Plaza Middle School - Odyssey Yearbook (Virginia Beach, VA)

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fl 1 ,Z FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDENT ASSISFANTS: Marilou Harris. Bonnie Campbell, and Mary Hall look on as Mrs. Patterson operates teachers control unit in the foreign lan- guage lab. Speak Your Piece! The foreign language department of Plaza Junior High strives to promote better understanding between countries as a result of learning a foreign language. The language lab aids in this aspect and is used by each student at least once a week for thirty to forty minutes. There are two levels of each language taught at Plaza. On the first level oral and listening comprehension are stressed. During the second year. students are introduced to more reading. '- --4 'ir0--i, ' if 'T ' r Humanities students, D. Mackie, R. McGowan, .l. Cox, D. Seeber, T. Taylor, and L. Goldman symbolically display the many facets of life that the humanities program explores, 18 Hans-Dieter Glaubke German French Team Leader Mrs. Daniela Borneisen Mrs. Billie Patterson Mrs. Elisabeth M iles Spanish Spanish Mrs. Constance Hay Humanities Special Education Mrs. Cynthia Chapman HUMANITIES: A DESCRIPTION With the Beatles and some Butterflies, Graffiti and a Band Psychedelically we paint the World And do our thing with Man. Soul's our Bagg with Time and Space we're Free To surf the wave's high crest Here and Now expand our Mind's degree To find La Mancha's quest. We paint a little, sing a little, But talk most ofthe time Listen to the sounds of earth and silence And sometimes make a rhyme. We search for answers, ask some questions, TODAY is where it's at. Great men, great works oftime gone by Guide us to do all that.

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Mrs. June Nelson Carroll Byrum Team Leader Mrs. Judith Clark Miss Elizabeth Flippin Miss Dorothy Gregory Miss Delna Lineberry ' 5 so Q MATH STUDENT ASSISTANTS: L Zingraff, G Thompson R Pollock, S. Gower. Absent, J. Crook. Students watch R Pollock work with adding machine. umbers Are Our Busmess The Math Team of Plaza encourages students to think logically in both math and the outside world. The team teaches eight different levels of math from General Math I and ll through Algebra and Unified Geometry. Other then the regular class, each student attends a math lab once a week which offers the student a change of pace with math games, worksheets, and computers. 'tr Mrs. Judith Root Norvell Scott. Jr. Mrs. Judy Shaffer Mrs. Laurice Slaughter 17

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ihffjfslmpqs :ski ,'Q '5 . gi. tl 4 v',' I LIBRARY STUDENT ASSISTANTSI Row I, on floor: P. Todd, M. Tatman, D. Bennett, T. McGill, D. Cardinal, C. Jones. D Stafford, R. Rainey. Row ll, sitting: D. Israel, C. Twiddy, D. Reichert, M. Arunachalam, K. Kuhn, l. Phlegar, S. Phillips, N Blaylock, D. Clark, J. Currie, C. Stottlemyer, D. DeLong, L. Tolmich, S. Grampp. Row III, standing: Miss Ganzel. R. Hall, G Avant, P. Reiher, D. Mackie, K. Prien, M. Bizzell, D. Harbaugh, J. Semore, J. Waldrop, N. Symalla, D. Nichols, B. Posey, J Wood, L. Strawther, S. Shaw, J. Smith, C. Grimstead, D. Wood, Miss Bailey. Row IV: C. Harris, H. Stutton, J. Sprague. Absent: S Jones. s, ' I Im The goal of the Plaza Library is to assist the student in gaining an appre- - ciation of his artistic heritage as well - as his literary heritage. Paintings and V art objects surround the student and - combine with the soft colors and com- fortable furniture to make a trip to the library a total experience. The shelf volume has greatly increased during the past year, offering the student a Miss Mary Ann Ganzel Miss Sharon Bailey Mrs. Loretta Bishop wide variety of reference, resource. Team Leader Secretary and pleasure reading. k. The Reading Team works with students who are seriously hampered B Y C in their academic progress by reading e ' difficulties. They have a large assortment of specialized equipment and appropriate materials and each student is taught individually. according to his needs. Reading Student Assistants, Trudy Zadai and Danita Wood stand by ready to help student using the Hoffman Reader. v., l Y s. Mrs. Jane Wilkinson Mrs. Patricia Bounds