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

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A group of seniors listens intently as Laura Bromm lectures to her their final extemporaneous essay. college composition class about how she expects them to write 1 ii i five . r -- , , 5 .gf K V V552 1 ll sk Vik E r:.k. Xxx L i' i , . .ls hu.. me N Nm X Q X 5 NX X N fi t Xxwxmx at S W QQ x F was Ax fag? Q K aff--N afar- W rbi x Wm X X xg mm Ni ik Qi mmwrss sms Q ri Q .. L .... 0 1 - X ,QF ,,,,,.. . 1 - I V - ,, , w 7 is W, g A- . . .- r 3 s c s it i r . . s - - W cccc Q . L-fs r is s r as - s... . it ssts l ' - t , X .. .. . . - Q . -K W' WW H sis . . Q . if ' ' r c AM Q' warg 'i X s im.-gg 'W' -1 it sg. 2 -' fv -I . Q, 5 L, Rf' is . . X N , t .:::,,, ,. ..r..: ,t , . ..t,: : . - tw X XX V. 5 , .. i . 1 -- .- r . :s3Q,g,: gym, . K A . , - K2 git 'l ' . X- ---- if ' ' M 3511 X . M r f 2. i meifziziffl. I ,,,, --3 up .. f' .--- - XNMMQX - K N .i -m'.f.a ei Q wg! w ., ,-s a. K .1 -, .,.. - - . K it X . Y l '- . i , t H . . . .,,, ,... 6 e ,A . tk .Q kks. ,L .. A few of thejunior boys take a break from their writing assignment in Bob Keith's English lll honors class to pose for a picture. Bob Keith and Reid Ritschard admire the scenery from the top of Pawnee Butte. English 7

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English Lots of reading, mainl To the students enrolled in the various English classes, a wide variety of activities was offered. The freshmen were enrolled in English l, taught by Ann Day and Laura Brown, back from her sab- batical leave. The classes studied Greek my- thology, read several books in- cluding the i'Outsiders, went through a unit of plays which in- cluded the i'West Side Story and Romeo and Juliet, and then concentrated on the works of Ed- gar Allan Poe. The English Il students did a lot of reading through the course of the year. They started off by English ll students in Ann Day's class work diligently on one of their tests. 6 English reading i'To Kill A Mockingbird and then they went to I Am The Cheese. Honors students contin- ued the reading with The Choco- late War. Along with the reading of nov- els, the students also read poetry, plays, and short stories. Vocabu- lary cards were required to be turned in almost every week throughout the year. Writing as- signments were also issued to the students. For the third year English stu- dents the writing assignments were lessened, but more novels were read. Some of the novels in- cluded 'When the Legends Die, 'Huckleberry Finn and The Great Gatsby. A 10-page research paper was required at the end of the year to include a writing as- signment. English Ill honors students, taught by Bob Keith, were required to read the novel Centennial, which concluded with the stu- dents' annual field trip to Fort Va- squez and Orchard and the climb- ing of Pawnee Buttes. The senior college comp class, taught by Mrs. Brown, bet- tered their English skills by includ- ing a trip to the Colorado State Uni- versity library in Fort Collins. Students from the cultures class pose in the Railway Am1s Hotel in Orchard on their annual Centennial field trip May 7.

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Social studies yin-S Trying hard to prevent a full-scale war, Mike Raybourn, Marcie Hen- lation Dangerous Parallel in Dave lVlartin's American history hon- derson, Michelle Rambeau and Dan Brooks participate in the simu- ors class. A social occasion Psychology, American and Eu- ropean histoly, government clas- ses, ancient civilizations and con- sumer education were social stud- ies classes students could choose from. These classes displayed many aspects of American life, from the working of the human brain to the buying of a house. Special activities were also present. Juniors enrolled in Ameri- can cultures class went on the an- 8 Social studies nual field trip to Orchard, Keota and Pawnee Buttes. The consumer education class worked on various projects such as designing and purchasing a personal dream house and the problems of car buying. Seniors in government clas- ses, taught by Jerry Mclvlurry, learned how thejudicial system of the United States works. They also learned how the Es- tes Park town government was run , ,V ,. ...Q . 2.'f:.Hws-.viii if 45' ' ax -?Ei9222?.if!!,, rv in the state and local class. Stu- dents were appointed to tempo- rary posts, such as mayor and oth- er key officials. They also visited the state Capitol in Denver. Don Magnuson's ancient civil- izations class leamed important subjects like prehistoric man and the crusades, while his geography classes learned the locations of different countries and their cli- mates, lifestyles and natural re- sources.