Belleville Township West High School - Bellevinois Yearbook (Belleville, IL)

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French students Vicki Russel, Anne Suppiger, and Sue Roberts displayed their acting and speaking abilities by performing skits before the class. Third year Spanish students concentrated on a new area of study, the country and its people. German, Fiench and Spanish students celebrated Mardi Gras. A variety of choices in any language Parlez-vous francais? Sprechen Sie Deutsch? Habla usted cspanol? or maybe Latin? Learning to speak the language was only one aspect of our foreign language classes. Studies also involved the people and their cul¬ ture. This knowledge was gained through field trips, films, and camping trips. Learning through the posters they made, Latin students furthered their knowledge of the language. 20 Foreign Language

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Being a student in a Famous Americans class meant writing many papers. Various projects of social studies students were displayed throughout the school. Tomorrow’s answers in yesterday and today Showing a deep concern in the world, many students worked together to improve their environment. In addi¬ tion to the annual civics class drive for a needy family, this Christmas the classes in American problems raised money for the one hundred neediest families in the area, a fund sponsored by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Money came from bake sales, a volleyball marathon lasting ten hours, and a ballon-blowing contest. They solved at least one small problem by donating a total of four hundred dollars to the lund. Studying with the use of head phones were Mike Knave, Wade Wilkin, and Bill Hoffeditz. Social Studies 19

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Students such as Dana Graebe, Tim Katzmark and Lisa Huffer enjoyed reading modern American literature. There was a little something for everybody in our English Department. As our interests varied so did the English courses we could choose. For those who liked to read there were classes in individualized reading, world literature, Shakespeare and literature of the Bible. If one s interests lay in writing there were classes in composition, creative writing, journalism, and mechanics of writing. Speech classes were taught in the areas of debate and public speaking. Science fiction and super¬ natural literature entertained the occult- minded while our future stars learned of the theatre in Theatre Arts. These were only a few of the wide variety of English electives. A new book of unbelievable happenings captured the attention of Milton Advanced Reading Techniques student K athy Smetana bettered her read- Wiley, Wally Bergman, and Gloria Determan in a class of the super- ing skills through the use of SRA materials. natural. English 21