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

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English provides structural foundation for modern and ancient language classes Second year French student Becky Beasley improves her French accent with help from Mrs. Catherine Coffman. Life in the Atomic Age has not left CPHS students unaffect¬ ed. Because the world is constantly growing smaller, com¬ munications and understanding between the citizens of one country with those of another must improve. As language students attempt to polish their French accents or translate an English sentence into Spanish, they are learning of for¬ eign problems and history. Latin is chosen by those who wish to study the Roman Empire whose influence can still be rec¬ ognized in many judicial and governmental systems today. English, of course, must be perfected before it is possible to master a foreign language. A three-year course is compulsory at Crown Point High School. Seniors who are preparing for college learn the fundamentals of good writing in fourth year English. Pointing out a well-known site in Italy is first year Latin student Brian Martin while classmate Amanda Lewis translates a passage from her book, which tells historical facts about the point on the map. 10

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Essential courses The facilities at Crown Point High School offer students ample opportunity for a broad scientific education. Health and safe¬ ty provides a basic understanding of hu¬ man anatomy for freshmen while sopho¬ mores probe the mysteries of plant and animal life in biology. Industrious juniors found themselves tinkering with test tubes, equations, and Bunsen burners in the chem¬ istry lab. This year chemistry enrollment reached a new peak with eight full classes. The climax of the venture into discoveries came in the senior year with physics, the study of the properties of matter and energy. Archaeologists studying an ancient relic at the mu¬ seum? Not exactly, rather, Kathy Schmelter, Dave Rogers, and Melinda Jewett view the skeleton of a baby lamb.