West Mesa High School - El Chicote Yearbook (Albuquerque, NM)

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English New courses initiated for J unior-Senior choice Paperback books played a important role this year as new courses were initiated in the English Department and juniors and seniors were given a choice ofclasses. Among these classes were Language and Research Methods, Popular Novels, Short Stories 8a Science Fiction, Musical Comedy, Com- munications Media, Oral Expression, and Informative Writing. On the ninth and tenth grade levels, the department felt that many of the basic language arts skills were still needed. West Mesa, John Adams, and Chapparal teachers met together twice weekly with special instructors to work out objectives and a curriculum for these English classes. Stagecraft, Drama I and II, Speech I, II, and III, and Journalism I and II were other electives offered. Humanities classes were usually engaged in group and individual presentations. Reading supplementary contemporary material from the Literary Calvacade for their American Literature class are Chris Harling, Cathy Atencio, and Becky Stewart, juniors. Helping with the sets for Harvey are stage craft students Judy Street and Scott Ware. Using the services of the library, Sharon Sayed, senior, is preparing a paper for a Language 8a Research Methods assignment. Academics 33 gi

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Helping Mr. Jacob Beidler, chairman, check in and catalog books used in the English department is Ross Davis, senior. During their study of Greece in Mrs. Humphrey's World Humanities class, Chuck Weidman, Grahman Gordon and Dee Tennison present a Greek trial. 32 Academics In Junior Humanities during a play about predjudice, John Lucero gives Susan Bosl his most prized possession, Ted D. Bear.

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lll'llill'l'l5l'l Frogs, fishes, and worms made the science scene this year in biology. Students studied the anatomy of living things and then disected small animals. Here, students are preparing to disect a frog. Discussing plans for an astronomy project in Mr. Sam Allred's General Science class are Renee Stephens, Dennis Obermiller, Kathy Sandoval and Gary Moody, freshmen. 34 Academics Science Department New techniques challenge old ideas Today in our advanced world, science is the key to the future. For it is through research and exploration that the unknown is discovered. At West Mesa the Science Depart- ment tried to provide courses for the interests of all students. General Science, an introduction to the basic laws of astronomy, chemis- try, geology, meteorology, biology and physics was a required course for all freshmen. Biology, the study of life, was a re- quired course for upperclassmen. Upon completion of required science courses, there was a variety of courses for students to pursue. These included Biology II, Chemistry I, Geology I or Physicsl. A new member of the Science Department, Sammy tne Salamander, is shown to biology students.