Shawnee Mission Northwest High School - Lair Yearbook (Shawnee Mission, KS)

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A 1974 English credlt didn necessarily have to be adjectives, pronouns, adverbs, and ancient poetry. The NW Language Arts program can consist of TV Produc- tion, Tutoring, Science Fiction, Writer's Workshop, Annual, and Mythology. Improvement was clearly shown in the fllm-making classes taught by Mrs. Thressa Curry. Four new cameras, tripods, and editing equipment paved the way for serious student studies ln the art of film- making. ln addltlon, fllm producer Ozzie Brown vlslted classes for two weeks in the fall to help students with their film-making. Reading was again stressed in the curriculum. Preliminary indications show sharp improvement in reading scores, said Ftoy Gunter, chairman. I ffff. af' M fS'l'fV use I nga lit ...lui tl Ftoy Gunter Esther Gardner Helen Affllck Thressa Curry A W ,.. it X.. lll 2' ll it ll - ,ll t tw 3 l Sharen Von Behren expresses herself during agdlyusslon. I Lfrlvtyj' . , f P i LW' ,W fl - , ,D fd? Ml fl, , W ,f fltgwfwx Students work out problems ln fllm-making with Thressa Curry. 24 Language Arts Dessle Gathrlght Michael Pechar Larry France Pat Bozarth -F I A new emphasis on reading floods Mrs. Llbby Scott with pupils.

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ri' lt's as simple as pllr'yl L Q L I F K , ' Z' Math stresses understanding Titus Burkholder CSCI' DSUHGY Gerald Garrett in I John Ftezac Al Ringer Van Rose Lorrie Wheeler The Mathematics Department was a very real place full of very real peo- ple. The impression that most peo- ple get is that math is very dull, very difficult, and no fun at all. The 1973- 74 school year showed those fallacies to be changing. The math classes changed from dull lecture: do a problem on the boardg now do your homework style classes into groups of kids getting together to find WHY x : 20. THAT is a vast im- provement. Gary Cralnshaw explains to Conrad Van Buren that geometry is as simple as 2 + 2. Mathematics 23

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