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Making good use of SSR time on Thursdays
are Freshmen Dani elleJannan, Tracy Prater
Mand y Murdock, Eli zabeth Spargen, and
Alyson Keiser. (Da na Zucker)

O ne of the terms stu died in Engli sh
Li terature was allegories. Junior Troy
Brinkman di scusses how th ese are brought
out in "Faeri e Queen". (Kent Barnes)

Revised CurriculuiD

Enhances Learning

Mandy Osmera

Groaning could be heard and grammar. These new books
throughout the room. Why this led teachers to more group deci-
year? Why now? Outcome based sions about what was taught.
learning? What is getting writers' "Teachers seemed to be more
cramps goin g to do to improve cl earl y foc used on well-defin ed
my learning? These were some of goals," said teache r Kathy
the concern s students had after Wollman.
the impact of the new curriculum Another improvement
settl ed in . However, these goals was th e in stallment of 30 new
were geared to help students gain LC lll compute rs a nd two
more writing experience and more laserwriters in a writing lab. These
criti cal thinking skills. computers all owed confe rencin g
ll was th e Engli sh de- di sc ussions, peer-editing and writ-
partment who piloted the curricu- in g. The lab was open before and
lum and became the first depart - after school except fo r Mondays
ment to do so in the school. With and Frid ays, making it possibl e
this leadership also came some to do work outside of class.
new purchases and a closer look Therefore, because of
at classroom goals. Freshmen c urric ulum a nd techno logy
and Sophomore s received new changes, more real world expo-
books th at bl ended both literature sure was possible for students. e

Freshmen Adam Althoff reads Hunt For
Red October. He liked reading the book
because it was fu ll of lot s of suspense and
had more deta il than th e movie ve rsion.
(Kent Barnes)