Concordia Lutheran High School - Luminarian Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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Mr. Dave Bahr uses body language as a tool for teaching his students. Students could usually relate bet- ter to teachers that were interested in what they were teaching. Photo: Cook Mrs. Lisa Wesley uses creative vi- sual aids in the form of geometric shapes to explain to her class a difficult concept. Seeing the shapes they were studying helped the students. Photo: Cook Bubble-making abilities are Mr. Don Luepke s forte as he explains math concept to his geometry class. Students often enjoyed see- ing Mr. Luepke exhibit his skills. Photo: Cook 4© Math Department

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with attention focused on him, Mr. Dave KusUi introduces I In- Pen ol My Aunt, ' as freshmen ( ara Bloom and Sarah Borchelt listen, Photo: Cook Students In Mr. Bill Ihssi n pei sonal composition lass listen to instructions as he hands out pa- pers. Photo iioK New classes and cameras add spark to make English A world filled with war, revenge, love, murder, espionage, and betrayal was opened to all students taking an En- glish class. Even though English was traditionally thought of as a required class filled with grammar, students found that there was more to English than sentence diagramming and verb conjugation. Doing video commen- taries in advanced comp Do you than the the daily pSS? read more comics in YES 76% no 24% was good experience be- cause we were behind and in front of the cameras, senior Janne Foelber said. In Mrs. Wiehe ' s class, we wrote book reports as diary entries instead of in stan- dard form, and made post- ers to try and sell our book to other students, fresh- man Mandy Hoth said. All English students found that their classes in- volved more than reading and grammar. Sophomores were also required to take one En- glish class: English 10. But along with the freshmen course, this class wasn ' t all grammar and writing either. Projects designed to inter- est the student were imple- mented. Mr. Oetting designated every Friday as creative writing day, and we wrote things that only he would read, sophomore David Ridderheim said. English electives provid- ed juniors and seniors with a choice, and new to the de- partment were the two classes English 11 C (com- position), and English 11 L (literature). We hoped the students would benefit from a wide range of subjects, designed to allow them to feel they were being helped to reach their potential. We offered 18 different courses taught on varying levels. Mr. Kurt Jordan, head of the English Department, said. — Michelle Dorothv English Department

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Iii his fourth hour Algebra S l class, Mr. Don Keinhimi use-, .1 movie to help his students bettei understand the ideas that he is teaching. Movies added .1 change of puce lor students. I ' hoto: II Smith In Mr. Dave Bahi fifth hour trigo- nometry class, students trat hi .1 . Ilj as their teai hei works through the solution ti problem on the chalk board. I ' ho d building teachers As the bell rang stu- dents scrambled into their seats as they prepared for their nor- mal everyday math class. Once they had all reached their seats they sat down in a comfortable position be- cause it was going to be one of those long hours when all they would do was sit and listen to utterly confus- ing lectures. Very often students felt Do you know how fn w an of the buttons on your calculator? Yes 19% no 81% this way about their class- es, so the math department decided to take a different approach to teaching. Students didn ' t learn just from lectures, they needed to see what they were doing and needed to understand the concepts that they were working with, Mr. Don Luepke said. I tried to relate the use of math problems to situa- tions that might arise in jobs ' Mr. Don Reinking said. Many times teachers used a variety of objects to interest their students. I would use anything I could get my hands on; soap bubbles, tinker toys, wooden blocks, rubber bands. I would do anything it took to get my point across, sometimes that meant going to any ex- treme. Once I even stood on my head to prove a point, ' ' Luepke said. Because of the number of new computers that were given to the school, there were many more opportuni- ties to use the computers extensively in the class- rooms. The computers were very ' helpful in aiding the students with difficult math problems. When the teachers made it evident to the students that they were excited and interested in what they were teaching, the students were easily motivated. I tried to show that I en- joyed math and hopefulh that rubbed off on the stu- dents, ' ' Reinking said. — Kim Klausmeier Math Department 4H