Pinellas Park High School - Occurrences Yearbook (Largo, FL)

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O' CHRISTMAS TREE, on interesting woy to promote the selling of popers, Jonice Jennings dressed-up os 0 Christmos tree for the selling of the December issue of the POWDER HORN PRESS. Unity through Ionguoge Whether the Ionguoge wos French, Sponish, Lotin or English, the bosic ideos of communicotion were present in eoch. Nouns, verbs, odjectives, ond other ports of speech tied the foreign Ionguoge ond Ionguoge orts closses together. The Ionguoge moy not hove been the some, but none-the-less, students in the vqriety of foreign Ionguoge ond Ionguoge orts closses were forced to leorn the techni- ques of sentence structure ond diogromm- ing, noun usoge, ond verb conjugotion os well os the other bosics of English grommqr ond literoture. Students hod to follow o pottern of re- quired longuoge orts closses from the first doy of their freshmon yeor, A semester eoch of communicotions techniques ond literoture explorotions wos preceded by Ionguoge ond Composition l their sophomore yeor. Students in their junior ond senior yeors were required only one credit in Americon literoture. Some students felt it wos necessory to tolse Ionguoge orts electives, ond hod ci voriety of literoture courses to choose from such os Humonities, creotive writing, Jour- nolism I-IV, ond Moss Medio I-IV, Students interested in the mony foreign Ionguoge closses tools Spqnish I-VI, French l-lV, ond Lotin I-IV. The hondful of students thot come from foreign countries such qs Vietnom, Peru, Toiwon, ond Nicoroguo could not speols suf- ficient English, tools English os o second longuoge. Regordless of students' foreign tongues, or English grommor, eoch hod the oppor- tunity to either enrich their present knowledge, or leorn new. 1711! K ond L WINGS .wg

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TAKING A BREAK FROM ROUTINE, physical education classes observed a Karate demonstration by Walter Bones of the Florida Karate School. One can do anything if he wishes to. This phrase describes the beliefs of at least ten percent of the schools enrollment. Though these students were handicapped, nothi'ng ever stopped them, Crowded halls did not stop wheelchairs and attending regular classes was possible because of special machines enlarging writing or typewriters with braille keys. Although the school was built to accommodate physical impaired students, the task of drinking from a water fountain or sitting at the table dif- ficult to be accomplished. Their pride wasn 't dampened, Mike Pino displayed his by working hard at being the trainer of the Varsity Football team. Bill Fielding is a member of the Sunspokes wheelchair track team. Being handicapped did not take away the ambition ofthe handicapped, it added to their determination. I CANT BE STOPPED is on attitude felt by Mike Pino as he was seen on the football field at every game. Mike worked as a trainer and did not allow his han- dicap to stop him. 41. , -- HER TYPE OF CLASSWORK for Joe Norris, MADE JUST FOR HER was the special feeling Rocheal wan, was participating in a game of soccer. lt Allen, Sophomore, felt when she finished her sewing acquired that two credits be earned in Physical project. :tion for graduation. J WING and GYMNASIUM X 173

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DIAGRAMMING, sometimes a tedious task that re- quires skill and patience, is one way that Bill Zima learns the parts of speech, ,W M., Z, Who the Dickens is Charles??? Charles Dickens was the famed author that was recognized on the English Department sponsored Author Day in early April, Activities for the week centered around Dickens and his works. A fact sheet was distributed to all of the student body giving them information about Dickens and his works. Posters advertising Author Day were placed throughout the mall, attrac- ting student interest and participation. A contest of matching Dickens' characters with his books was held for the entire stu- dent body. The winner received a set of Dickens' classics. Students, however, were not the only ones that had Dickens' Disease, teachers also held noticeable interest, and could be found dressed-up as some of the many memorable characters that Dickens created in his books. English department teachers also sold buttons to students to help purchase the film Oliver. Students purchasing the buttons were able to see the film over a two day period in their English classes. Dickens was chosen by the English teachers because of his universal appeal to all ages. HM WHAT SMELLS SO GOOD??? A break from their studies, David Wuthrich, Deon Booker, Maury Hill, and Dodee Washam in a Spanish I class learn from a cultural experience, the different types of food that other coun- tries have to offer. DICKENS' DISEASE, caused by Author Day, hit the student body with full force. Students like Paul Lepley could be found gazing at the case filled with Dickens' works. K and L WINGS I 175