Gillespie High School - Gillespian Yearbook (Gillespie, IL)

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Arbor day finds Gary Pellizzarro and Gary Niehaus (top) co-operating on the removal of a dead tree while (left) Pam Mussatto and Joyce Sactovia watch Mr. Ismari prepare to plant a new tree, (above) Advanced math class requires Janell Mansholt’s constant concentration. 21

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GHS Offers Wide Range of Math Science In the Gillespie school system, the high school student finds there is a series of math and sciences courses in which he may enroll. At the Benld Attendance Center, Mrs. Ste- phanie Sheridan instructs general math courses, while Mr. joe Eisman is the Algebra instructor. Mr. Charles Korunka, general science and biology instructor, is also a faculty member of Benld Attendance Center. In Gillespie, Mr. James Rolando, Mr. Alvin Wilkening and Mr. Robert Sedcrwall are the math instructors. Mr. Wilkening and Mr. Sederwall, along with Mr. Norman Is- mari, teach the Science courses at GHS. This year, Mr. Rolando was assisted by Mr. Larry Testa of Blackburn. He took over the class as student teacher during the last quarter. The math courses range from general math to advanced mathematics and calculus, while the science courses range from general science to advanced physical science and ad- vanced biology. Students of math and science find the courses very inter- esting. Through the use of classroom studies and experi- mentation, the student is able to broaden his scope of knowledge. David Grey and Richard Clark (top left) carefully monitor a physics experi- ment, as Carl Love (bottom) points out some facts on Rocketing to of classroom study and behind-thc-whccl learning, driver’s education students arc taught by Mr. Dobrino. 20

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Social Studies Required to Graduate Many students enter GHS only to find that they must take a series of required courses before they graduate. Two of these required courses are consumer economics and American History. Mr. Robert Attig, in addition to teaching Sociology, teaches the consumer economics courses at GHS. The History courses are taught by Mr. Louis Polovich, Mr. Bob Easton, and Mrs. Evonne Magnani at Gillespie. World History is taught by Mr. Adolph Tenikat, at Benld Attendance Center. The curriculum in the Social Studies helps the stu- dents understand their heritage and to cope with prob- lems they might face in the future. Some of Mr. Tenikat’s disciplinary actions may seem harsh, but they are effective. (bottom) The efficiency of Mr. Attig’s methods of teach- ing is shown (lift) by showing an occasional film strip in class. 22