Miami Norland High School - Valhalla Yearbook (Miami, FL)

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Engrossed in the arduous task of compiling data, Randi In her quest to find a dificult word, Linda Breedlove is at the same time Berkowitz completes the final copy of a term paper. enriching her vocabulary through the use of an unabridged dictionary. Striving to meet the deadline, Ellen Karasik and Gail Resnick review proofs for the next issue of the Thor. i 1 Nancy Paluzzi George Ricker Juanita Shands Arline Turchen Selma Weiss :5 v V Conducting her Honors English class on a high intellectual plane, Miss Bartusek lectures on Romanticism in Eighteenth Century Literature. 50

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Hazel Kerns Shirley Knappe Billie Lewis Dorothy Massey ! Creation of eye-appealing layouts, as exemplified by Frank Balsamo and Caro- lyn Bradbury, is but one of the procedures necessary in yearbook production. ENGLISH Establishes the Approach to Accomplishment in Life Success in any field cannot be accomplished Without adequate ability to express oneself. Aware- ness of this important fact has led the English Department in the operation of an extensive four- year study of the English language. Exploiting every facet of English, the program strives to im- plant within the student facility in writing, fluency in speaking, and comprehension in reading. T0 at- tain these goals, vocabularies are sharpened, Ameri- can and English literature explored, and literary techniques developed. The Developmental Reading Course, which has been found to be extremely beneficial to its participants, has been adopted into the English curriculum. Its basic function is to in- crease the rate at Which the pupil reads While Linda Freedman and Bob Gale increase their knowledge of English developing improved comprehension. literature and culture by singing ballads 0f the Anglo-Saxon period. 49

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SCIENCE t Probes the Vast, Mysterious Reaches 0f the Universe Bright before the emerging high school graduate lies a sparkling world of opportunity. Today,s op- portunities, evolving from an era of rapid scientific discovery and achievement, find promises of 3 tomorrow far greater in scope than ever imagined. Preparing the individual for tomorrow,s world today is accomplished through an intensive pro- gram of scientific instruction. The Science Depart- ment has substituted several advanced and up-to- date courses in the place of those of traditional ap- proach. These include B.S.C.S. Biology, CHEM STUDY Chemistry, and P.S.S.C. Physics, all of which are designed to induce Within the student logical deductive reasoning powers necessary for proper execution of the scientific method. For those students of exceptional ability, an outside Labora- tory Research Program, for the purpose of further investigation in an area of the participanfs own choosing, is provided in affiliation with numerous private industries in Miami. Showing remarkable adaptabmty to his environment, this Checking the level of the solutions in the burette, Roger Blair hammerhead shark is one of the many available specimen. is determined to achieve accuracy in his titration experiment. Charles Capello Robert Cramer Anthony Di Martino John Farrell John Calvin 51