La Porte High School - El Pe Yearbook (La Porte, IN)

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START!NO RIGHT. CLOCKWISE In Mi » Eviction'» tla»». Wallace B Stonier» relite» hi» rapenetvet of being black in our white society. while Grsdy Ellingcr buulr tike» note» Mr Skip Colbnt lectures to a Sport» Literature ilui at Lon Ohling and Ron Rosenbaum listen intentIv Bonnie Bailey pound» the gave! to call the meeting to order in Mr» Reffett’» Bonne» Communication» tiu The many late» id an English Un Get» Noguein. an AES trudent from Bran I. ALan Palmer. Mike Berlich. and Dan Fan find English a worthwhile course of trudv 26

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STARTING LEFT. CLOCKWISE Board member» relax before tuning another evening of buttocM Before ibe beginning of the meeting. Dr Philbrook goet over tome information with Superintendent J Robert Miller The rob of buuneai manager reflect» on the potted and probing fare of V« Haenev Many trudent». repceteniing the Government dauci of LPtlS, attended all year Mr Kenneth School, thu rear'» pecudem. inveKtgatet tome information during a meeting

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Unique Course Selections Offered in Phase Electives Starting in fall of 197). the English Department of LaForte High School adopted the Phase Elective program Approximately 6) unique classes were available in Speech and English For the freshmen and sophomores the traditional single-semesters of Composition. Literature, and Speech were followed with sophomores choosing two speech courses Juniors chose four courses in Comp, and Lit. to meet their requirements, while seniors were not required to participate in the program to graduate The program was divided into two divisions. The lower division, which was meant to develop fundamental skills, was for students in ninth and tenth grades The upper division, for juniors and seniors, permitted the selection of a wide variety of courses. Contrary to the former one-semester class structure, each class was nine weeks long and was rated in difficulty from phase 1 to phase 5. Although the program brought about an extra burden upon teachers in scheduling and in setting up classes, the students appreciated the efforts of Shannon Rcffctt, his staff, and the administration for their diligent work The overhauling of the English Department has opened a door to students who can now combine English fundamentals and their own individual interests. 77