Richfield High School - Aurean Yearbook (Richfield, MN)

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EXPRESSING 1. Andrei Taylor practices a speech for her class. Z. These students employ their skills in their English class, during Bits of the Bard. 3. Todd Petersen play Romeo to a most seductive Juliet. 4. This karate expert helps out during a demonstration speech. 5. One of the English classes takes time out of their difficult sche-dual to celebrate Christmas. 6. Students employ their writing skills. 7. Jeanne Ekegren works diligently on her fable for Animal Farm. 8. Diane Carlson studies for her English exam. 9. Cindy Hasbrouck takes a break from writing her H E. 11 paper. Expressing: Language Arts 21

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Language Arts Some of high schools most important skills are language art skills. Language arts at RHS was both an elective and a sequential program to accomodate the many leaning and teaching styles. The high school English teachers wanted to assure a good background in language arts, so they were developing 2 new programs for the 1977-79, school year. The first is a new English program for the sophomores. The second is a diagnostic program to find students with reading disabilities. In the English program itself, many things were offered such as community resources, Guthrie performances, speakers such as Mrs. Hayes, who spoke to the sophomore classes about being blind and deaf. This was a part of the sophomores study of The Miracle Worker. Barbara Flannagan spoke to the journalism students. Athena Productions' Mary Kruase and Sue Snider entertained RHS students with Bits of the Bard. The Language Arts Department also had access to excellant films and filmstrips. RHS also offered a 3 year Honors English program. Those students involved were recommended by their junior high English teachers and remained in the group of 50 students throughout their 3 year English requirement. In tenth grade, they reviewed the basics in grammar and vocabulary. In H.E. 11, Miss Larson stressed writing skills in students papers on Our Town, Huckleberry Finn, Scarlett Letter, and Intruder in the Dust. The study of literature was the main emphasis in H.E. 12. Students can put their language arts skills to practical use through extra curricular activities such as Spotlite, Aurean, debate, speech, and drama. 20 Exprcssing: Language Arts iiutiimiiiumiiin m

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Homebase In its second year of existence, RHS's homebase proved itself to be successful once again. It's been one of the best systems with which to communicate recent news to the student body at RHS. More has been accomplished in this ten-minute class than any other system tested before. The students were informed about upcoming dances, sport's scores, extra- curricular activities, and the lunch menu. This year attendance was taken more carefully to keep track of the large number of students in the school. One distinct and obvious advantage of having homebase every day of the students' three years at RHS was that it improves relations between teachers and individuals, and it's comforting to see familiar faces, too. Many students felt it was a learning experience in which to get to know other people. Others thought it was a good way to get involved in what's happened behind the scenes at RHS. The homebase system seems to have satisfied the needs of both the school and the students. And it has provided a short break in which students can become informed and acquainted with events taking place in their school. 1. Mr. Sheehan reads the daily bulletin to his homebase. 2. A typical homebase engages in conversation. 3. A junior homebase shares their room with science lab equipment. A. Mr. Olive, Debbie Smith, and Carla Halbur wait to take their turns at the microphone as students anxiously anticipate what's for lunch. 5. Mrs. Orr works with a student on an individual basis. 6. Mr. Raub corrects a student's assignment. 7. Mrs. Gustafson encourages students' efforts. 8. A student works through a problem with the aid of Mrs. Snow. 22 Varying: Homebase