Centennial High School - Eyrie Yearbook (Ellicott City, MD)

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OPPOSITE, ABOVE: Junior Reid Schoenfeldcr demonstrates his culinary talents as he prepares Bralwurst for ft food-tasting party in H'GCfmi1H class. OPPOSITE, BELOW: Centennial foreign language students Eric DeSilva, Chris Ott, and Jay Stoszienjoy the sights andvsounds of the inter- national atmospherc at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. ABOVE: Foreign Language Department: Carol Rossi, Paula Micka, Paulette Thomp- son, Vicki Clem, Robyn Huber and L0ti.Street, g '1 Foreign Language Department 37

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Languages Widen Vistas As contacts with people? of ether natiionsfoe-f icui'redfrnorefandf more-frequently, i theg need rio fcomrnunicatef ,using languages fine addition to English 1 iintensifieai The extensive language fprogram at Centennial fniadei i available op-Y portunities-for thefstudent with at desire to be more than V rnonolingual. The faculty was increased ftol six and the course offerings ywere expanded to include 'French lthroughe level V5 German through level IV, and Spanish through level IV. Classical Latin conipleted the language 'curriculum with levelsflfyand II. All languages Q provided discipline for the student as he vat- ternpted to 'learn a new tongue. i I Four' separate groups -of students gained l practicalyexrperiencei'in speakingas they visited e France, ,Germany,ySpain, fand Switzerland during the spring break. One group combined' an interest in art and. languages as they toured famous museums in t-both France and Spain. Language clubs also provided practical :and cultural experience gin the iform i of food-y tasting parties and visits to such places as Georgetown University's language facilities. M l Students studying higher levels of language' soften worked independentlylwhile their counter- parts, studying beginning levels, wondered tif there was ian end to the daily barrage of verbs -and grammar, Despitef the 'demanding task at of mastering! a foreign lariguageg cstudentssuc- cessfully completed their year of study. W s 36 Foreign Language Department ,1 t, t -. 1 itll i ' . Lf ' z1 4'6 g. 6 l x F l l on t iff? .i ' 9 Al f , ,,.,. , eww Pi vi Y f-'--, fj if f Mil V t W' ., ,rrt e or t , 451 i i il Q' x X e 1 i is - 0 i ' 5 4 5 A '- ' ,' ?t e 6-V 5 '2f?i r r 'sf - r Q i V L 5 Lv .. 5 Q. r Q: - lv . lk 1 A N . I LA 8 I. .1 is-, if 5275 if. -765' lf- ff ' 'e J f5 ..:1.'1 ?5J5fQ1F'fi.u7':.f.'f 9 T I in z f it fi .fp has I 493' -A g :jeff H 'T ii it l 'ii, -S., fit 'fry' iiiil m ' ,M - fb: ' an f1i2 i Q ffffa 1 'li ' f fff't,-QQ-- - n 'fe-, , at v fl fx 1,-J. . Q Q-L H , i :Z J X ' 4.4 fr . .4 V 1'- ' .3 K ' ii' 'L an ss:

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Social Studies Steps ut CLOCKWISE FROM ABOVE? Frank Fennel! casts his vote in Centennial's first mock electiong Social Studies Department: Joseph Mitchell, Bruce SmithQ Andrew Wizda, Marshall Peter- son, Joan MCC:-umb, Anita Fadden, Dianne Giambusso, Karen Lovingg A Howard County police officer dem- onstrates K-9 training methods to psychology studentsg Lisa Sinkunas and the polygraph go wild as Mike Evans lends a handg Contemporary Issues class compares news from around the nation. 38 Social Studies Department S W iff Y 4 cf sv- K X, ii fr S, it KW-At. , N,