Roosevelt High School - Sagamore Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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Computers for English Computers in the classrooms marked the newest addition to Roosevelt’s English department. Every classroom got at least one. Even though Roosevelt is the largest high school in the system, every school got the same number of computers. It was decided at a department meeting that after each teacher got one. those left over should be divided between the Sagamore and the Standard because of the heavy use they would receive in the production of the two publications. Each staff got a printer, too. The other printers were placed in convenient locations in the building. It seems unfair that we don’t get any more computers than smaller schools, said Department Chair Mary Lathrop. The other new addition to the department was the creation of a video production class, taught by Donald Hayden. The pilot was offered winter tri as an eleventh grade composition course. An evaluation will decide its eventual place within the curriculum. Teachers continued to file student writing in conjunction with district objectives and benchmark scoring. This Poge. Top Right: With her undivided attention, Renita Easterling listens on. Center Right: Learning on the new Apple Brian Resaw builds his intelligence. Lower Right: Looking unenthuslastic Jana Jacobson sits through her English class. Opposite Poge. Top Right: Working together in Video Production, Donald Hayden and Jim Pierce make a him. Lower Right: Typing up his English paper Sam Smith takes advantage of the new computers. 26 English

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Driving ambitions Learning to drive is a big step in any student’s life. State law requires 30 hours of classroom education, 15 hours in simulators, and five hours of behind-the-wheel for anyone under 18. Students learned to recognize street signs and what they mean. Laws and penalties were also taught. Teachers Larry Converse and George Bailey told classes of a new law stating anyone under 19 caught driving with any amount of alcohol in their bloodstreams (even under the legal .10) will get the license taken away for one year or until they turn 19, whichever is longer. Bailey taught the course five hours per day. Converse one. According to Bailey, 65-70% of students enrolled in the class took their permit test in school, and out of those, approximately 90% passed. The average score was 84 out of 100 possible, with 70 needed to pass. Two teachers from Roosevelt taught behind-the-wheel. Lyle Ablen and James Thornton. Teachers from other schools also taught. Top Right: Sitting at attention. Michael Brown keeps an eye on the road. Center Right: Keeping a smile on his face and his hands on the wheel, Roy Wilbert enjoys driver's ed class. Lower Right: Driver's od class notices the camera. George Bailey 28 Driver’s Ed