Columbus North High School - Log Yearbook (Columbus, IN)

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Above; Nan Aicock. V anessa Camp- bell. Marta Heimlich and Lisa Van Epps rest after spending a day touring Mexican pyramids. Above Left: Junior Brian Fulp studies his German assignment in the foreign language Resource Center. Above Right: Sophomore Melinda Gilbert seeks help on her assignment from Mr. Gene Foldenauer and Mrs. Judith Eaton. Left:Junior Sarah Garrett and senior Angela Denney listen to tapes and work in tape manuals as a part of their French class. Foreign Language 29

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North students travel to Mexico All of the fifth year language students took the local archi- tectural tour in their language. A four week program was developed for fifth year stu- dents of French, German and Spanish to teach sixth graders at Schmidt School. Children learned basic first year princi- ples, such as numbers, colors, weather and small conversa tion. Cheryl Dickey, senior fifth year student of German, along with Mrs. Malries Fedderson, taught sixth graders at Park- side each Friday during sixth period. According to Cheryl, Once a week isn ' t enough. There ' s too much repetition. They need foreign languages in the elementary schools. A workshop was held at Ball State University for French and German students. Seniors Beth Wright and Lina Perr and sophomore Aaron Groves were participants for French; sophomores Andy Ross and Emma Sweetland attended the German workshop. All stu- dents were totally immersed in their language for an entire weekend. In October, the Spanish stu dents attended a music concert Above Right: Mrs Karen Lowe dis cusses The Little Prince with her fourth year French class. The class studied the French version of the novel by Antione de St. Exupery for the final nine weeks of the year. Right: Cindy Jewell. Susan Ward and Betsy Cox enjoy a boat ride during their trip to Mexico during spring break. in Indianapolis. Also in Octob- er, the French students at- tended a presentation of The Little Prince. Actors per- formed sections in French and then repeated them in English. Three students from North were accepted for the Indiana University Honors Program in Foreign Language for High School Students. Susan New- kirk, a junior, was chosen in German. In French, junior Karen Yahnke was selected and junior Kye Chesnut as an alternate. The top 30 students in each language were chosen throughout the state. The Ho- nors Program involved a se- ven-week study and no English. It is very important to con- tinue language study through all four or five years and on into college, commented Mrs. Ju- dith Eaton, head of the Foreign Language department. Stu- dents from all three languages had a chance to visit a country in which their study is spoken. During Spring Break, Mr. and Mrs. Gene Foldenauer chaperoned 22 North Spanish students on a nine-day tour of Mexico. The first three days were spent in Mexico City ex- ploring Indian pyramids and attending a bullfight. The next three days were spent browsing through shops and street markets in Taxco, and the final three days were spent in warm, sunny Acapulco. Mr. Folde- nauercommented, The trips provided a good opportunity for the students to learn a lot of different things, including get- ting along with others and learning about another culture and their ways of life. Before school started, 16 French students accompanied by Mrs. Karen Lowe, and her husband David, toured Lon- don, England, and France. They spent the first three days in London, one night in Dinard, the next four days in Paris and the last four days in Nice. Ten students from CNHS traveled with Mrs. Eaton to study at the Akadamie Klau- senhof located in Dingfen, West Germany. Students attended class for six hours a day, six days a week for a month. They also had time to travel some. Cities visited included Bochalt, Bonn, Kbln, Mijns ter and Wes- el. 28 Foreign Language

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Students create for ' Write-On ' i April 30 was the deadline for entries to be submitted to the English department for publi- cation in A ite-On , a sample of effective student writing sponsored by the English de- partment. Not all of the writings submitte d were printed in the magazine, but all were kept on file in the English department. Samples of poetry, short story, essay, description, narration, argument, analysis or witticism were all considered. In addition to being considered for the Write-On , entries of poetry or short story were considered for The Eric Adams Award, given every year in honor of a former North student to an imaginative expression in poetry and short story. Teachers in the English de- partment participated in sev- eral workshops throughout the year. Mrs. Helen Ahlemeyer and Miss Debbie Shoultz pres- ented a workshop entitled In- cluding an Author in Your Classroom Feb. 12. Four North teachers attended a workshop entitled Teaching Writing in the 80 ' s , held at the Atkins Hotel in Indianapolis; and at the beginning of the year, seven teachers partici- pated in a workshop directed by Webb Salar in which teachers critiqued the writing and techniques of fellow teachers. Four juniors, Karen Miller, Susan Newkirk, Chris Sharp- nack and Lewslie Yowell, were chosen to represent the de- partment in the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) writing contest, held in April. The students were re- quired to write an impromtu essay, as well as submit a sam- ple of their best writing. One new course, a nine weeks elective entitled Anim- als, Animals , was added to the English department curriculum this year. In addition, Modern Literature 11 , a semester course, was revived this year. It had been offered at North pre- viously but was not available in 1980-81. Above: English teacher Don Kihm discusses an assignment with sopho more Penny England. Above Right: Patty Perdue seeks help from her peer tutor Ronilta Murohy Peer tutoring was a class offered to seniors (or the purpose of helping students in junior composition Right: Mr. Joe Cabel ' s sophomore English class works on essays. All sophomores are required to take a standard English course. Far Above Right: Junior Mandy Clif- ford reads The Bell Jar during Dfith Life class This is a nine- week elective available to both juniors and seniors. 30 English