Waterford Kettering High School - Kismet Yearbook (Waterford, MI)

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-If 44' Robin Howard uses the Xerox Machine to make duplicates of some information she needs for a class. The ol d notion that a li- brary is a room or building housing dusty books and a grey haired sp in st e r who frowns at the slightest whis- per is a thing of the past at Kette ring. As a matter of fact, so is the name Li- brary. The Kettering Li- brary is now known as the Kett e ring Media Center. Directed by Mrs. I oy c e Condon and Mr. Dave Briston, the Media Center is a bus- tling whirlwind of a c t iv ity. This large room overflows with books, tap e s,- records and other audio -visual equip - m e nt, all avaliable for stu- dent use. Open to students from 7:30 a. m. to 3:00 p. m. , there is s eldo m a moment when the room is empty or quiet. Ve ry fre quently tea chers like Mr. Kaminskis bring their classes to work in the Media Cen- ter. joanne Brown and Howard Andress, members of Mr. Kaminskis' Research Seminar class pause from re se arching their papers. Dust and silence replaced b aotivit Terry Edwards spends a few minutes browsing through one of the many magazines available to students in the Kettering Media Center.

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Language enrollment down Barb Cox and other members of the first year Spanish class listen as Mrs. Barb White explains the conjugation of a verb in Spanish. Elizabeth Owen talks over a French assignment with Mr. Debbie McGrath and Peggy Macunivich discuss 3 lnguage Clarence Fleury. Mr. Fleury also- teaches French at Mott assignment, High School. Foreign Languages at Kettering are on the de- cline. Because of the few students wh o enrolled in French and Spanish, Ket- tering does not have a full time la n gu age teacher. Spanish is taught two hours a day by Mrs. Barbara White while Mr. Clarence Fleury spends two h o u r s every day teaching French to Kettering students. The rest of their teaching time is divided between Water- ford Township and Water- ford Mott High S ch o o 1 s. tx I Cynthia Cam and Peggy Cook prepare to use the tape recorders to practice their foreign language.

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Stand up and voice our opinions Speech classes, required of all sopho- mores, help students develop the poise, confidence and ability to speak in front of large or small groups. Other classes offer- ed to Kettering students include Debate, Play Production and Reasoning. This year's Debate class has two debate teams, a varsity and a junior Varsity team. Their season this year was very successful. s Play Production 3' year long Course pre- Angela Pantelides and Steve Ram work together in a Play Production sented several plays. Students also learned class. one of the many assignments is ss prepare s play and issm the techniques of make -up. the Parts- Ann Crowley demonstrates the poise and assurance that have resulted from 3 Roger Skrobecl-c and Garian Weston compare and discuss notes and plans for use in an Semester of 52999011 Class- upcoming debate to held with other members of their Debate class.