Gillespie High School - Gillespian Yearbook (Gillespie, IL)

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Fine Arts Add Variety to GHS Under the supervision of Mrs. Deanna Yurkovich, the Gillespie chorus called the Stars and Stripes” put on a Spring Variety concert at the BAC. Under the direction of Mr. Kenneth Kay, the Band, in its several divisions, supported and inspired many activities. The Marching Miners performed in the Homecoming parade and at most of the home football and basketball games sparking enthusiasm of both the team and the spectators. The art instructor at GHS is Mr. Morrie Giaudrone. He teaches two courses of varied studies. These in- clude drawing, painting, sculpture as well as the fun- damental concepts of art and its history. 23 Rug making (top) required the undivided attention of Rochelle Purdy, while on lookers found it interesting. Mr. Kay (above) enjoys conducting his band.

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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

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English Foreign Languages Are Being Talked About For the second consecutive year, Arthur Olson and Cyrelda Herrera instruct the freshmen on the basic fundamentals of English and grammar. At the second level of High School, we find Joyce Bartels, Dawn Elliot, and Bert Baggiore, eager to add to the knowl- edge their students acquired as freshmen. Margaret Hladik, carries on the course by teaching English III. In the fourth level of English and Litera- ture courses we find Carole Cavitt. Another field of study at GHS is that of foreign languages. For most students, preferring French they find their teacher, Dawn Elliott, willing to help them get the necessary start. The students choosing Spanish find Bert Baggiore, with the aid of Sheryl Utecaht, ready to assist their students with the basic expres- sions of the Spanish language. Gina Calcari (top), as other foreign language, find that tapes help improve their speaking skills. Her instructor. Miss Utecaht, student teacher, takes time out for the observation of the progress in the class, (above) Henrietta Crouser (left) concentrates to complete her les- son before the bell sounds. 24