Roosevelt High School - Sagamore Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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Common LearnIngs In the Classroom Common Learmngs IS tarrly new ID all schools but It seems to be dorng very well tor ItS6lT Common l.earnIngs IS a program whrch uses two perIods a day and whIch combInes EnglIsh and a unIt called com mon learnlngs Dunng these two hours puprls study therr personal and socIal problems The course s planned cooperatrvely by teachers and students Students arrange commrttees to Investlgate a prob QW 1W0Rlnlqg lem and to dIscuss It betore the class and wrth the class They also conduct IntervIews wIth persons con nected wIth the problems They make surveys or ganrze communIty projects and plan held trrps Through all these devlces students develop slcrlls ID readIng spellmg reasomng and commumcatmg therr Ideas ettectwely They lrlrewrse learn the slcIll ot lIvIng and worlcung together whrch helps to make better cItIzens ot them ffl s opl 05 Pc m Mss Mc a ay Skau ud St alfa and ss r' h a llllzl E I - U I , . , , 0 I . . S U E ? hiv If IP X Wi Q A , . . sri Q, M' ' A T Tglnlhrnrlf T ,, A m ,T M' ' T 'P 'Q V Mr , rv ' Mr, ffrlsus Ms- , rn fr, and A G' th it lst-gn to fhv Enghsh rv D a L'Us. ' Y. . Mt H nes, Mr, r ,Mr. Cc-urtncy, Mrs. r , MI Lv 2 relax between thQIrCCrr1- f-1anLe.rnln9,s cassfs.

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UVTT S G 5 SS 5 SC GVT1 C OO YISCA' Fl 6 SCUSS GUS 5 GFI to mal co o d nat ng councl rn ct ng FacuHy C20 ordrnahng Clouncd The Faculty Co ordlnatrng Councrl headed by RAE WILBUR rs an Integral part ot the etlectrve tunctronrng o all taculty e ents ln Its worlc the council has trred to organize school events so that there are no contlrcts and so that all events are com pleted as planned At their meetrngs members also present problems or grrevances whrch they teel are pertrnent It the grrevances are justatrable they are presented to Prrncrpal Wrllram P von Levern who attempts to trnd a satrstactory solutron PTSA The PT S A rs an organization composed ot par ents students and teachers The PTSA has spon sored many drtterent actrvrtres durnng thus year l the sprang a talent show was grven wrth students partrcrpatrng Prevrews ot the show were shown to the students during an auditorium period Quite a tew open houses have been held also so that the parents might discuss their child s progress with hrs teachers The PTSA creates a better teelrng be tween the parent students and teachers Ing Ms E a plan PT d g c a s a N a M Eggan otler ther suggesto Mr, Swadncr, Mrss Wilbur, Mr. We , Mr. Str lc , Mr F r th, Mr.J bc lc, Mass R lc' w, a d Mr. Luk dr pl t ln- r - r l r l C i , . . F , V Q . I , . . . , . - n . . Q ' . r V S, , . Sitt' : r. .Jensen nd Mr. Burmcrstcr , ,S.A. mcetng. Stan in : Mrs. R. Bfrg n, Mr. M.S mpson, rr. Wm. von Lcvcrn nd r, r i ns. ITIJ

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ssMGatl'sc o ggi' Go an s lourtn hot class the rn ddle ot a lengthy d scuss o Class Room Work and Frelcl Traps A true Common Learnrngs class rs drrected en trrely by the students although they are required to learn the fundamentals so necessary In any subject In class the students are drvrded Into commrttees whrch choose the partrcular problem they would lrlce to worlc on The students then gather all therr neces sary rntormatlon Doing thus they learn how to worlc rn the lrbrary ln class they present therr problem to the rest ot the students rn panel drscussrons or by rndrvldual reports The students are also given an opportunity to vrsrt the drtterent tactorres plants and rndustrral centers around the crty The students may choose the places they wrsh to see The students have expressed the teelnng that they luke these treld trrps qurte well and consrder them very helptul In garnlng an all around educatron Mr c r lass lvnvvs tor one lthvrr frequent held trips. , 1 ff ? , we U L .. x if . N we A A ' 1.1 ---T' T T ,kk f 1 , ,gm W- 5 X ! -. ,s . Z' gn g .SW , rw X . I g g v .xg u .Af n Mr. W l l :r rn l l l n. O C I I I If llll