Warwick High School - Warwick Yearbook (Newport News, VA)

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Taylor, Callahan Try S wap Of Senior English Classes “Next six weeks Mrs. Taylor’s second and third period classes are switching with Miss Callahan’s classes! These were the words of many seniors dur- ing the first six weeks of school. At the end of this switch, however, the seniors found this exchange beneficial. Mrs. Blanche Taylor was again in charge of the English Department. Many improvements were brought to the English Department this year includ- ing the revision of the tenth grade course of study. Seniors concentrated mostly on composition, vocabu- lary building, literature and a brief reading improve- ment program. They had a slight review of grammar while underclassmen concentrated equally on gram- mar and literature. New teachers in the English Department were Mrs. McCallum, Mrs. Burch, Mrs. Smith who taught through December at Warwick, and Miss Hunter who was previously in the Science Department. With a more specialized study in the English classes, students gained a good foundation of the English language along with countless memories that will benefit them in the years to come. above: Mr. Williams explains the significance of subordinate clauses in a sentence to his English classes. below: Barbara Mears gives an oral book report, an important facet of English classes. 28

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Academics In Action Through the various courses of study at Warwick, the student was enriched with a lasting knowledge of life. Through the study of English, he gained an understanding of his own language, and through the study of a foreign language, he learned the tongue of another. A student learned of his country and government and other countries in social studies, while mathematics solved the problems of the world through an equation. The Science Department taught the student of the life about him; and the Home Ec Department taught him how to maintain this life.

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Social Studies Department Instills Country ' s Heritage Whether it was the conflict in Viet Nam, the Gemini experiments, or the rising cost of living, the students in the Social Studies classes were right in the midst of the action. With the heated debates over the government and elections, Col. Luck, department head, paved the way for the rest of the department. Through the use of documentary films, students were able to see history in the making. But these news events were only a small part o f the required cur- riculum. The history of the United States as well as that of the world was studied by eighth, ninth, tenth, and eleventh graders; while the study of government was resei-ved for seniors alone. New to the depart- ment this year were teachers, Mrs. Virginia Raine and Mr. John Tudor. In another division of the department were the Sociology and Economics classes, taught by Mrs. Ann Smola and Mrs. Barbara Erikson, respectively. These courses emphasized a more personal side of history and of how the individual is affected by his environment; they also stressed the individual’s role in maintaining a stable economy. These classes were of great significance to many students at Warwick. above: Mrs. Lambiotte listens attentively to an opinion given by one of her students. outside right: The study of government finds this class with many differ- ent degrees of interest. left: Nel Brown shows apparent interest as she listens in her world geography class. 29