Southside High School - Southerner Yearbook (Fort Smith, AR)

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3 Aww 8 . Ame.. We ff, g ,, f , .4 ,,.,ovw- ,f -1i'5'5?, y the podium, sophomore English ar, Mrs. Susan Franks gives notes to class for an upcoming short story test. Drew Dauphinais puts a project on the wall of Mrs. Lillian Kropp's 1 period English class. Ms. Dorothy Hosford's classroom is further decorated with another mobile. Juniors Mike Felker and Lynn Berry add to the collection with their project. i

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R7- 7 Mrs. Nancy Meadows goes over a gramm lesson with her third period sophomore English class. Shawn McConnell, senior, makes his poin debating in Mrs. Lillian Kropp's Advance Placement English class. i l Although English is a part of stu- dent's yearly curriculum, there ing the challenge of a higher level college preparatory class, Mrs. Word of Wisdom From grammar to Literary Analysis, English classes offer knowledge. have been changes and additions to this standard subject. In the area of equipment, the English Department received a Panasonic VCR and a color televi- sion. These new items are also being used by other departments to be shown to students. Among the many selections that the English Department has on tape are: The Winter of Our Discontent, Macbeth, The Hound of the Baskervilles, and An Evening with Mark Twain. Several of the English classes have met in the evening to see the films. These groups included students enrolled in the AP class. I think our top students are want- ln My Opinion Danny Antel, senior The thing I like most about English is the free days. Brent Harris, junior Kim Toon, senior I like English class The thing I like best because of all the different about my English class is things we study. all the reading. Kropp said. Many colleges give AP credit. Money wise it saves a lot and it allows freshmen time to take other courses. Some colleges recognize it as a true gifted program. They see that those who put out the extra ef- fort in college. These students are more motivated and not necessarily more gifted. Senior Kay Stipe explained her reasons for taking AP by commen- ting, I took AP because I felt that it included everything about English and that I would get the most impor- tant parts of many areas. Library fundamentals are helpful for writing term papers as iunior Blake Byars makes use of the card catalogue.

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Seniors Richard Turner and David Lewing discuss cultural assignment in 1st period French class. Second Tongue Language Classes Help Students I ncreased enrollment and orders for new books were some things that took place in the Foreign Language Department this past year in the Spanish and French classes. l had the highest enrollment ever taking first-year Spanish, because many seniors needed a language to get into certain colleges, explained Mrs. Billie Dykes, Spanish teacher. ln addition to just learning to speak Spanish, some students had the opportunity to utilize their Spanish knowledge in speaking with some foreign language exchange students. Talking to the exchange students in Spanish IV taught me a lot about other Spanish-speaking countries, said Jean Flocks, senior. The French classes ordered new books for the coming year. Not just sophomores but juniors and seniors began French this year. Karen Smith, sophomore, com- mented, French was a real ex- perience. It was hard and challeng- ing, but over-all, l enjoyed the class.