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ittle Change Can Be

Jean Horner teaches the concept of PQLI to the
~eshman in her U.S. and World class second hour. All Right
1 (Jon Waller)
• Ashley Pixton •
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"If something's not broken. then combined class . Bev Johnson. the D.O.A.
don 'ttry to fix it. That was the philosophy teacher of the combined class said.
of the Social Studies department." said "We tried to write the curriculum for the
Teacher Steve Dvorak , the head of the new class so it would fit together with the
Social Studies department. rest of the D.O.A. classes . That way all
Not many changes were made sophomores were still able to learn the
in the Social Studies department for that same thing at approximately the same
reason. The department was pleased time."
with its performance. so no big changes Over the course of the year. the
were planned said Dvorak. department continued to help and
There was one curriculum teach students, yet provided opportuni-
change; however. Sophomore Chal- ties to go on field trips or join History club
lenge English and D.O.A. became a to expierence real life history.

Freshman Marty Matteo participates in a group
discussion about the lack of food in third world
countries. (Jon Waller)
Freshman Matt Vanderholm completes a test in
U.S. and the World class. The test was over the
changes in the Soviet Union. (Jori Waller)

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