St Laurence High School - Valhallan Yearbook (Burbank, IL)

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Learning Proper Grammar St. Laurence offers English as a four year compulsory course. Freshman English focuses upon grammar, Romeo ana' Juliet and short stories. Sophomore students write various paragraphs, study Julius Caesar, and read Our Town. In the Junior year, many students were confronted with the ever symbolic world of Mr. Kroc. The in-depth world of ACT testing, SAT testing, and vocabulary were all exten- sively covered in Junior English. Many Senior students faced the flamboyant Mr. Lynch. ln this class, British Literature was covered thoroughly with such Shakespearean dramas as Hamlet and Macbeth. Creative Writing was also offered as an elective course for Seniors. In this class, students wrote their own symbolic stories and analyzed other students, symbolism. Top Left: Mr. Koziel looks over material for the pro- per techniques for writing a newspaper. Top Right: Mr. Tarjan discusses an assignment with Patrick Cooke and Kevin Ahearn. Bottom: Mr, Lynch delivers the Oh, what a rogue argl peasant slave am l soliloquy from Hamlet. English f 133

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132 f English Top Left: Mr. Konrath surveys his class during an important grammar test. Top Right. Explaining the concepts of Hamlet, Mr. Lynch articulates before the class. Bottom Left: Mr. Tarjan explains the complex structure ofa well formed paragraph. Bottom Right: Mr. Kroc faithfully corrects term papers. 25

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Comprehending The athematical Concept Top Left: Mr. Pappalardo explains the simple concepts of factoring. Top Right: Surveying his Analysis book, Mr. Martin prepares to begin class. Middle: Mr. Fowler displays some simple concepts of 134 f Math trigonometry. Bottom Left: As the class watches intently, Br. Hennessy shows square root factoring. Bottom Right: Mr. Kavanagh tries to make his students see the reasoning behind the theorem. :asm f.k f W5 4?