Broad Ripple High School - Riparian Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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Pride in a successful experiment or term paper and hours of study comprise the academic life of Broad Ripple. Think pieces and journals inspire Ripplites to think, question, and learn. Having the highest per- centage of gifted pupils in the Indi- anapolis schools, Ripple is geared to the college preparatory level to pre- pare Ripplites for the future. (Left) Contemplating the total color ef- fect, Cathy Peck strives for perfection in her painting. (Center) Perusing Sports Illustrated, Mrs. Mary Jensen finds words for her derivatives class. (Right) Dana Cline lifts Larry Wade with a pulley dur- ing a physics experiment. Academics — 29

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Academics 28 — Academics

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Reinstated paper, structural approach Using a new approach to learning Latin, John Papaila and George Benn act out the verb to fight while the rest of the class tries to guess and conjugate the verb. Adjusting the volume on her headpiece, Nancy Johnson listens to a Spanish dia- logue in the Spanish V mini-language lab. Bluebooks, Ripplings, and texts are checked off by Mrs. Janet Blocker as En- glish VII students Steve Ham and Becky Campbell fulfill a departmental require- ment. 30 — Academics