Crown Point High School - Excalibur Yearbook (Crown Point, IN)

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Students study, The study of United States government and of the history of civilization is a vital part of the curriculum at Crown Point. Some social studies courses are required such as civics and economics in the senior year and U.S. history in the junior year. Also avail¬ able in the senior year are psychology and sociology: world geography is open to all. The National Honor Society sponsors a Stu¬ dent Legislature Assembly near the close of the second semester. In this program junior and senior social studies students participate as senators and representatives in a mock ses¬ sion of Congress. The actual governmental procedure is re-enacted to encourage students to become active citizens by being well-in¬ formed. Linda Wirtz and Jan Luers set up the display case depicting February as National History Month. Common occurences at CPHS are tests, and social studies classes get their share of these exams. Movies help students learn valuable information about history, while they make an interesting way of presenting the data. 20

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high honors At CPHS the emphasis is on scholarship plus citizenship. To honor students who re¬ main on the honor roll at each grade period the National Honor Society presents to each a certificate at its annual evening program. Those students having outstanding grades with a 3.75 average are invited to attend the Kiwanis Scholarship Banquet. This year three rather than two seniors were named Valedictorian and Salutatorian since two qualified for the former. Many seniors also won scholarships and heading this list were the National Merit Scholarship finalists. Interest in government, the basis of good citizenship, is developed through various programs most of which are voluntary. Among these are Girls’ and Boys’ State, the World Affairs Institute, and a trip to the United Nations. Sharing the honors for co-valedictorians of the Class of ’63 are J. Jackson and J. Leonardelli; R. Colyer is salutatorian. Boys’ State representatives for the summer of ’62 were J. Knight, D. Aim, R. Kruk, P. Petrunich, and B. Matthews.

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discuss, and practice government Kjell-Ove Engeseth, native of Trondheim, Norway, is CPHS’s third foreign exchange student. This year as in the past two years CPHS has welcomed into its midst a foreign stu¬ dent. Under the auspices of the American Field Service the exchange student program provides for a summer abroad for a CPHS student and a school year here for some foreign student. ’62-’63 brought from across the sea Norwegian exchange student Kjell- ove Engeseth who soon became known to all as “Shel”. Last summer Eric Christophersen, chosen from among many hopeful appli¬ cants, journeyed to Finland and there spent three months representing American youth. In this way the high school plays an impor¬ tant role in the continuous world-wide ex¬ change of ideas and culture and helps bring about a better understanding between nations. Juniors and seniors listen intently to correct procedures for the Student Legislative Assembly.