Kokomo High School - Sargasso Yearbook (Kokomo, IN)

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EXPLORATORY TEACHERS: Pam Owsley, Carol Croxford, Kathy Bell, Linda Collins, .lo Miller, STANDING: Sharon Lowery and Joyce Spradlin. tl UP? Jo Miller helps second grade students understand the meaning of Thanksgiving. Students Investigate the Mysteries of Teaching l i at Linda Collins works to complete her proiects . . . She has a feel- ing of satisfaction when her work is finished. 29 Exploratory Teaching was offered to those inter- ested iri learning about the teaching career. This one semester course helped students decide if they had the abilities to be successful teachers and gave them pre-vocational information and experience. One of Joyce Spradlin's iobs is to teach a gym class. There she gains experience in the physical education department.

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Dean Craig's Concern ls Student Welfare As Dean ot Boys ot Kokomo High, Mr. Kenneth Craig performed a busy but rewarding service. Most ot his Time and ettorts were devoted To checking at- tendance. l-le wrote excuses tor Tardy students and checked on possible Truancies To decide it The boys should be expelled. Acting as a mediator, Mr. Craig helped settle ditterences between students who had been dismissed from class and Their Teachers. Mr. Craig also performed The duties ot a counselor To boys who had personal or school problems. Whenever a boy needed advice or guidance, Mr. Craig was ready To help at any Time. Mr. Kenneth Craig, Dean of Boy's at K.H.S., serves as one of the mediators between the students and the faculty. Dean Craig often spends his mornings checking attendance. Absentees must report to Dean Craig when they return to school. Mr. Craig joins thousands of fans at one of the basketball games. 28

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Emphasis ls Placed on All Aspects of English ln The quest Tor a good education one ot The im- portant Tasks students Tried To accomplish was The mastering ot English. This year The English depart- ment strove To insure This goal. ln addition tothe reg- ular, college preparatory, and special classes were The practical classes effective This year. The depart- ment established Tour of These classes on The sopho- more level and Three on The iunior level. Two of The sophomore classes used The new programed learning. One hundred English classes offered variety To KHS and utilized The resources of Twenty-Tour in- structors. This number included tive Teachers who were new To The school as well as Mrs. Jones, who was in charge of The reading lab where sophomores spent Three weeks improving reading abilities. Classes were also conducted in The many facets of English education such as American, English, and world liter- ature, grammar, composition and speech. T s- fi ...W as r fer -fisgifg??3f,gtfgf.'gz,:.w,, K iffy' Q-' ga: 1 22714 f'fY1 vLil'L' iZp::rf,.:i T f' f , 'Q f 422 .11457 ' l .-3 fi 55: we Amidst an array of cards, books and notes, Pat Sears dis- covers that composing a term paper is quite a Task. A good, basic understanding of English is attained with the aid of many different tools. Sophomore Taffy Gregory contemplates her answer before writing it on an American literature test. 30