Derby High School - Panther Yearbook (Derby, KS)

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Eric Tangeman. jr.. and Ann Loehr. soph., act out their dialogues Mr Jim Hartshorn monitors Spanish through head- in German. phones. Culture included in language study In regard to the Foreign Lan- guage Department's quality. Mrs. Mary Beckelhimer. French instructor, said. Wher- ever we went as representa- tives of Derby, we were ahead.” Derby’s foreign languages (Spanish. French, and German) involved much more than the study of the language itself. Ef- forts were made to bring in the culture of the native language which included a holiday cele- bration a la France, complete with French cake and other French delights. Five two and three year Ger- man students were given the opportunity to visualize the real thing with a trip to Ger- many. For the second year. German and French were offered to Ju- nior High freshmen, bringing about a double in the number of participants. Mrs Trudy Rumple explains genders to German I students Mrs. Mary Beckelhimer points to the French textbook A Foreign Language 15

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Mrs. Sarah Rhodes laughs as Mrs Thelda Mrs. Bonita Pack. Mrs Ruby Brumfield. Mr Kenny Carter and Mrs. Betty Colburn Delamarter points out one of her stu- take a moment in the teachers' lounge to look over an English lesson, dents. Variety “spices up” English courses appeal The five years of develop- ment. which made it possible for Derby students to have 40 English courses from which to choose, gave them the oppor- tunity to receive the English background best suited to the lifestyle they choose. With the lengthening of 9- week composition courses to semester classes and the addi- tion of four mini-courses being the major changes from the previous year. Mrs. Thelda De- lamarter. department head, seemed satisfied. We have tried to build up a department with enough English courses to satisfy both college-bound and non-college-bound students. By doing so. we hope that we have eliminated the student who becomes bored and re- sentful in composition and grammar courses. Our inten- tions Were not only to repre- sent both student groups, but to make available as many in- teresting. practical applica- tions of English as possible. Mrs Mary Rutledge smiles as she grades her Science Fiction classes' pa- pers. 14 Language Arts Ms Kathy Keller and Mrs Kay Heizer refer Mr Rocky Rockenbach conducts a class to STAGE AND SCHOOL for information discussion in his 6th hour novel class Miss Sue Holsapple finds The Pan- Mrs Sondra Vedock looks up from cor ,her s Tale editor. Jim Kroenmg. sr . reefing a paper to listen to a student amusing

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Mrs. Deborah Page and Mrs. Charlie Galloway examine the grades. Mr. John Kennedy and Mr. Bill Schantz discuss a math assignment. 16 Mathematics Math reaches long goals The Math Department set very high goals for itself. The first goal dealt with having a good college bound math program for students, whether they intended to be math majors or not. Their other goal was to prepare the students with enough knowledge for the challenges of a lifetime. These goals proved suc- cessful with the results of the Student Achievement Tests. In these tests, the math students scored ex- tremely high. Enrollment was high with- in the department, with dif- ferent math courses to suit the needs of each and every student. Mr. Richard Harvey and Brian Young, sr.. discuss analysis.