Valdese High School - Impersonator Yearbook (Valdese, NC)

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Teaches: English Ill and IV Sponsors: Drama and Pep Clubs, Junior Class Sponsor Mrs. Lynda Massengill received a BS degree from ASU. Random thoughts: Always strive to be the best you can pos- sibly be. Don’t take on more than you can do, but do a few things well. 29

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Upperclassmen Explore Literature Junior English students drift down the Mississippi to meet Mark Twain’s Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn. Here they begin an exploration of American Liter- ature. Creeping through dark and gloomy corridors Juniors open doors to the strange short stories of Edgar Allan Poe. Continuing their travels of English III, students meet the characters from Thorton Wilder’s “Our Town.” While third year students tour our native literature, Senior English stu- dents pursue a variety of different topics. Mrs. Massengill’s class ventures into the world of English Literature. While looking at Shakespeare’s Mac- beth, students sample Elizabethan foods. A tour of the historical sites in Burke County rounds out this year, as these students review the story of Frankie Silvers. Students in Mr. Sweezy’s classes explore the subjects of creative writing and composition. Using a contract, these students com- plete twelve assignments each six weeks. A wide selection of projects permit a freedom of expression while improving skills. One unique exercise which challenges even the best pupils is writing a paragraph using only one- syllable words. One ‘‘favorite’’ study of students is the art of public speaking. Informative and Persuasive speeches of three to five minutes help all to over- come their phobia of talking before groups. A. Junior Donna Capps gives an interesting book report to Mrs. Massen- gill’s English class. Roxie Benton and Kyle McClure enjoy their enactment of Thorton Wilder’s “Our Town.” Senior “Playboy Bunnies” Ann Buchanan, Peggy Day, Cathy Oaks, Sherrie Moyers, and Connie Bounous entertain the class. Wayne Stacey shares his opinion of a book with the class.

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Students Try New Course A small group of Juniors and Seniors pioneered the way in anew math course, Geometry II. These brave souls were faced with the hardship of having no textbooks. They accomplished something that no other math class has ever done and many take for granted — to derive and compile their own log- arithm tables. Advanced Math whiz kids finished their math studies by wading through depths of trig. Algebra students tackled the problem of finding x and y unknowns while sophomores labored through proofs of geometric theorems. Basic and consumer math pupils were introduced to the funda- mental uses of numbers.