Jenkins High School - Sequoyah Yearbook (Savannah, GA)

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2 7. Coing over last minute tests, Mrs. Katherine Rowell is pleased. 2. Stressing the importance of being knowledgable of the basics of English is Ms. Dianetta Bryan. 3. Pointing out the main issue Mrs. Emma Cene Conyers addresses her class. 24 ACADEMICS

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rui U U • q A p [Ul w ♦ Lru 4 H.V.J. was the beach of the school year, it was where everyone went to for the day. The academics at HVJ were aligned to meet the Board of Education and college requirements. With the raising of the grading system all classes had become a little more difficult. In addition to a new grading scale, Jenkins also received a new Advanced Math and Science Pro- gram which brought students from other schools to Jenkins. The total of AMSP students were approxi- mately 115. With these changes came a small enroll- ment increase of 44 students. The number of new teachers were 11, with a total of 1157 people at HVJ. HVJ academics were designed to prepare the stu- dents for college and help them catch the wave and ride to the shore of success. y

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TO BE OR NOT TO BE ENGLISH That wasn't really the question when seen on Mrs. Conyers test. The ques- tion was who said it. English courses here received a facelift one might say. Instead of having one semester of Grammar and one semester of Compo- sition the two classes were combined. The classes were then called Comp Lit. which was short for composition Litera- ture. New books were issued to stu- dents, but the old ones were kept on hand for occasional references. English was one of the most important classes to students in all grades because it was re- quired that students took four years of English. So saying English was important was putting it lightly. The members of the English Department were Mrs. Da- vis, Mrs. Rowell, Mrs. Ready, Ms. Sief- ferman, Ms. Stephenson, Ms. Bryan, Mrs. Conyers. These teachers increased their stan- dards in order to meet the Board of Education's policy. Another obstacle other than the new English courses was the 5 point higher grading scale. Brandt Haney 6 7 4. Teaching with gestures is an impor- 7. Mrs. Rowell helps students with class tant part of Ms. Karen Stephenson's assignments. technique. 5. Mrs. Dwan Davis shares a sign of ap- proval for some lucky student. 6. Showing that Literature can bring out the animal in you, Mrs. Carolyn Siefferman defends her subject. ACADEMICS 25