Adlai Stevenson High School - Aurora Yearbook (Livonia, MI)

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Foreign Language Foreign Language classes have retained their popularity at Stevenson despite some trends in other schools towards declining enrollment. In fact, some Stevenson students take two languages while at SHS. Various levels of French, Spanish and German are taught at Stevenson. Mr. Dave Groen says that in today ' s world the ability to speak a foreign language can be a definite career asset. The department also conducts English-As-a-Second-Language classes (ESL) for those newly arrived in the United States. Most students feel the popularity of the language classes at Stevenson is due to the teachers and special activities they encourage and plan, such as foreign Language Club, exchange visits and trips to ethnic restaurants. Department chairman Mr. Dave Groen and French 3 student Cheryl Soper dis¬ cuss his favorite city, Paris (left). Alan Berndtson (above top) in Spanish 2, Ka¬ ren Walters (center), and Don Gilbert (bottom) work on their language skills. Gilbert visited Europe in the summer of 1982 as an AFS student.

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i Dhana Ponners works on Spanish 2 exercise (above). Brenda Belleville awaits her turn to translate in German class. Flags of Central and South American nations adorn ceiling of Mrs. Gill ' s Spanish class (right). 172

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All three art teachers at Stevenson took beginning and advanced students in the same class in order to keep as many types of courses going as possi¬ ble, according to art department chair¬ man Ken Rose. For example, Mrs. Mary Ehlert had drawing and painting 2,3 and 4 students in one class. And Mr. Rose had 1, 2, and 3 students in sculpture, Mr. Doug Johnson had beginning and advanced students in photography classes each hour. Mrs. Ehlert and Mr. Rose had stu¬ dents win honors in the annual Scho¬ lastic Art Awards. All three teachers entered student work in the annual Li¬ vonia Fine Arts Festival held each spring. Jamie Mussat and Pam Telfer (above) and Tom Dyer (right) work in clay in sculpture class. Kris Hagen (above) works on a horse. Mr. Rose (right) helps Michelle Trotter. Photo students John Hopper prepares to make color print (above right) and Mike Newcome ad¬ justs umbrella light (far right). 174