With the entire Hoban community, the English Department strives to form educated and compassionate Christian men and women. Through strengthening of reading, writing, speaking and listening skills, each student is assisted in developing honest and precise ways of communication which will lead to better human understanding and wisdom. Technology skills are integrated at each grade level to enhance students’ ability to communicate their ideas. The department encourages each student to write and speak accurately, convincingly and significantly about literature and its relation to life. Thus, the student’s experience and understanding of others is enlarged and broadened to include people who live in other communities and countries as well as those whose ethnic or cultural backgrounds may be different from his or her own. The investigation of truth and meaning through writing and speaking aids in developing each student’s sense of self-worth and strong Christian values.
All students are required to complete four units of English for graduation. One unit will be one survey course in literature. The other three will include: American Literature, World Literature and British Literature. The additional electives in this department may not be used as substitutes for the required core classes.
Teachers in the English Department:
- Mrs. Cheryl Erdman, chair, erdmanc@hoban.org
- Ms. Jamie Adaway, adaway@hoban.org
- Mr. T. Kirk Griffith, griffitht@hoban.org
- Mr. Rob Eubank, eubankr@hoban.org
- Miss Cindy Kinnan, kinnanc@hoban.org
- Ms. Natalie Meyer, meyern@hoban.org
- Mrs. Laura Siplivy, siplivyl@hoban.org
- Brother Phil Smith, smithp@hoban.org
- Mr. Paul Yappel, yappelp@hoban.org