Round Rock High School - Dragon Yearbook (Round Rock, TX)

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26 Language Faculty stresses reading skill This year found every teacher involved with at least one aspect of Language Arts-reading. Language Arts teachers were particularly involved since nearly all their courses included aspects of written and oral communication from reading in basic English l classes through interpreta- tion in advance senior English, speech and debate. This year the department added five new teaching posi- tions because of increased in- rollment. Radio-TV Broad- casting was the only new course added this year. The department developed a structural writing pro- gram to teach the students an easier more simplified method of writing. The pro- gram required the students to advance through a pro- gressive series of writing skills during their four years in high school according to Marcia Hilsabeck, senior English teacher. Various department members also worked with students' communication skills outside the classroom through involvement with Future Problem Solvers, Academic Decathlon, and speech and debate activities. A number of communica- tion skills were put to the test in UIL competition spon- sored by department members. Students com- peted in ready writing, spell- ing, prose and poetry inter- pretation, debate, extem- poraneous and impromptu speaking events, and one-act play competition. I 417 .44 Mrs. Nita Hornbeck, English ll teacher, assists sophomore Shannon Dowell with his English assignment. Arts A 125 Jim Parcell, freshman English teacher, explains an assignment to Den. Ornelas, freshman. Parcell was one of several new teachers hired to teach thi 612 member freshman class. Freshmen Sean Dunham, Steve Sadler, Scott Smith and Stacey Edward: senior, make the most of their time in Mrs. Marcia Hilsabeck's Speech I class 'I' ..f... I 11-2 D an--K. I . Mrs. Lou Bryan, senior English teacher, talks with the parents of some of students during the PTA-sponsored Back to School Night. Mrs. Bryan works with the Academic Decathlon team.

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'UTURE PROBLEM SOLVERS: tBottom Row! Stacey Sanders sponsorl, Rebecca Green, Thanh Van, Pat Huggett, Jennifer Wilson, Wendy Vebster, Joan Hall fsponsorjg tSecond Rowj John Schwetman, Richard lhlers, Diane Greene, Amy Waldecker, Lee Liedecke, Bryan Fritschg QTop howl Dominic DiGesualdo, Rajiv Vrudhula, Heather McDevitt, John Huff- ian, Stefan Knight. 'Kr-y.,iW---mqsN',,,, is.. FPS team works to get third in state One of the least known organizations at Round Rock High School is Future Problem Solving. There were l2 students in the program but most peo- ple did not know what Problem Solving was nor the time these competitors dedicated to it. At the beginning of the year, the peo- ple in charge of Texas Future Problem Solving published a list of five topics that were dealt with during the year. Three of the problems were practice problems, where the teams were simply crltiqued and selected for state competi tion One of the topics was for the State Bowl and the last topic was saved for the International Bowl The State Bowl was held in Austin May 3 5 After Judging the top 18 solu tions were submitted for state competi tion Round Rock High School won third ln state this year It was pretty tough You are given three problems and two hours Our problem was the greenhouse effect It was very stressful said Stacey Sanders, FPS co sponsor There IS a class being proposed f next year for Future Problem Solving Hopefully it will make, said Sanders Sophomores Lee Lledecke Amy Waldecker Wen dy Webster and Thanh Van senior work on a solution for competition. sw ,,,.,,, ,W ,.., ,ua ,,.,,,,, QW' kt. Mfr 6 t M. A' y fll fi Fa? ' ,,,,.f,,J-rf K V t I 5 I , ,, 5 -Mc V ' H A , , M l A s ,gff r V ,W V .ff Iuniors Dominic DiGesualdo, Heather McDevitt blem Solving. The FPS team met once a week to organization. The local group was divided into md Rajiv Vrudhula work on a problem in discuss potential solutions to problems sent to teams to work on their solutions and one team :reparation for state competition in Future Pro- them by the state Future Problem Solvers took third in state contest. Future Problem Solvers 27