Shaler High School - Shaleresque Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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The SFS learn the parts of a sentenrc by fliagraniing as Paul, Ronald. Nancy, and Kathy do model exvrciscs. Herb Dodd leads the Committee discussion on outlines as the juniors prepare to work un term papers, N x ,rf xx M Q1 ff xx t ,, , bf 1 X ig A.-A ,fgbffii XFX wif if X' ,pa-f, M , M ' f 33955 , ' lai r f:sfqx,i.ff X NN: ri S f ss i.,,g,E:',rif,,-ff- 1 -!,f,k': ,:f:,:,I f' t chi: - I Dun Yankovic and Gary Gilbert help Mary Ann Chinn record her part of a radio srript in second semester speech classl

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A misuse- HALER HIGH SCHOOL was organized under the direc- tion of the Reverend XVilliam Bingham in 1899 to pro- vide 'high school facilities for the residents of Shaler Township. In 1923 the high school was moved to a portion of the Braun School. This was sufficient for a short time, but an expanding population created the necessity of building a modern high school. In 1932 land was pur- chased and construction commenced. The building was completed by fall and it opened at the scheduled time with Miss Jeffery as principal and Mr. Rodgers as super- vising principal of the township's schools. In the late 1940's plans were formulated for t-he re- modeling and conversion of the original school into a junior high when a surge of population growth made inadequate the existing facilities. A new building was added to accomodate the senior portion of the newly integrated school setup. Shaler's six acres of campus which include the football and baseball fields, the track, the parking lots, and the landscaped lawns provide her students with a pleasant and attractive setting for learning. Under construction now, since we have once again icq.:- + 'l 'fl ie- Q out rown our buildin , is a seaarate 'unior hivfh to be g 1 b located in Scott Avenue. Upon its completion, the present school will become once more a senior high. SHALER . . . ALMA MATER From the North Hills Library lawn we get this sweeping view ofthe combined school. I3

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ENGLISH DEPARTMENT junior High English classes had an inovation this year when spelling was returned to the curriculum as a separate subject. Along with reading fiction. literature projects were made by all our eighth graders. In the ninth grade. 1'Z'tll1llUU provides students with an opportunity to show creative skills in the making of projects. Speech activity is an important part of Sopho- more English. and the liallad unit gives both writers and speakers a chance to display their talents for the class as a group, Term papers constitute the end product of one of English ll's liest known units. The re- search on individual topics serves both as an oral report and as a carefully organized written paper. literature in the junior classes in a sur- vey course in American literary history from the .Ycru Iflzglzmd I'1'i111cr to the current hest seller. Seniors have a choice from among three Eng- lish courses-college preparatory, commercial. or general. ln addition, two one semester courses are offered: one is speech and one is English Composition. These are specialized classes offer- ing additional work for those students desiring extra practice and instruction in these fields. Gail Heaven points out! the features of the New York Times to a senior English class. TEACHES BASIC SKILLS THROUGH VARIETY QF ACTIVITIES Racial discrimination was the topic of this senior panel A junior English class is being entertained by inter- in the first semester speech class, esting records of American poets,