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

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(B) In their Science Fiction class. Rick Palermo, Van Carter and Carol Cross play the futuristic game of Global Futures as a class project (photo by Moore). (D) Dr. Scott Baird, Trinity professor, instructs English teachers at a department workshop (photo by Moore). (F) Members of the English department are SITTING: Ms. Pam Leopold, Ms. Sandra Hancock, Ms. Fran Ever- idge, department chairman, Ms. Virginia Guerrero, Ms. Victoria Gusfafson, Ms. Nancy Ferran, Ms. Linda McCraw, STANDING: Ms. Cheryl McMullan, Ms. Can- dace Andrews, Mr. Bob Richmond, Ms. Nancy Isaacks, Ms. Nancy Hierholzer, Ms. Rosario Ponce, Ms. TamI Shaw, Mr. Mark Rogers, Ms. Cynthia Jennings, Ms. Sharon Scruggs, Ms. Carol Compton, Ms. Linda Corbo (photo by Moore). english - - — — tPl English department strives for effective communicators More than anything else, said Ms. Fran Everidge, department head, Eng- lish teachers want their students to become effective communicators of the written word. To achieve this goal, students spent most of their time in English writing. Documented papers, research papers, and papers of literary analysis were assigned in correlation with the literature that was required, Ms. Everidge contin- ued. Along with stressing writing skills, a new technique was used by English instructors, she added. In writing assign- ments, the study of grammar was fused in with the study of composition. This technique was taught during after-school workshops for teachers by Dr. Scott Baird, Trinity professor. As in the senior elective program, grammar skills were emphasized on all grade levels. Seniors were offered more skills courses; freshman through junior classes focused mainly on writing skills, Ms. Everidge said. 110

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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

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l.-UMiJA ' (A) Relieving tension in Oral Interpretation, Bill Tanner and Randy Oodd, seniors, learn how to relax before giving a public speech (photo by Moore). (C) Working with a group, Ricky Palermo, senior, studies various sci- ence fiction writers and the different themes in their novels (photo by Moore). (E) While studying Romeo and Juliet , Missy Ray, freshman, watches the modern version of the play, West Side Story, on video tape (photo by Saenz). Pages by Carol Steele 1 1 1