Winston Churchill High School - Chancellor Yearbook (San Antonio, TX)

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r •english- Robin Urban captures award in NCTE English competition In November Robin Urban, senior, was awarded the National Council of Teach- ers of English (NCTE) Achievement Award, commented Ms. Candace Andrews, junior English teacher. The NCTE award is based on a 60min- ute impromptu essay on a chosen topic and samples of the students ' best writ- ing, she continued. Robin submitted a research paper on Thomas Hardy and his essay topic was rebellion. c In addition to the honor of the award, Robin ' s name was sent to colleges throughout the United States giving him the opportunity to win scholarships, Ms. Andrews explained. A certificate was also presented to him. Ms. Andrews nominated Robin in Feb ruary of 1978 and out of 8,000 nomi- nees, Robin and 800 other students received the award. This is a very pres- tigious award, she concluded. (C) Reading parts from Shakespeare ' s A Midsummer Night ' s Dream , Greg Messick, Bryan Stephens and Ms. Nancy Hierholzer act out the comedy in front of Ms. Hierhol- zer ' s English II E class (photo by Wells). (E) Studying a video tape of West Side Story , Ms. Fran Everidge watches with her English I E class (photo by Saenz). (F) Acting out scenes of a Shakespeare play, Robert Foster and Carl Lineberry add char- acter to their parts (photo by Wells). PL, yvsiiJrrloi ' ■ 6 -- Pages by Carol Steele 1 07

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(B) Loosening up with exercises during an Oral Interpreta- tion class, Mr. Mark Rogers helps prepare the students for a speaking assignment (photo by Moore). (C) In Oral Interpretation, Tracy Symons uses relaxation techniques before speaking (photo by Moore). (F) Singing old Elizabethan songs, Jenny Kerr, Laura Witty, David Czervinske and Tim Hayden complete an Eng- lish III project on Hamlet (photo by Bonacci). ■ englisn — — — — — ' Return to basics ' stressed in senior electives program Stressing a return to the basics , classes in grammar, writing and vocabu- lary were offered in response to student requests, said Ms. Fran Everidge, Eng- lish department head. To aid the grammar studies, the Eng- lish department, in cooperation with Trinity University, conducted afternoon workshops in teaching grammar and composition, she continued. The increased student interest in improving skills prompted a larger enroll- ment in Introduction to College Writing, she explained. The class taught students writing skills designed to be helpful in college and )obs. While first and second quarter offer- ings were mainly centered in the skills area, third quarter focused on interest- based literature classes. This enabled the department to offer seniors a wide variety of electives. Ms. Everidge said the successful sen- ior elective program provided us with appropriate means of dealing with stu- dents ' needs and skills. Pages by Carol Steele 09