. Peebles, Ms. Davis, and Ms. Stephenson. Literature revealed the creative aspects of English. It allowed students to read works of the world’s greatest authors and to create works of their own. Grammar and composition was the root of writing. It dealt with sentence structures, mechanics, essays, and re- search papers. Journalism was a course taught by Bill Gebheart who taught stu- dents to produce the school newspaper. Hi Jenks. Annual Production was a class taught by Ms. Kathi Wood. This course taught students how to produce, edit and design the yearbook, Sequoyah. With the great variety of English classes offered, this was the key ingredi- ent for all the right stuff to produce an excellent English department. —Elaine Steinbach THE WRITE STUFF English 22 ACADEMICS

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COMPETITIVE LANGUAGE Most people thought English was hard, unnecessary, or boring, but Competitive? Yes, it was true, English was competitive in one way or another. The English electives were competitive. Journalism, taught by Mr. Gebrart was one elective that gave students a chance to collect certain facts and put them into a story. These stories were gathered in the school newspaper, HI JENKS. A new elec- tive appeared at Jenkins. It was Basic Speech, taught by Miss Bryan. This taught students how to give a speech in front of crowds and compete with others for awards. The final elective was yearbook staff, taught by Miss Wood. This class challenged students to create and publish a yearbook. If good enough the yearbook was sent to competition where it recently won awards. The English electives gave students a chance to compete with each other while creating and exposing ideas of their own. So, if one looked close enough one could see that English was constructive while being competitive at the same time. —Brandt Haney English TICKETS. TICKETS TICKETS: Distributing tickets for food and games are Sr. class advisor Ms. Karen Stephenson and Sr. class secretary Tiffany Maxwell. CAUGHT RED HANDED: Ms. Karen Stephenson was hot while removing important folders from this locked cabinet. TEACHING her advanced class is Ms. Diane Bryan. 24 ACADEMICS