Glenbrook South High School - Etruscan Yearbook (Glenview, IL)

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Paying four dollars doesn't stop students taking cross country skiing for gym. This is an experi- mental unit which, according to students, is the best elective CBS has ever offered. Shown here are Sonja Horvath, Jim Fabrie, Cathy Falasz and Miss Jan Fuller, the instructor. Sophomore girls stretch out before doing gymnas- tics stunts. he death of Ms. Eileen Gambl necessitatedthecombiningofthj Elective Units Prove 144K Health! Physical Education Health and Physical Education Departments into one department underi the direction of Mrs. Janet Rothwell, who started the year as supervisor of the Home Economics Department. y Ms. Ian Schiavone, a new instructor, took half of Ms. Gamble's classes while Mr. Nick Harkovich took the other halfi According to Harkovich, the departmenti started a death unit and also divided the disease course into two separate units. t We try to make our information up to-date and student oriented. We hav more discussions than lectures, he stat

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junior Barry Greenberg pays attention to a lecture given to him during his biology class. Miss Linda Novak lectures her advanced algebra class on the sum of arithmetic sequences. Ms. McCartney student at GBS and also at Glenbrook last summer. So, with this back- she will be good for the depart- explains McConnell. Both department heads say there have no radical changes, other than to what GBS has now. One of the Mr. Richard Goodspeed, head the Science Department, wants is to extending the field trip program Biology 153. The main field trip was to North- brook Water Filtration, Goodspeed re- marked. Thereyalso were speakers from Bell Telephone engineering department on women in engineering, which sur- prised the boys, according to Good- speed. One change in science was the addi- tion of a student of the month pro- gram in Biology 163. Every month a stu- dent was chosen for his or her grades and interest in biology. Ernie Burkholder concentrates on his science test. Mr. Urban helps Karen Ploen with the worksheet he gives before tests. The only big change in the Math De- partment was in the two new computers. Our new math computer terminals are our newest thing. They are General Elec- tric terminals, we use them for transmit- ting computer programs between Glen- brook South and Concordia Teachers College in River Forest, says Dr. McConnell. Sf1encef143

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a gym student the art of fencing. junn---- e e , ...J Miss Debbie Woxberg, a new gym teacher, shows Fred Brill demonstrates his ability to master the parallel bars during Gym class. Mrs. Carolyn Ierdan and Miss jan Schiavone, demonstrate the techniques of CPR. fcardio S pulmonory resuscitationj d. As a newcomer, Ms. Shiavone likes llenbrook South. She teaches two health asses, and the rest of the day she acts as .ther a paraprofessional or a substitute eacher. Her hobbies include raquetball nd badminton. She would like to earn a lasters Degree in Health Education and eep on teaching. Also worthy of note is the Cardio-pul- .inary Resuscitation unit that is taught y the Glenview Paramedics each year in injunction with the department. The purse, mandatory for high school stu- dents, develops students' technique by involving direct use of a model complete with lungs that expand and contract. PE Adds Ski Elective Ms. Debbie Woxberg joined the Phys- ical Education Department staff. Ms. Woxberg came to South with a wide vari- ety of skills. She's a versatile person. She teaches a lot of activities like tennis, dance, swim- ming and skiing, commented Mr. Don Rabeor, the instructional supervi- sor. The department is proud of the elec- tive units. We no longer have separate departments. We're following the federal mandate of Title IX and the kids seem to enjoy it, says Rabeor, The Blizzard of '79 gave the depart- ment a chance to add an-unseen elective. Cross-country skis were rented and stu- dents were given an opportunity to join the course for the price of the rental. They have a choice of different activi- ties and there's a wide variety that are offered, concluded Rabeor. Health! Physical Education! 145