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

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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

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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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Math students master computers Students in Computer Math learned how to work computers and how to func- tion in a modern office, explained Mr. Bill Ledbetter, instructor. During the one quarter course, the stu- dents worked with programs of increas- ing difficulty, commented Robert Villar- real, senior. Due to the difficulty of the course, only those students who had been recommended by their teachers for Algebra II could enroll, added Mr. Led- better. Computer Math was started in 1976 making it one of the newest courses on campus. Mr. Ledbetter remarked that he expected an increase in enrollment in future years. Not only math students benefited from the Wang 2000 system computer, used for the course, the administration also used It to prepare the daily attendance bulletins and class ranking, he added. (A) Jennifer Cottingham, Lori Strong, Laurie Marek and Annette Morales observe polar graphing exam- ples on the board in EMA class (photo by Moore). (D) Taking notes in class, Gary Warner, junior, learns how to graph polar equations (photo by Moore). 112