Salida High School - Resume Yearbook (Salida, CO)

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Language Arts students return to Taos Last year proved to be bene- ficial so we made a return trip,” English teacher Mrs. Carol Slaughter said before the His- pano Literature class left for Taos, N. M. this spring. Students who went were Larry Ausbun, Jerry Gardunio, Mark Mehos, Mike Castellucci, Mary Rodden, Tom Aragon, and Mike Crunk. Mrs. Slaughter teaches Eng- lish II, vocabulary, expository writing, Shakespearean litera- ture, and creative writing. Another English teacher is Edward Lambert who teaches required English classes, nol, drama, English literature, short story, Bible, Black and Roman- tic Victorian literatures. English 9 courses were taught by Steve Phillips, and Karen Morrison while Mrs. Dor- othy Sanchez taught basic Eng- lish and English 10 and 11. Poetry was one area studied in the Romantic-Victorian literature class. Kathy Luchetta. Tonya Elmer, Magon Lambert and Mary Rodden. top, listen to Steve Howerton recite a poem. French I student Joey Kapushion, above, pauses to help out another student Students are often given class time to complete homework A Victorian surprise party was an unexpected pari ot the Victorian literature dass James Hayden, right, looks through a Victorian music book during the party at teacher Edward Lambert's house 6 Calculators — Communications

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Academics From slates to calculators In academics one hundred years ago, students were doing most of their figuring and writing with chalk on slates. Today students don’t have to write on slates, and with the use of calculators, stu- dents (and teachers) don’t even have to do their own fig- uring. The number of teachers and students have increased greatly since then, as well as the size and number of build- ings in which classes are taught. In 1879, Miss Jennie Smith was elected as teacher at $40 a month for three months of school in Salida. A room was rented for about 25 pupils. A stove was purchased and a load of wood was secured. Rented rooms used for school purposes for the first three years were in buildings that were in the area of Third and G Streets — what is now the Department of Motor Vehicles, the Masonic Temple, and Western Auto. In 1979, Salida school sys- tems consisted of three sepa- rate schools — Longfellow Elementary, Kesner Jr. High, and Salida High School. Within the three schools, approximately 87 teachers were employed, and an esti- mated 1,451 students attended. It was the first year that Melien Hall was used. In the vocational curriculum students are allowed to work at their own pace. John Michael Wagner, top, lights a torch during his third and fourth hour welding class. Law enforcement class member John San- chez, left, listens to a lecture, while Police Chief Leonard Post studies two sketches of the same criminal. Calculators, above, are used by business stu- dents as well as many students in advanced math and science classes. 5

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Much work is necessary for French I class Scott Martinez, left, completes his daily French lesson Foreign language teacher, James Wilkins, below, checks stu- dent work An Old-English tea party was held in Mrs Carol Slaughter's Shakespearean Literature class second quarter Callie Grett. Deanna Cantril, and Lisa Rowland, above, enjoy the refreshments of cookies and tea provided by classmates Calculators — Communications 7