Pensacola High School - Annona Yearbook (Pensacola, FL)

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J' ' v jy jy tv » v Academic Studies Provide Valuable Knowledgi JCs In order for the many qualities of student life to be strengthened and broadened, the aca- demic program of Pensacola High School has been developed into one of wide and varied scope. This program has further been enlarged in order to completely cover the subject matter required in the college preparatory and vocational training courses. In any and all high schools, academic instruc- tion is, of course, the primary concern. To insure that knowledge will be effectively gained, the instruction must be kept interesting, challenging, and on the intellectual level of all students. This task falls heavily on the shoulders of the teachers, whose responsibility it is to help students gain an understanding of fundamental knowledge, as well as beneficial attitudes and wholesome ideas. Besides these things, they must also show the students how to put this knowledge to construc- tive use. The students shown conversing here give an excellent example of how the valuable knowledge acquired during the high school years can be flexibly applied to our daily life through simple conversation. This section, therefore, is dedicated to the ad- ministration of Pensacola High School, and to the qualified instructors who make up the faculty. It also contains a description of the academic de- partments and courses offered in each. 'I?' '=V2 c

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College Preparation Stresses Mastery of English The College Placement workbook that senior com- position student, Jerry Blount, is receiving, is in- strumental in the bettering of grammatical skills. When necessity moves us to speak, write, read, or think, we have at our fingertips an in- valuable tool—the English language. So that we may better use this tool, the English Department at Pensacola High School works unceasingly to impart to us, the students, a more complete knowledge of our language. In our English curriculum we are offered a wide range of subjects. For the first two years of high school, we are given courses which stress the fundamentals ideas of grammar and literature. In the next two years, we are given an opportunity to specialize in our studies, ac- cording to our particular interests. We can not have imprinted enough upon our minds, the importance of a well-rounded background in the English language. • We, the students, as well as the teachers, strive to accomplish this purpose. As freshmen, we begin building the founda- tion upon which the more complex forms of grammar and literature will be based. In English I we study and try to perfect the basic rules of composition. We have our first sample 'of the great Shakespeare. In English II we strengthen the foundation formed in English I and add to it new-found skills in composition. We again study the works of William Shakespeare; however, this time we delve more deeply into the literature and mind of this unforgettable man. MARY CALCOTT MYRA CARTER MADELYN COBB BETSY GALBRAITH JEANETTE HARPER JANE HUNT Mrs. Littlefield familiarizes freshmen Skip Coburger and Pat Stuart with the fundamentals of diagramming. Such practice facilitates more complex structure.