Topeka West High School - Chevalier Yearbook (Topeka, KS)

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ABOVE: Having Spanish students recite sen- tences from a book is Mrs. Braun. RIGHT: Reading her Spanish assignment is Linda Nor- ton, '80. .93 , V ' , 4-at tl-P

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GIUJQQIGIQQQ QJEPCBEEJQI 521995993 With inter-continental travel being commonplace in today's Space Age, the ability to speak a foreign lan- guage fluently would be a great as- set. Jobs in government service and air travel are also open to those who speak foreign languages. ln Spanish, French, Latin and Ger- man classes, students learned by speaking, reading, Writing, singing, dancing, cooking foreign foods and other activities. Spanish students participated in a contest in Wichita where they were judged for their ability to pronounce letters and words. French students took an imaginary trip to France, speaking only French while buying plane tickets, getting passports and exchanging American money for francs. TOP RIGHT: Foreign language students dance to a Spanish tune is class. RIGHT: Listening intently to a class lecture is Angela Doering, '81

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ofeiloiy ofauucilemiie eiustpuieotlenfae QGJQJQUQQU izxriotiltltil Linotiio Two semesters of science were re- quired to graduate from Topeka West. With nine different courses of- fered, students had no difficulty find- ing a class that interested them. Classes included botany, chemistry, biology, physiology, physics, pho- tography, astronomy and human ecology. The general objective of the seven ABOVE: Receiving help on a data graph in physics is Greg Clure, '8O. TOP RIGHT: Care- fully filling test tubes in biology are Jill Moreno and Carmen Cook, '81. RIGHT: Taping P.l-l. test strips to paper is Jeff Greenwood, '81. science teachers was to have the students appreciate the physical world around them more. To ac- complish this goal, teachers planned field trips to KPZLL in Lawrence, Kan- sas State University and other places of interest, They also had var- ious projects for the students to do, such as making a terrarium in Dr. Robert Benortham's applied botany classes.