Northwest Classen High School - Round Table Yearbook (Oklahoma City, OK)

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Language Arts Curriculum YVONNE BALL HELEN BOURKE MIRIAM BURTON IRENE COMBS Lnelish Eni lish English English Junior Class High School Red Cross High School Red Cross Sophomore Clas Cygnets. Great Books Great Books JANET COOPER English Freshman Class Literature Club CHAROLOTTE EAKER English Journalism Announcers Club DON GARDNER English Freshman Class Lancers JUDITH GARRETT English Freshman Class Now, what ' ll my daddy dol ' ' Mrs. Mary Gardner holds Dorothy Anna while Donnv Ir. puzzles over mechanical problems. Mr Gardner teaches freshman and junior Eniihsh. Wherefore art thou, Romeo? Shakespeare ' s famous tragedy reaches new dramatic heights when reenacted by Chris Bricmont and Ronnie Truitt in Mrs. Bail ' s senior Knglish class. 24

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Creativity Encouraged in Art Department VASCA JENKINS Art National Art Hiinor Society ELIZABETH URMSTON Department Head Art National Art Honor Society Junior Class Harmony and color complementing the academic courses in the students ' lives is provided by the art department. It offers a full curriculum, with special courses such as fine arts, fashion design, ceramics, sculpture, and commercial art. Because of increased enrollment in art, a part-time instructor was added this year. NWC ' s art department is involved in practically all school projects. In addition to helping with decorations for activities, artists prepare or are responsible for approving all the posters that are displayed in the building. Representatives from the department are frequently asked to display their handiwork outside school. Miss Urmston ' s fashion design students exhibited fashions from their class at OU on September 2 1 . ' ■ ' ' ' ' cr ' f fi. Mrs. Willie Murray, former NWC teacher, was persuaded to return part-time to help take care of overcrowded art classes. Jimmie Kennard gets pointers on her weaving project. Readying the fashion.s they displayed for the State Administrators Conference at OU September 21 are designers Jan Harriss, De Miner, Suzanne Gilbert, Rosemary Burton, and Dona Hollingsworth. 23

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Is Constantly Being Revitalized PATTI GIPSON VIVIAN LANIER MADGE MILLS SIDNEY OHMART English English English Senior Class Senior Class National Honor Society. Freshman Class Great Books YTK Lancers, Literature MABEL PARK DORIS N. - Department Head English English Junior Class Great Books Coronets Convincint; students that English is invaluable as a tool for learning and living is the major concern of the English department. Teachers are constantly striving to improve com- munication skills by using new methods and teaching tech- niques. This past summer Miss Taylor served on the instructional staff of a structural linguistics workshop, which was attended by several NWC English teachers. Others participated in work- shops designed to help improve team teaching. English teachers divided into committees this year to write a new course of study for each grade level. They met with counselors before the first semester to select accelerated stu- dents for Honors classes. Special attention was also given basic classes. English teachers are active in professional organizations. Miss Truax serv-es on the state Board of Directors of the English Council and as secretary of the State Language Arts Curriculum Committee. Mr. Ohmart is an officer of the Oklahoma City English Council. 1 V = Q - mm x -x 7 L A imt GEORGIA TEETS MARTHA TRUAX i r English Junior Class English English Great Books Coronets Can Miss Taylor blow out the candles in one try? wonder Roby Davidson. Alice Hiniker and Pat Bremkamp. Miss Doris Taylors first hour senior English class surprised her with a birthday party before school September 19. 25