Northrop High School - Bear Tracks Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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Languages Are A Means To Go The classroom is only the first stop- ping stone, a home base to the foreign language students. In the classroom stu- dents work on verbal language, both lis- tening and speaking. Also studied is prose; the reading and wntmg of a lan- guage. However, living is learning. Each of the four language depart- ments: French, German, Latin, and Spanish, have at least one field trip a year sponsored by Northrop. Ball States ' Latin Day was attended by the Latin students. The other classes went to local programs given by the National Theatre of Performing Arts. Still, these field trips are only the sec- ond stepping stone to the goal of the for- eign language department which is To provide the student with an enriching experience of depth and bredth that will endure throughout his life. Foreign exchange students are brought in to lecture on their country. Each teacher can bring in speakers on different facets of their culture. Stu- dents are encouraged to participate in class skits and activities. Some of these activities escapt the classroom, as did the Christian salutations in the Com- mons. The third stepping stone to the differ- ent cultures, is one far away, overseas. During Spring vacation, Mrs. Weber will take twelve French And Latin students to France and London where they will view of the legendary articles of the past. There friends are made, and kept in touch with by a pen pal system, in what Dept. Head Mrs. Weber calls a Fantas- tic experience. An eye opener to the world we live in for the students. A mag- nificient opportunity. Another magnificent opportunity is being pursued by Junior Kris Collins. Kris is helping teach Spanish to three girls in Lincoln Elementary School. One of her students is in the fourth grade and the other two are in fifth grade. Basic phrases such as, My name is and, How are you? will be worked on. The three girls will also get the opportunity to study the colors and numbers in Span- ish. Kris will be teaching for half an hour every Wednesday and Friday after school. She will teach to the end of the 1981-82 school year. Perhaps she will teach in her senior year also. Miss Col- lins looks ahead to a possible Spanish teaching career, and feels her exper- ience will help her decide. Following the stepping stones of for- eign language we find a complete cycle . , from a student in a classroom to the local field trips, overseas and finally back home to the classroom only now, the student is the teacher. by Karen Ehle Freshman Scott Gobi and freshman Tom Stietz take notes during Mrs. Susie Ban- damer ' s Spanish class. 16 — Foreign Languages

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Math Makes It All Add Up Math can make it all add up. And it can make it add up so most of us are able to get the right total most of the time. But math is more m Northrop than the basics. In addition to the program that everyone knows about, there are special and innovative classes being offered to the Bruin Students. Thirty-five freshmen this year have survived Honors Algebra 1 2. This class was initiated this year and is highly competitive and accelerated. The same topics are covered in this class as in the regular Algebra 1 2 but in more depth and with a faster pace. Mrs. Jane Kim- mel, the teacher of this class said, I ' m really pleased with what they ' ve accom- plished. They don ' t give up easily. They ' ve come up with some neat solu- tions to problems. Steve Brink, freshman, feels that the class IS a challenging one. It ' s hard. he said. You gotta study Tom Beerbower, freshman, agreed. I have to work to un- derstand It. He added, It ' s fun and like working things out. The computer programming classes proved to be the most popular classes taken. Young people are realizing that they need to have a computer back- ground, said Mr. Bob Trammel, math department head. 156 students are enrolled. In future years Mr. Trammel feels that there will be a problem with space because of in- creasing enrollment. He calls this the ripple effect. Mr. Al Rupp, who teaches the class, gave several reasons for the popularity of this class. Students who are going to college m the math and science fields will be required to use the computer , , . many new jobs are opening in the field. It only makes sense that . . more stu- dents want to prepare themselves. He added, The computer is becoming more and more a part of our lives. Mr. Art Schwab helps students with problems at the board. photo by Charlotte Atherton Sophomore Mark Gustin works with the Ap- ple system in Computer Programming., ' photo by Charlotte Atherton Freshman Melissa Dietrich works on an alge- bra assignment, photo by A. Johnson Math — 15

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Explore Foreign Languages — 17