Richardson High School - Eagle Yearbook (Richardson, TX)

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0-0-Q Ms. Sarah Scott. Ms. Suzy Mrs. Martha journalism Snodgrass Surratt .JW , 3 Q-as in Mrs. Cinda Mr. David Mrs. Paula Thoma Wheeler Wllllams X. 1 fer P gd! ji . S 5 Seniors Pam Drake, John Kennedy and Dan Anderson act out a scene from Hamlet during Sophomores Tim Reichert and Tim McDougall work on their their presentation in Mrs. Lucy Ann Gant's 5th period AP English class. copy for the Eagle yearbook. Gerald MacCasland, school board member discusses the nel SS fMal0 lH0dQ In an effort to learn English, junior Chi-Hwa Chien studies new words as junior Laurie Taylor listens to Mrs Mar ot McEachern in the Power Fleadin class. new system of weighted grades with Talon editor John - Q 9 Hanna. English l 23

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Writing, reading help E N G L I S H I students improve imagine having a class where the students all speak a different first language. That's what Mrs. Margot McEaohern's English class is all about. The 27 member class speaks mostly Chinese, Spanish, Farsi and Viet- namese but the main objective ot the class is to learn to communicate in English. While RHS foreign students are lear- ning to speak English, others are learn- ing how to improve their writing. Sophomores write 5-paragraph themes, juniors study sentence struc- ture variation and write research papers and seniors write expository essays. I don't like writing but I think it is necessary to sharpen our communica- tion skills, commented senior Lisa Korfhage. Only 125 students were enrolled in English elective courses such as com- position, Shakespeare, World Literature and modern fiction. Students taking these electives took them as added enrichment courses. I took creative writing because l'm interested in writing as a career, ex- plained junior Sheri Winters. I think that my Shakespeare class will help me in college, noted senior Kerry Raymond. Although few took the English elec- tives, over 600 enrolled in the six reading courses offered. The new techniques I have learned Cin readingj have helped me in everything from science to pleasure reading, explain- 22 English I communication skills ed junior Caroline Overton. l'd recom- mend the classes to anyone, but especially sophomores. Yet another course in the area of communications includes journalism. Journalism I students learn all about newspaper production so they can produce the school paper in Jour- nalism ll. We want to be a source of informa- tion for the student body, stated editor John Hanna. Likewise, the yearbook staff and photographers compile the only per- manent record ofthe school. - Anne ff U3 'U Hodges 5 Senior Nancy Mann narrates a puppet show presentation of Macbeth in AP English. Ms. Joyce Mrs. Frances Ms. Anna Mrs. Barbara Mrs. Joyce Coker Crook Dillard Estep Gaddls Mrs. Lucy Ann Ms. Carol Mrs. Ruth Mrs. Kathy Kroenlng, Mrs. Margot McEachern, Gent Gwaltney Johnson speech reading ' tfll'i 1, i' ' M... 2 I Mrs. Janet Ms. Candy Ms. Kay Ms. Jamie Ms. Beth Parmley, McFarland Medley Meyer Packer reading

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Foreign studies Culture, geography and history are all part of learning a foreign language at BHS. I love learning 'other languages because you learn about a different culture, stated Spanish ll student Lisa Giliottl, a senior. We learned about the history of Puerto Rico and its culture through slides, explained sophomore Chris Price about Ms. Sharon Hiner's Spanish ll class. When we learn Latin, we also learn Ftoman history, Roman culture, and learn to appreciate it, commented senior Janice Brown. ln the French classes to help learn about the people, Aude Briard of France talked to the students in September. She would answer questions and talk about being a teenager in France, explained junior Cari Nelson. To enrich their German studies, Miss Debbie Medlin's classes attended Novemberfest in Ft. Worth. Students from over 30 high schools participated in contests including culture, cooking, music and sports. lt was a blast! remarked junior Eric Floberson. Our soccer team called itself the Berlin Wall Climbing Team and everyone painted their hair blue, he concluded. - Laurie Margulies!Masae Koezuka Languages I include culture WW ,mf Listening to tapes in Mrs. Virginia Horner's French class, sophomore Renee Dobrott concentrates on the book while junior Tracee Roach is distracted. Hoping to receive college credit, junior Lisa Leslie, Pearce senior Bill Weiss, and senior Janice Brown translate Vergil's Aeneid in Advanced Placement Latin. l