This thesis has included (1) a course of study in English, (2) a presentation of departmental policies and procedures peculiar to Delta High School, and (3) a survey of departmental problems and their resolutions. All have emerged as a result of school consolidation in 1967 (Delaware County: Royerton, DeSoto, Eaton, and Albany) Included in the work is a compilation of results which have required hundreds of hours of "unseen labor."The decisions, ideas, suggestions, plans, and projects described in the thesis are representative of the entire English Department at Delta High School.The total program and curriculum guide have been set up to meet the needs of the school at the present time and yet viewed and planned s o that the move into the new physical plant will not be a sudden, disrupting change, but rather a smooth transition.