Loretto Academy - Laurel Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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The English department Is the most advanced department In the philosophy of Ioretto. One, large, open room, appropriately stationed above the library. Is used for as many as six classes at one time. The informal atmosphere allows students to sit anywhere and to use foot high tables made of old doors placed on top of coffee cans. Those taking independent reading or writing can confine themselves Inside a colorful art project with seperate cubbyholes placed in the center of the room. Two small offices and three closet-size rooms provide for the showing of films and the use of tapes, records and Instruments.

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Adding to this learning atmosphere are Interested resource personnel, otherwise known as teachers. Within the block scheduling the teachers were able to Invent a system which let girls participate in a range of Independence and also a varied list of topics. For example; Oral Interpretation, Hero In Jail, Black Literature, Film, Acting and Creative Writing. Students were also able and encouraged to Invent their own courses of study. Most of the courses are scheduled for a nine week period. During these periods student-teachers from UMKC and Avila came to assist In individual attention. 13