Pawnee High School - Indian Echoes Yearbook (Pawnee, IL)

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EogfosJi Depfc. C s Cpmh Chits 1. Mrs. Blemler with her short stories class. 2. Newspaper typists on the job. 3. Mrs. Wilson in the middle of a one act play. 4. Mrs. Rhodes, our new speech teacher. 5. Mrs. Woo-derchak taught Creative writing this year. 6. The speech class sponsored a bake sale. 7. The Horsecreek Review Staff gathered much information. 8. This month’s Review sold over a hundred copies. 9. English I gets the basics in grammar. 12 6.

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 Tape CoMvm t P.I-f.C. Grade School Library Club: I to r—Mel Hasse, Lora Hamblin, Jackie Campbell, Lisa Dickey, Becky Gall, Wendy Wiggins, Marla Gonterman. The Media Center’s collection is a continuously growing one which serves K-12. Books, paperbacks, references, vertical file materials, magazines, recorders, film strips, cassette tapes and equipment are always at the student and faculty’s demand. Library instruction K-6 emphasizes Media Center skills students appreciation of reading books. The Library Club sponsored by Phyllis Norwood was led by president Lori Miles. They sold license plates bearing the Pawnee Indian emblem to build their treasury to invest in materials for the Media Center. Library Club members devoted one period a day to work in the Media Center. High School Library Club I to r—Becky Ward, Kim Bertolino, Mrs. Clark, Mrs. Norwood, Lori Miles, Keats Smith, Bruce Bertolino, Cindi Harwood, Debbie Boston, Jerri Mellor, Kim Halbert. 11

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Pawnee High School offers a large variety of English classes. Among these are: English I, II, III, IV, Drama I, II, Business English, World Literature, Short Stories, Poetry, Novels, Creative Writing, and Introduction to Literature. Mrs. Blemler, Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. Wooderchak and Mrs. Rhoads are the leaders of the English Department. They have their hands full teaching English of some type to every student of Pawnee High School. Mrs. Kitty Wooderchak is back in High school this year. She not only taught Creative Writing and English III, but she taught Jr. High English classes also. She has been with P.H.S. 10 years, but hadn’t taught high school for 8 years. It was nice to have her back! She has her BS from W.I.U. M.A. from S.S.U. Mrs. Jacqueline Blemler, a nine year native of P.H.S., with a BS from EIU and a MA from Sangamon State University, is a sponsor of the Freshman class and the Horsecreek Review. She teaches Poetry, General English, English II, III, IV, Short Stories, Novels and Introduction to Literature. Speech, a new English class that was added this year, proved to be a success. The class contributed to the Drama assemblies, toured such places as the Radio station, IOE, and took field trips to White Oaks Mall. They had bake sales to raise the money to take these trips. Mrs. Rhoads taught this class. Mrs. Kay Wilson received her BS degree from SIU in Carbondale. She has taught English classes such as English I, World Literature, Business English and Drama II at Pawnee High School for twelve years. She is a Senior Class Sponsor. Mrs. Barbara Rhoads, a new face to the students of P.H.S., teaches Introduction to Literature, Drama I, Speech and 8th grade Language Arts. She is a sponsor of the Sophomore class and attained her BS from Murray State University. 13