Shortridge High School - Annual Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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Sophomores choose science program This year, a science team teaching program was offered to sophomores, a- long with the usual science classes. The advantages of this program were no single state-approved textbooks and pupil- selected laboratory experiments for soph- omores. lVlr. Burns, sophomore team teacher, brought his collection of snakes to school and his classes worked with them throughout the year. lVlr. Don King, Science Department Head, said he believed the program would prove to be flexible. This year, laboratory classes required only seven periods, in- stead of the usual ten periods. The addition of astronomy to the science department was welcomed by a high enrollment of students. Other additions included four new teachers. They were lVlrs. Susie Brown, Nlr. Larry Burns, lVlrs. Diane lVlcKnight, and lVlr. Don Nelson. Pupils took an in- terest in advanced biology and chemistry as enrollment in these classes soared. ln this age of Aquarius, Shortridge 'students observe and study the stars in second hour astronomy class. lVlr. Nelson is the astronomy teacher. lVlrs. Brown watches as her sophomore team general science class experiments with common household materials to create interesting chemical reactions. 5 s -N Q 1' A D. , 6? i l i Nl Q..-..--we-I

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Foreign countries welcome language students We have been successful in people participating in the I. U. Honors Pro- gram, said lVliss Louise Reiter, Language Department Head. Last year vve had four participants going to France, Ger- many and Italy. Other programs with Shortridge students vvere: AFS lAmer- ican Field Servicel, YFU lYouth for Understandingl, and ACTFL lAmerican Council of Teachers of Foreign Languageslf' Planned for this year was Language Day which ended with a program in the Auditorium. Some schools have dropped Latin and Russian, but Shortridge continued these languages along with French, Spanish and German. IVIr. David Hammer's beginning French l class learns hovv important it is to count in French numbers from one to thirty. Debbie Shelton and Mark Profitt listen while Carlos Cisneros explains Spanish to them. As seen, the language office is a good place for studying. upw- rms 'Qi

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Cindy Starrett has a questioning look on her y Eddie Q0 X X' NTLSH 311 .X X, ww .4-QQY' in-n q ,v- , it Y Pe9QV Sharpe, Steve Hatchett, Betsy Branson and Rod Usher test their scientific knowledge through experiments in lVIrs. BaIlovv's chemistry class. Dominique Nliller, Connie Spradley and Shirley Stiger work on a chemistry experiment where mixing and weighing of solutions is important.