Mona Shores High School - Compass Points Yearbook (Norton Shores, MI)

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Term papers require research, research, and more research. This student is realiiing that he will he spending many long hours at the library. Mr. Gary Reed, Reading Improvement instructor, explains the use of SRA reading material to Shelly Edick. He also teaches English II and Creative Writing. , 8,9 f' g,,...s......W I4 Speech and drama are taught by Mr. Travis Gunter. He is active in extra-curricular drama activities and directed 'gThe Mouse That Roaredf' This year the Class of '71 chose Mr. Gunter their advisor. is V Wwsssss ,M ssh W X rw' v Lecturing on the structure of the novel is Mr. John Morgan. All five of his classes are sophomore. Besides learning English, students get a dash of Morgan's philosophy on life-including his immortal Santa Claus is a sham. NX XL X Www Swv-nmwse ,s X... .

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all Other Subjects the newspaper until February when he left and Mr. St. Louis took over. Phasing has been extended this year to a tri-grouping system. Seniors are phased into I, II, and Honors sys- tem. Underclassmen are phased I, II, and III. This year the debate squad traveled and performed extensively. Dramatics featured plays with student partici- pation, highlighted by the three one-acts which were di- rected by the students also. English offers many electives for the interested stu- dent. Broadcast Speech, Great Books, and Journalism are a few examples. A as ,NX K Mrs. Roberta Leibee lectures to one of her English III classes She also teaches Business English. Mr. Bill Keur is in his second year of teaching Junior English. Besides having four English classes, Mr. Keur prepares students for college writing through Advanced Composition. Another teacher in her second year at Shores is Miss Evelyn Weckerly. Miss Weckerly teaches English II.

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at is Mrs. Iva Hodges explains the merits of the Scholastic Read- ing Unit to Mrs. Janet Evert- son, Mr. Dale Driscoll, Mr. John Springer, Miss Jeanne Cooper, Miss Lorraine Poel, and Mrs. Naia Nelson. New Teachers Add New Ideas Receiving seven new teachers this year fthe highest number for any departmentj was the MS English Department. Four of the new teachers were in charge of the Freshmen English classes. They were Mrs. Iva Hodges, Mr. John Springer, Miss Lorraine Poel, and Miss Jeanne Cooper. In addition, Mrs. Janet Evertson taught English III, Miss Cooper taught U.S. History, and Mrs. Naia Nelson gave instruc- tion in Speech and English IV. Former MS student teachers returning to teach full time this year were Mr. William Gillhespy and Mr. Dale Driscoll. Mr. Driscoll taught English II. Mr. William Cillhespy, MS Debate coach, ponders the 1968 debate topic, the control of criminal investigation procedures. I5 Gillhespy took over the Debate and Speech classes, while Mr.