Topsail High School - Pirate Yearbook (Hampstead, NC)

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70 Curriculum '1 1 Morri Horrell orremprs ro reoch Sponish ro firsr groders or rhe primary school. Anrhony Smith observes rhe lirrle kiddies. Seemingly inreresred, .leff Shingleron ond Jim Tciy- Ior involve rhemselves in rhe Librory's Book Foir. Upper Right: l'Fomily Feelings o combinorion of music ond dromo, is performed by mony Topsoil ond Pender High srudenrs. The srudenrs were rreorf ed ro o visir by ploywrighr, Somm-Arr Willioms, one of Burgow's very own. French ll srudenr, Angelo Horrell, serves up some o French Onion soup for rhe resr of rhe closs. L-

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Chris Grindstaff, Scott McCorlsle, Billy Allen, Matthew Thomas, and Ryan Thomas take a mo- ment out of Mr. Gibsons P.E. class to pose with their hockey Sticks. T x f is 5 JOM!-.TrlINfT Ffn EI mi flln in r. Q F' h Y I' I' x I' I' N! X I' J gf e Whether you were college- bound or headed straight into the real world after graduating, you found that Topsail offered courses to prepare you for any' thing Along vvith the academics such as English, history, science, and math, you vvere able to exe perience such additions as auto mechanics, typing, foreign lan- guages, and the arts. Admittedly, in the past Topsail's course offer- ings have been fine but limited. So it vvas a welcome change when vve were told that vve could add drama and French l and ll to our selections Topsail's everegrowing student body and the require- ments at the NC. Basic Education Program vvill continue to beef up the course offerings, and vve thinle it's about time! The teachers at Topsail are ap- preciated, too. These people finish high school and college and still go to school every day, Novv, we thinls that's a bummer, because most people vvant to hurry up and get through school just to have school behind them. But no! Not these individualsl Their goal is to spend their career helping people CusD, And so, vve salute you, teachers, Sabrina Lea diligently works onthe computer in Mrs. StanIey's Offic , , Sh A We .2252 5 fm: EE? 5 3 23 -fi IE: 522555 555 333 EEE -' ,NNE e Occupations class.

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A v- Mrs. Woodcoclss English closs views rhe movie Red Down os o follow-up ro o reoding of rhe novel, The Moon is Down. Aniro Worrmon, Mondy Lolse, Kim Edgerron, Win- nie Berger, Heorher Hollis, ond Amondo Solrer cre- ore o living Chrisrmos porrroir for exrro credir in Mrs, Drddford's 8rh grode Longuoge Arrs closs. 9, .Q 41.4. ii 1 , ,ii V Y ,fi gf is if T GUI 0 THRUIIGH THE MOTIO S As rhe hour gloss furns, so does onorh- er hour of English. These ore fhe DAYS OF OUR LIVES! Nor only every doy, our every yeor o sfudenr is suqecred ro o course in English, Hordships obound in The reolm of nouns ond verbs, ond srudenfs find difficulry in coping wirh fhe dolly wriring ossignmenrs, The oll-roo-fomilior sisill drills lurls ofren in rhe reocher's lesson plons, Even fhough rhese difficulries occur of Topsoil, we ore luclsy rhor rhere ore good ooinfs os well, This yeor we goined o greof deol of Isnovvledge obour lon- guoge orfs fhrough o voriefy of ocriviries designed ro morivore us ond TO lseep our inreresr. These ocfiviries could be seen nor only in rhe English closses our olso in rhe foreign longuoge closses. Somefimes fhey even hod ro feed us ro gef our orrenrionl Bur vve didn'f jusr sruff our foces - by rhe end of fhe yeor, offer much hord worls, vve reolized fhor Spon- ish ond French vveren'f so foreign FO us onymore, Longuoges, foreign or domesric, filled fhe DAYS OF OUR LIVES! ond spilled over even info rhe librory where o bools foir wos held, Acrivifies in fhe librory, olong vvirh rhe English ond foreign longuoge courses, conrribufed TO o greor yeor ond o promise of more TO come. Brion Covil ond Poul Trifoli scon rheir newspopers os porr of on ossignmenr in Mrs, Compbells English Closs Curriculum 71