South High School - Spectra Yearbook (Grand Rapids, MI)

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'Ni ...4 SHERMAN CoRx ELL PI'lI'1Clp3l NI A 'xlks jonxsox Nlls XLLEN md 'Xhss OI ox tmfl 14, their othct duttes 1ne Soutn 1-ugn Iaculty nas many tnlngs or yxn1cn to be proud thls year a nexx ty pe of yunror lllgll cur rlculum student goxernment, and an up and comlng faculty OI'g3I1l7'1l1OI1 The fused program a recent addltxon to South IS deslgnecl to brxdge the gap the students must cross from elementary school to hlgh school It began tts hrst year at South thts y ear and at the present t1me 1ncludes only the sex enth Urade It IS unlllte the senior hlgh as far as the arrangement of subjects and hours In hwh school the subxects are taught by hours The end result of th1s method IS that the nexx students some tlmes don t connect the dlfferent subtects The fused program mal-.es It posslble for the teachers to haxe a class txxo hours m a roxx and teach txyo subyects together as lf they xyere one The study per1ods are xxlthm the class hours, and there 15 httle home xxork A student has on the ax erage of four to 'ix e teachers a day South has Hxe teachers xx l'11Cl1 are spectfically emplox ed for this program These teachers haxe the Hxe sex enth grade sesslon rooms The regular hwh school teachers also teach some subjects to tmrsh out the fused pro gram 'Ihe program 15 st1ll IH thc experlmental stave but has spread qUlClxlN throughout cltx schools Outsrde of the students, fexx people haxe heard about the faculty sponsored student gox erned study' halls 2 , .JW 3 at N T M i.w1f-- . 1 , . I - r Y' e .. .,,. y V ,, ' - Y , l , L . . . fm ,- .. H- . , .. . V .. - , y. . . 1 Y ' ' mr , W 41 . A ' J 1 C 7 h . . . h V . v . . . 7 gr . . . . 7. F' 'A C ' I . 4 Cv ' ey , . 7 . A N ,W , yy . , . . xg Y . . Y 1 V A Y . ' . . . . I . ,, . . D es, X - T- - 4. , . - A i 1' . I . 4 U