Forest Hills High School - Forester Yearbook (Sidman, PA)

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Department chairman Henry Polasko (below) looks over some notes concerning an upcoming in-service meeting of the Eng- lish department. Discussing an oral report with Kent Glatz in her short story class. Fran Matvay (right) smiles at the frankness of the report. Keller, Albert—Ehrenfeld B.A. St. Francis College M.Ed. University of Pittsburgh Advisor— Forester Advisor—Montage Advisor—Senior and Junior Classes Knepper, David—Sidman B.S. Clarion M.Ed. Penn State University Matvay, Fran—Johnstown B.A. University of Pittsburgh B.S. Penn State University M.A. Penn State University Polasko, Henry—Windber B.S. Clarion Master of Library Science Chairman—English Department Advisor—Humanitarian Club Coach—Scholastic Quiz Coach—Forensics Vrabel, Frederick—Portage B.A. St. Francis College Coach—Drama Club Yuhas, Paul—Dunlo B.A. St. Vincent College Paul Yuhas (above) reviews the various figures of speech in his sophomore poetry class. Pinning up some clippings on his ‘‘Survival course is David Knepper (right). 22—English

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School Elections Prove Practical Helping with the class elections, Mr. Turchetta’s history classes learned firsthand the mechanics of the demo- cratic election procedure. Students aided in the tabulation of votes and compared the school results with the national results. See- ing the actual election procedure gave me a bet- ter understanding of class discussions. (Tammy Seese) Unlike last year the history modular courses grouped all seniors, juniors and sophomores homo- genously. Student reaction to the new grouping showed general approval. Likewise, teachers ap- proved ... “I find it easier to teach a class of the same level, and the students themselves are less inhibited in class discussions. (Mr. Michael Barton) In his Religions of the World class. Walter Celmer (above) explains the fundamental differences of the major religions. Anthony Turchetta (left) goes over the school election ballot with 'Political Science stu- dents Sue Russell and John Klett. Social Studies—21

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Fred Vrabel finds a student's response given in Drama I class a bit humorous. Opinions Differ With Restructuring Of Mini-Courses Opinions concerning the newly struc- tured mini-courses varied with the student body. It's a much better system; teachers no longer have to cram material because of a tight schedule.” Greg Wirfel) The new system limits the variety and flexibility of different classes with different teach- ers. (Kathy Kostick) The renovated mini-courses (twelve weeks in- stead of six) offered ten different courses and combined related topics of previous classes, such as science fiction and literature of the. super- natural and Broadway Musicals I and II. Some new courses were added. Latin and vocabulary study, for example. Under the new system, scheduling problems were greatly minimized. As a result, students did not lose too much time in schedule changes. “Having twelve weeks instead of six in which to teach research paper was a great help to me and the students. (Fran Matvay) English—23