Alpena High School - Anamakee Yearbook (Alpena, MI)

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PHYSICAL FITNESS IS MORE THAN JUST AN IDEA Mr. Gillespie Mr. Kline In Alpena much emphasis is placed on physical fitness curriculum. A well-rounded program is offered in- cluding modern dancing, weight lift- ing, swimming, gymnastics, golf, bowling, archery, and wrestling. Physical education activities as- sist students in the area of total body education--to help them understand and respect the body as an instrument for self-expression. It also tries to maintain fitness in students for daily living, as well as, special skills. Physical education is required for allfreshmen, and is being offered to upper- classmen who, for the first time, will receive one-half credit for the course this year. Miss Leonall Mr. Keeley Mrs. VanNatter Tarzan, anyone? 5 ggi i Dribble, dribble . . . It's really quite easy. Please, don't shake the floor! Careful, now. 25

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NEW DIMENSIONS IN LANGUAGE .,I. ya? W up 4 . t - I 7 IX' . I f xv ' i s Q' , it 6 VK , ,. Mr. Story Mr. Danhoff Miss Lees Growth has played an important part in the foreign language department this year. Headed by Mr. Story, the de- partment offers three years of Span- ish, four years of French, and an ex- pansion to three years of Latin. There were nineteen foreign lang- uage classes taught this year -- two more than that of previous years. In the last seven years there has been an addition of two classes per year. ln- crease in curriculum of this depart- ment fills the needs of students with And sometimes we have a test. Silence is not a virtue in language class. 24 expanding views and a new desire to speak foreign languages--a growing field. hu.,., 'I-ug., sa, I xi R XE, - ff' Come on now, the name of the town was in your lesson last week. The teacher works hardest, he says!

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F Un it ' 5,2 5 M. M 5, E L. , 4 was H X ' .W W' .FW Qi' w1i, .ff - . 2255 if 95 Zip: 'Lf 1 1 . . , ty , , N34 . 1 , . 29 w gg Mr. Dennis Mr. Bunce Mr. Foster Mr. Hall Mr. Henkel i . 1 i Q l Mr. Juola Mr. Steinke Mr. Taylor The Mathematics department revised its Geometry course this year, and in addition developed a standardized testing program for all mathematics courses. A new approach to ninth grade Algebra was started, which used a new text book, and emphasized the structure of mathematics . The new approach is designed to improve students' understanding of our mathematics system. For the second year, Technical Mathe- matics was offered, which stresses mathe- matics of a technical nature which would be faced in actual situations in industry. Prob- lems studied in this course center around ex- periencesa technician would encounter in the task of testing materials or newly constructed products in manufacturing.