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Em phasizing diversity and selves through another lan­
excellence, are the History, the guage, the language of the fine
Foreign Language, the Fine Arts, arts.
the Physical Education, and the The Fine Arts Department
Computer Departments. composed of studio art, art
The History Department offers and music appreciation, pho­
a variety of survey courses and tography, and dram a, has
semester electives that place an expanded over the years to
emphasis on the political, eco­ provide Carrollton students
nomic, and social institutions with a deeper understanding of
since the beginning of recorded the arts. Another course pro­
civilization. All the courses stress vided is the Computer Applica­
college writing skills as well as tions course which may also be
seen as art.
The Com puter program
"It is a p r iv ile g e to begins in the ninth grade and
attend a sch o o l that can expand by choice through­
allow s us to express out the follow ing years. It
our individuality." expands the students knowl­
edge of computer applications
Kris Hernandez
and introduces various other
techniques.
Also incorporated into the
creative thinking. These two Carrollton High School curricu­
requirements follow through to lum is the Physical Fitness pro­
the Foreign Language and the gram, which contains Personal
Computer Departments. Fitness and Physical education.
The Foreign Language pro­ The courses m entioned
gram has been developed to above not only provide students
teach all aspects of a language. with the background to under­
These aspects range from the stand a culture and eventually
grammar of the language to the the world but also give them the
culture of the country or coun­ languages which will help them
tries to which it belongs. Students to do so and the health with
in the high school are also which they may visit the places
encouraged to express them­ they have studied.