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New and ltnproved

Seniors Kri sty Vanderhoof and Greg Murdock use one of the
Macintosh computers in the library for Research Methods. (S.
Alukon is)
Department Changes Over Past Ten Years

-Jenny Winkler-

For ten tears , the English department has we've been working on communication among
been growing and changing with the times. Not the department members."
only in the number of staff members, but also in the New classes, new materials, and new
' of English and Social Studies. It was a smaller, classes began last year, where the American litera- l
material being taught.
concepts of were also added to the department.
In 1981 , Prep B was used for the offices The English 11/A.P. American History Block
less experienced group, with more people fresh ture was taught side by side with American his- l
from college. As Deb Fischer said, "When we tory. Sue Roberts, teacher of English II, tried to
started, there were a few of us that were right out divide each unit into six parts, with students as-
of college, and now we're a more experienced signed to each one. They learned the material , and
staff." then taught it to the rest of the class.
Most teachers agreed that trying to elimi- The ftrst decade of the department has
nate some less important areas of the curriculum brought grammar, literature, and valuable study
was necessary , but difficult to do. As Deb Nose- skills to the students . Hopefully, this tradition will
worthy said, "We've been evolving right along- continue in the years to come.

Sophomores Dana King and Ron Jones rehearse their Medea
play while studying Greek dramas for English 10. (C.
Hooper)

Teacher Pany Henrichs talks to Senior Scan Eidem about the
next assignment during Creative Writing. (5. Alukonis)