Sandia High School - Crest Yearbook (Albuquerque, NM)

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Richard Cole gives a report in Mrs. Anita Bowers' English III class. Members of Mrs. Betty American literature. Sandia operates on double shift Going into its second year, Sandia opened in September with a split schedule. XY ith the largest enrollment in the state. students at Sandia High at- tended school in two shifts. The upperclassmen took the dawn patrol from 'QSO to 12:25 while the sopho- mores attended from 12:-15 to ig-10 pm. Bids were let and construction was started on If wing. a new classroom wing. and Manzano High. Albuquerclues sixth public high school. Relief for the overcrowding was in sight'-fnext year. Consistent with Albuquerque Public Schools' po' licy, Sandia has continued to increase graduation re- quirements. Seniors of '60 had to complete 17 hours this year, an increase ot' one over the class ol' '59, L'nderclassmen will have to earn 20 credits. Requirements for the college preparatory course include 4 years Englishg 3 years historyg 3 years mathematicsg 2 years physical educationg 5 years scienceg 2 years foreign languageg and 3 electives. Requirements for the general course of study are V f 4 years Englishg 2 years historyg 2 years mathe- maticsg 2 years scienceg 2 years physical educationg and 8 electives. Hancocks junior English class have a round-table discussion on literature of the Colonial Period in S ts

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n second year of existence english is XVith .1 faculty of 15 full-time and six part-time teachers, the English department claims the largest enrollment in the school. With the addition ot' a required fourth year ol' English this year members ot the de- partment have all students in the school en- rolled except those who have attended sum- mer school. Headed by Miss Lydia Strand, the de- partment offers English Il, III, and IV, speech, dramatics, creative writing, and journalism. As a result, English teachers sponsor the dramatic organizations, direct the plays, attend speech, drama, and jour- nalism meetings, and sponsor the school annual and newspaper. English teachers also teach German, largest department journalism students -lim XX'ientflxowskx. and Kay Kirlcing rhetk paper proofs while Gale Cooper and Susan Conlon type a story. Latin, French, and mathematics. 'Nedra Seliady. jack Burnside and Mary Britt rehearse a skit for a dramatics class production. Terry Poe uses hand gestures in a talk during Miss Jeanette juries speech class,