Woodruff High School - Talisman Yearbook (Peoria, IL)

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READING CENTER PROGRAM READING CENTER For the third year, everyone in the English Department was given an opportunity to' spend about four weeks fone grading periodj in Reading Center, working on concentrat- ed direction in trying to improve reading skills. Specially trained instructors, using mechanical aids, graded texts, and charts to graph progress, help the slowest or ablest reader, giving everyone an opportunity to improve to his utmost. Sharon Hoepfner, Dennis Storey, and Joyce Bollman are showing a film in reading center. larry Zarley, Adrian Weber, Bill Shelton, Suzanne Wilcox, and Estelle Trilikis are working to improve their reading. Gratifying results were achieved when students doubled their rate, and comprehension scores went up proportion- ately. Everyone improved in something whether it was rate, comprehension, vocabulary awareness, or an improved attitude for the world of reading. The college preparatory sought a way to accelerate all the reading to be required of him. The terminal student was made aware of the most efficient approach to his future reading needs. a 1 1 it a film. A class in reading center watching 117,

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3 CNE-ACT PLAYS December 5 86 6, 1958 THE ELEGIBLE MR. BANGS by Robert Housum Directed by Miss Bertha Berman Assisted by Jo Ann Johnson and Barbara Kappler CAST Lucile Morgan ------- Judith Anderson Leighton Bangs ----- - - - Jim Bortell Jane Foster - - - - -Janet Kay Linder Tom Foster- - - - Bruce Miller -161 ,J Mp 'tj' THE LAUGH IN THE DARK BY James Blakley Directed by Mr. Dane Harris Jabez Noggle - Becky Noggle - - Clarabelle - - Agatha - - - Magnolia - Abigal ---- Jasper Morley - - Phillip Morley - - Lawyer Fitzhugh - CAST - - - - Phil Owen - -Jo Helen Ulrich Mary Alice Norton - - - - Roberta Smith George Ann Watkins - Maureen Murphy - Greg Christopher - - Howard Peters - - Dennis Gouran HERCU LES' NIGHT OUT PY Donald Payton Directed by Mr. Paul Caywood Assisted by Penny Chiames Mr. Maxwell - - Mrs. Maxwell - Wilber Maxwell - Hercules Nelson - Betty Lou Maxwell Connie Maxwell - Gerald Brown - - CAST - - Jim Corley - Sheila Murphy - - - Greg Garner - - Jim Manscharat - - Sue Emmons - Sue Millard - - Grant Logan

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musk. 'Wi . X X X X J' x l ' 'i3 , W I 3 p cv Af 4 I N in rd E 93 ' ty t The Mathematics Department provides our very beautiful Christmas tree. Each math student makes a paper geometric star, paints it with glitter and hangs it on the tree which is placed in the front hallway. Cbrl Greetings Each homeroom contributed a basket of food for some needy family. Here the representatives line up on the stage as the last part of the Christmas Assembly. N-...W YL