Estes Park High School - Whispering Pine Yearbook (Estes Park, CO)

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Teaching journalism, Mr. Robert Keith points out the ports of a newspaper and how a lead must state the 5 w’s. English Staff Introduces Fresh Knowledge, Ideas Shakespeare in epidemic proportions seemed to abound in the classrooms of EPHS as English students read plays and sonnets. Communications students worked on posters, exemplifying advertisements, under the direction of Mr. Robert Keith, while students in world literature wrote character sketches and plays. Every play read aloud in American literature turned out to be a comedy no matter how serious the author intended it to be. Mr. Chuck Wright helped younger students learn sentence structure and basic grammar while many books were read in Mrs. Penelope Wright's humanities class. She sponsored various field trips including those to a Simon and Garfunkle concert, Camelot , Channel 9 radio and tv studios and the movie, Romeo and Juliet . English classes, in most areas, were semester courses which meant eager students could take four or five during the year if they wished. David DeSanti finds that Mr. Chuck Wright is a storehouse of answers to questions about spelling and grammar. As humanities students take notes, Mrs. Penelope Wright summarizes points about ancient Greek history. 18

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Books, Machines, Minds Store Knowledge for Future New sights and sounds filled the library this year. If one could hear the sound of thinking minds, one would be deafened, for busy minds can find much to do in the library. Books, magazines and newspapers are not the only sights in a modern up-to-date library. Modern equipment like opaque projectors, controlled readers and micro-film viewers make it an audio-visual instructional center. Librarian Mr. Bob Dunn and his aides stood ready to help those curious students who wished to benefit by the knowledge stored on the shelves. The quiet working atmosphere made homework go faster and research materials made it easier to do a good job. Concentrating on research Charlie Brown utilizes the wide variety of reference books available to students in the library. Aides Marti West, above, and Dan McNutt, below, are efficient help in both the high school and grade school libraries. Not iuit another classroom, the library belongs to the students. materials. More students than ever before found the library pro Study halls here give everyone access to all types of reading vided excellent studying conditions n an informal atmopshere. 17

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Always eager to answer questions, Mrs. Jean Tanguay interprets a Spanish lesson for Steve Tyson. In Spanish I, Robert Milcel and Susie French listen, then repeat, using microphones. Films, posters and lectures added to this method. Linquists Agree Freedom Demands Communication So that's what it means! New discoveries were made every day in Mrs. Jean Tanguay's French and Spanish classes. Advanced French students Jackie Janousek and John Atwood reviewed basic dialogues, helped build sentence structures and posed questions to French I pupils while exchange student Rosi Sebastian related experiences in Bolivia to avid Spanish II listeners. Learning about the languages of countries by viewing slides and hearing stories of Mrs. Tanguay's first-hand experiences added meaning and variety to the classes. Spanish and French classes narrow the gap between nations as young people Leading a Spanish discussion. Beth Sykes learn languages, customs and history of others, bringing new understanding. demonstrates act.ve oral part,c,pat,on. 19