Nicolet High School - Shield Yearbook (Glendale, WI)

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'QQ' m ' QCD 'C' P-r READING DEPARTMEN ...nun To make every student a hetter reader W is the ohjeetive of the reading departf .-is 1 -H ment. Realizing that the students' '-'1 ahility to read lluently and with eomf prehension is not confined to the English department, the Nieolet faculty has estahlished an Allfsehool Reading eomf mittee. The eommittee, consisting of one representative from each depart' ment, meets regularly to determine what reading skills can hest he learned and praetieed in eaeh department. The department representatives and Miss Severson then work with the rest of the faeulty to see how these skills ean he ineorporated into each program of study. Beyond the classroom emphasis on reading skills, individual and group help, under the guidance ol- Miss Severson, is available to every student. Also the advanced reader is offered a course in aeeelerated reading, which is useful not only in preparation for eollege hut also in the husiness world. The result of the entire program is apparent in a student as he learns to study and read more proiieiently and to make adef quate use of his leisure time. Mass Severson l 1 'mmm '-fswwxswvrwiNsv.ah,M s A A .

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LIBRARY DEPARTME M, M 2. Mrs, Culver Mr. W' Wliere can l find a hook on art history? Vxfhat would you sugf gest l read hy Faulkner? How do you use the Reade-r's Guide? ihracht Any hour of the day Mr. Wif hracht and Mrs. Culver are hesieged with questions such as these. To help them fill ref Qi I K 3 2.5, ..-- ...-. . r Y 0' - .1 . .5 .:.-:- Ml- 1- at quests, check out hooks. or type cards are student assistants, one of whom is completing her fourth year of work. With 10,000 volumes Nicolet's lihrary offers extensive resource ma' terial to students and faculty. The growth in circulation from 6,000 volumes when the lihrary opened in 1955 to more than 10,000 this year is proof that readers are taking advantage of this excellent opportunity. However, our lihrary is more than hooks. Photography, art, industrial design, architecture these entered our lihrary in the form of cxhihits arranged hy Mr. Wihralcht and inemhers of our community. Thus, our lihrary is a place to learn through ohservation as well as through reading. I0 i . .41 in... hx?

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GL1 'H DEPARTME T To teach Nicolet students how to communicate through reading, writing, listening, and speaking is the goal of the English department. Believing that individual def velopment is an outgrowth of hasic knowledge, the teachers emphasize the expression of ideas through writing, the importance of variety and purpose in reading, the fundamentals of speech preparation and presentation, and the techniques of intelligent listening. After school hours, English teachers can he found con' ferring with students, assisting in the preparation of our Shield, Knights' Page, and Nicolet News, and coaching some of our plays. W5 Miss Broctzman Mr, Hgmld Mis-as Kliesch Miss Lcrdahl Miss Magdanz Miss McCullough I .2 Y