Rockford High School - Rams Tale Yearbook (Rockford, MI)

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f- Y- -Y ,. .,. ..,T,.,f..- ., ,,,,..,... ..,.-. V.,-..-.....,. Mr. Donald Marvin has several speech classes. It is through this course that many students have learned how to address large groups of people. The diction and speaking habits are improved along with constant speeches which have to be given as a means of practice. Mrs. Lila Boyer has two Spanish classes. Everyone enioys learning about the customs of Spanish-speaking countries. Although most of the time is spent in learning verbs and their coniugations, everyone still finds it interesting. lt seems to give everyone a sort of self-satisfaction to have accomplished a foreign language. Mrs Lucille Brown is seen here teaching Latin to a group of students. lt is a very good language to take because many of our English words are derived from it and it helps us to understand their meanings. Along with the basic Latin, many historical facts are taught.

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Miss Jean Davidson in her communication skills class. In this class the students at an early age learn the fundamentals of the English language. It is that which we learn when we are young that we will retain and continue to use when we are older. Mrs. Mary Ann Holmes has a variety of proiects for her tenth grade English classes. Although there are new literature books they still contain the traditional readings, such as Julius Caesar and Silas Marner. lt is also in this class that tenth graders write their autobiographies. Mrs. Dortha Haight is in her communica tion skills class. Here her students learn history, geography, and English. The stu dents in this class receive a good firm foundation for their high school classes

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Mr. Robert Boyer listening to current events. This is a part of his American History class. Every Monday the students each give a current event. In this way they not only learn their history, but they know what the situation is in the world. Mr. Thomas Weeda has two classes of government. The students learn about the senators, how taxes are used, and, in general, how our government is run. It is very interesting to discover how the govern- ment systems differ from state to state. Mr. Sam Benham teaches two classes of senior government. It is very interesting to learn exactly how our governmental system is run and operated. During the course of the year each student is required to write a term paper on some phase of government. Mr. Sam Goodman is seen here in one of his world history classes. This has been a very good class to prepare students for college and future years. They learn the customs of ancient Rome and other countries of Europe.