Shaler High School - Shaleresque Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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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,

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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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Betty Kennedy marvels at the strength being shown shown by Ron Klintxvorth and Tom Murray as they perform von Gueriches hemisphere experiment. SCIENCE DEPARTMENT Ann Campbell holds the test tube for Dale Ellrliclmian while Kenny Booker and Phil Lanzino wait for the rfwnlr of the chlorfmhvll test. ,mg , ,L 2 -E ' .f ,W .. .r..f W -ax: EINIQQU li,fx,C STU GENTS The Shaler High School science department ollers to all students a general knowledge in a science of their choosing. ln ninth grade, the students receive a basis in general science from Klr. Doods and Mr. Dixon that paves the way for more difficult scientific studies in future years. Tenth graders have a choice of biology or hio-ag. During the course of the year. Mr, Zook instructs the bio-ag students in planting a garden hox and in doing simple landscaping. Mr. Little provides an intensive study of the plant and aniinal king- doms lor the sophomore biology students and starts the senior hiology class in the fundamentals of psychology. Chemistry and physics classes, under the direction ol Klr. Conler. conduct experi- ments in which the students actively participate. XYith all these fine courses available, no student should leave Shaler without a good basic knowl- edge in science. 16