Bloomington High School - Aepix Yearbook (Bloomington, IL)

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Instructors Used Finest Facilities, Techniques To Give Students Complete Academic Background Student Roundtables, a portion of the Great Decisions Program, was a broadcasted discussion conducted by superior social studies students and carried live over WJBC for five weeks. Going over preliminary notes, Carol Kreitzer, Pam Anderson, Terrie Troxel, Mary Locke, and Tom Sweeney, left to right, practiced their presentation in front of dummy microphones before taking to the air with students from other high schools and colleges. After deriving the loci of an ellipse from the formula on the board, Chuck Yurieci justified his conclusion. Students enrolled in accelerated senior mathe- ' ' college algebra during their first semester a he myster' s of analytic matics studied nd spent the last half of the yea ie ,Ma-w In making use of the most modern facilities and teaching techniques, instructors strived to prof vide all students, whatever their level of ability, with a finer academic background. Three years of English and journalism, a year and a half of speech, and three foreign languages e French, Spanish, and Latin - helped develop Writing creativity, communicative ability, and knowledge of classic literature. Having felt the constant pressures of the perf plexing space age, students studied in diversified mathematics and science classes trying to acquaint themselves with the fastfcoming changes bound to appear in their lifetime. An awareness of America's heritage, problems of underprivileged nations, the nature of world affairs, the role of geography and climate in the development of nations, and the sociological facf tors governing man's actions were stressed in all of the eight social science courses. 14

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l Although the official duties demanded of his position are numerous Principal G Elwood Wheeler left extends a wel- Administrators, Counselors Guided Youth Ro - Counselor Eldon Volk Student Activities

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Before titrating hydrochloric acid with an alkali, Milt Livingston transferred the liquid to a burette by means of a graduated cylinder. Chemistry classes used established experiments to verify specific chemical reactions. - Milt! When acted out by students assuming the roles of Shakespearean characters, a fight scene from MacBeth added new life to an accelerated senior English class. Terrie Troxel, left, and Ken Lehr assumed the manners and speech of the ill-fated MacBeth and his destroyer, the revengeful MacDuff. Concentrating on a pattern drill, a first year French class was one of 19 foreign language classes that used the adequately equipped language laboratory. Spanish, Latin, and French classes spent approximately one-fifth of their time in the laboratory developing an authetic accent by use of tapes which enabled students to hear and mimic the native tongue of their foreign language. LP ,M 5,.j'.,f : . f , , i II I IW fZ.r'wf's -I 4 P' - , My ,, .. -ar ... ,, . f ,, 1, . .awmdf-Q91 f9zfffft:'vsw':rt7,r f55fr6, 1f:'fe . . we f ' ff -or . V 3 - if . w ., . ,K - , ,. .. fe .. is s f ,,- . V , K . -f 'Y' 'U I ' i' f 3 . ..'1if : f ' l ' ' 1 1, ' ,. , l5