Falls Church High School - Jaguar Yearbook (Falls Church, VA)

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While lab partner Richard Jacobson double-checks the experimental procedure, beginning biologist John Rukenbrod prepares bacteria cultures. 18

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Dante Ciolfi gets at the roots of the Romance Languages. Humanities Education Spiced With Foreign Flavor Drills, outside reading, language labs and translations were only a few of the methods employed by Foreign Language instructors to introduce students to a second language. Dialogues and tape recordings were utilized by the first year students, while scholars on the second and third levels were exposed to short novels, sentence structure and the fine art of conjugating. The more advanced lang¬ uage classes refined their linguistic skills with the use of outside reading and classroom con¬ versations. Regardless of the level, all of the language students were exposed to the culture of their chosen country. Teachers, realizing the impor¬ tance of creating the atmosphere and feel of the regions, utilized travel posters, native music and art, color slides and even native dishes to familiarize students with the culture of their chosen language group. The result of their labors was a student who could not only read, write and speak a second tongue, but who could also understand and relate to yet another part of humanity. 17

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Rick Shine and Tom Monday measure accurately and watch intently for a chemical reaction. Sciences Scientists Explore With Text 6 Test Tube Ecological systems, valences, cosmic rings . . . sound familiar? They were all a part of the many courses offered in the Science Department. While the Earth Science classes became familiar with the parts of a glacier, the Biology students eagerly prepared for the dissection of their first frog. Lab exercises in the BSCS Biology courses enabled them to recognize the characteristics of a host of living organisms. For the serious scientists, chemistry offered a chance to become familiar with laboratory procedures and in-depth experi¬ mentation. Physics provided yet another year of instruction for the science-minded. Several new courses were introduced, with the expansion of facilities. Chemistry II and Biology II were offered to Seniors with previous background in the subjects. Both classes were informal and geared toward indi¬ vidual experiments. With the addition of a planetarium to school facilities, a new course in Astronomy was also added to the science curriculum. Test tubes are sterilized by Brenda Black to insure correct results. 19