Highland Park High School - Polar Bear Yearbook (Highland Park, MI)

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if 7, 'vu-w 'I' ,xi anew' 1 g. ' THE GRASS is always greener , . . as Lance Duvall surveys German scene under the watchful eye of classmate Bill Fairman. i i l f .X THIS SPANISH W ' V CRECHE is admired by Spanish students Bernice Noble and Bernie Jackson during the Christmas season. 17

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'Ciest Si Bonf Exclaim Parkers, Enthusiastic Language Students Foreign languages are not new to Parkers. They have been taught at HPHS for years. The languages taught are German, French, Latin, and Spanish. The most important event of the year in the Spanish class is the trip to the Old World Marketf' The Spanish students are able to buy Spanish food and souvenirs. Parkers also learn to sing Spanish songs and do a lot of translating. The Latin students study the Gallic wars and other events of Roman history. The students have projects in which displays and drawings are used. Students are now being taught Latin I and II in the eighth grade at some elementary schools and are able to go directly into Latin III in 9B. Parkers in the French classes use their voices. French songs are sung, and the students memorize poetry to recite to the class. In German classes Parkers study the history of the Germans and the fundamentals of the lan- guage. HPHS will have a new language laboratory to help students in their languge study, soon. Aids to be used are tape recorders, microphones, and slides. ALICE STAFFORD translates as Bron McDougal notes the French IV homework on the board. 1 MISS MARY CAMPBELL directs a discussion in her Latin VI-VII class. Sharon Finch, Claudia Love, jon Cowan, and Steve Fairman participate. 16

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N16 Parkers Solve ysteries of ath More than ever before, mathematics is funda- mental to survival in an atomic age. Teachers and students alike at Highland Park High School are meeting this challenge head-on with a well-rounded math program. Among the classes Parkers may take are Prac- tical Math, Commercial Math, Algebra, Geometry, and for the higher math students, Trigonometry and Advanced Algebra. All students are required to take two years of -QQ M MR. CARL SIGNOR patiently waits for Mary Lester and Walter Railey to finish their problems. 18 math-one in the ninth grade. Parkers who have not fulfilled the math requirements by their senior year may take Business and Industrial Math. Offerings in mathematics are tailored to fit in- dividual needs, with emphasis on developing fully the mathematical potential of each student. The department excels in teaching the many phases of math, the principles of measurement, and the rela- tions of quantities and functions. NANCY LUTES puts her proof on the board in Mr. Dale Miller's Geometry I class.