West High School - Cat Log Yearbook (Bremerton, WA)

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always walking endless circles around The hall . . . FILLED WITH CLASSES, ACTIVITIES, AND FRIENDS Juniors! Now we musT really buckle down, The TuTure is noT such an unfamiliar word. We rneef wiTh our counselors and begin To seriously plan Tor graduaTion and college or work. This vv'onderTul year ends vviTh The elecTion oT nexT year's all imporTanT people, The A.S.B oTTicers. Well here iT is, The year We have all vvaiTed Tor-we are seniors! We are aT lasT The Top ones in school. The year is busy wiTh The seniors Tak- ing The lead in nearly every acTiviTy. The senior aThleTes are honored. The senior girls are made queens and princesses. College TesTs are Taken and applicaTions are Tilled ouT. Dances, conTer- ences and meeTings are aTTended. CommencemenT speakers are chosen and graduaTion comes wiTh every senior wishing he could do iT over again. This year has been no diTTerenT excepT Tor These Tevv incidenTs. In OcTober, we held our second model UniTed NaTions Assembly. A bus carrying 67 sTudenTs rolled down a hill in Nov- ember, with iusT a Tew people being iniured. In ThaT accidenT was our foreign sTudenT, Jan WesTra. ln April, our TirsT model Congress was held. AT The end of April, our area had an earTh- quake ThaT shook up The sTudenTs buT no one was hurT and The school susTained only minor damage. This year has been inTeresTing, exciTing and will never be TorgoTTen. l The end of day

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E E The dey starts with cicisses , .. 4 rind continues on until lui A STUDENTS LIFE IS Entering os o freshmon, our thoughts concern only the immeolicite. We worry obout being to clgss on time, who we will sit with cit lunch, cinol how to clo our impossible lwornewoilc, We leorn the bcisics ol being o typicol high school stuclent-wollaing oround the hoills, remerhbering the mony locker combinotions, ond worshipping the upper clossmen. As sophomores we ore cible to fit into the groove with oi little more ecise. We get to vvotch the green freshmen ond grin os they trudge the weory rocxcl to thot greot cinnex, Lincoln. But now we must tenol to business ci little more ond think obout the effect of vvhot we ore doing with our future. We ottend the moiny sport octivities cinol begin to toke on octive interest in the mony or- gonizotions offered ot this greot institution of lecirning. The rest of the yeor is spent in greot onticipotion for our first yeor os upper cloissmen. then finds time to get on ASB. picture token . ..

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ENGLISH DEPARTMENT HAS A VARIETY OF CLASSES Diagromming settences is a necessary fundamettal taught in composition classes. Sklls in public Spefllsing promote stuclewts ability to confi- dently present themselves to an audietce. 6 Reading skills are expanded in Developmental Reading. There is a great need tor English in all school work. In later lite lt will be even more impor- tant for a person to be proficient in his own spoken language. The West High English De- partment strives to present the correct forms ot English to its students with the hope that they will attempt to improve their speech. Three years of composition and literature are required tor graduation trom West. Students are divided into three groups according to their knowledge and capabilitites in English. ln this way teachers are more able to know the individual needs ot the students. Literature l, in the Freshman year, offers an introduction to better equip the student tor tuture classes. The Sophomore year's plan is comprised of short stories, poetry and plays with a briet introduction to William Shake- speare and his theatrical works. Literature in the .Junior year emphasises American authors and their writings. Seniors concentrate primarily on English Classics and World Authors. Aside from the six required courses, we may elect courses in grammar review lComposi- tion lVl, intensive writing practice lComposition Vl, English literature lliterature lVl, and Eng- lish lV which is a combination ot these three. English IV is a new class that was ottered this year. Also there are Journalism, Public Spealc- ing, Developmental Reading, and Yearbook editing. With the wide variety of English classes ottered to the students, the teachers attempt to prepare them for the future.