Reedsburg High School - Gleaner Yearbook (Reedsburg, WI)

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Major Phases of English Were Taught on MRS. VIRGINIA ARNOLD BARRY CAROL LARSEN BARE BS., Eau Claire U. BS., Saint Olaf MA, U. of Wisconsin Grammar College Composition Composition, Speech and Dramatics. Litera- ture, Journalism MRS. DIDO NASH MRS. SHIRLEY ROBERT SESSIONS B.S. Platteville U. PREUSS B.A. U. of North Dakota Literature B.S. LaCrosse U. Speech and Dramatics General English Mrs Bare, composition teacher, explains the essay. The Method of Scientific Investigation. by Thomas Huxley to a college preparatory class. 10

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Worked Actively with Students Mr William G. Moran B.S., LaCrosse University and Mrs. Barbra Bymers B.S., Platteville University Mr Steven Koch B.S., University of Wisconsin Guidance and Attendance The guidance and attendance departments work closely with each individual student in regulating his academic life. This year, the guidance department has taken on a more active role through the efforts of Mr. William Moran, the new director, whose philosophy is that counseling forms the backbone ofthe entire guidance program and that a student is incapable of succeeding in high school academically when his mind is grap- pling with personal problems. Frequent advice offered to students is, When you have a problem. don't make a mountain out of a molehill: let a counselor help you get leveled off . Also aiding the student, but with another meth' od, is the attendance department headed by Mr. Ste- ven Koch. He believes that education is valuable to all students, even though they may fail to realize it novv, and that in order to get the most out of his education, the student must attend school regularly. Thusnattend- ance cards and detention times are not meaningless. but rather tend to enlarge a students individual res- ponsibility.

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a Quartely Basis English In 1964 the four-phase English program was instituted at Webb and, this year it was extended so that the only class to utilize the program as it was originally planned was the sophomores. Mr. Barry said, This type of teaching has given both the teacher and the student more time to specialize and gather infor- mation for each course. A year of English for the freshmen included a quarter each of composition and literature and a semester of language study. ln literature they learned to film and direct their own movies. The sophomores on the original block plan had a quarter each of speech, literature, grammar. and composition. Juniors studied grammar and speech for nine week periods and combined literature and composition for a semes' ter. Senior seminar was open to all seniors who maintained an A average during the nine week litera- ture coursef lt gave them an opportunity to work on some project of their choice and taught them the value of organizing their time. Part of the English department which offers a non-academic service at Webb is the journalism class. responsible for publishing the weekly newspaper, the Webb. Jean Weiss and Rodney Fioecker. students of Mrs. Nash, share the spotlight in a movie acted and filmed by the freshman English class. ,,.f ' Sue Brueggeman and Paula Greeno seek Miss Larsen's advice concerning the next weeks issue of The Webb, the school newspaper. lVlr. Barry, grammar teacher. intently checks the grammar, punctua tion, and capitalization used in scholastic articles. - -s t It ai sex