Downers Grove North High School - Cauldron Yearbook (Downers Grove, IL)

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While the academic program of Downers rove High School North focuses on formal education, concommitant informal education is also a matter of concern to administrators, teachers, students and citizens of the com- munity who strive together to provide a pro- ductive learning atmosphere in and out of the classroom. In a dynamic study program, students arc encouraged to seek and use knowledge to solve problems; to develop curiosity which may lead to great personal satisfaction and, ultimately, to accomplish- ments beneficent to mankind; to clarify natural interests and properly correlate inter- ests and abilities; and to develop an under- standing of, and concern for. other people. Stimulating and exciting learning experi- ences frequently occur when least expected by the student, as when he forces himself to do a thorough research for an English paper, or when he finally succeeds in translating an exceptionally difficult foreign language passage, or when he makes time to do the extra suggested math problems, or when he inadvertently becomes involved in a conten- tious lab discussion or a rousing debate in social science class, or when he succeeds in firing a mold without a ripple or playing a piece of music without a false note. Success frequently engenders daring to be creative and original and experimental. In an established atmosphere of order and reason, each student is assisted to develop maximum mental, physical, moral, social, and emotional capabilities. The practical focus of the academic world recognizes that the student of today will be the citizen of tomorrow in whom rests the perpetuation of democracy and leadership of the world.

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ACADEMICS 9