Highland Park High School - Little Giant Yearbook (Highland Park, IL)

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Members of the Adult Education — sponsored fencing class (bottom) take advantage of group drills to perfect their lunges. Trying to master the art of self defense,” seniors Rick Schcc- tcr and Susan Caringella (left) practice one-step sparring in Mr. Philyaw’s evening karate class.

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Hebrew introduced to satisfy popular demand Thanks largely to the prompting of budding ling- uists. Hebrew was offered as a language for the first time this year. Administrators added the beginning- level course to the 1972-73 curriculum after noting student desire for a class in the ancient tongue. As taught by Mr. David Eppstein. a 1968 HPHS grad- uate. the class was typical in many ways to any first year language course. Students had the usual quota of nightly homework assignments, quizzes, and tests. At the same time. Mr. Eppstein worked to add an in- formal dimension to the course. Classes often played games that involved use of vocabulary and grammar. Students determined their own grades for the semes- ter. based on what they felt they had accomplished the first half of the year. Students often viewed movies about Israeli culture, and Mr. Eppstein presented his own slides of the sum- mer he spent in Israel. Hoping to appeal to high school dropouts, the Dis trict 113 Board of Education voted to allow student to take courses offered through the Adult Educatioi program. Although the effort to reach dropouts wa unsuccessful, largely because of an information gap some students did register for evening classes. Every course was opened to young people, but th fencing and karate classes were the only ones to at tract student participation. Mr. Jerome Man's fencing class met every Wednes- day night at Deerfield High School for ten weeks. The twelve duelers” learned about the history of fencing, and tried to master the finer points of the sport. Twenty-five members of the community met Tues- day and Thursday evening to learn the ancient art of Karate. Mr. Lynn Philyaw. course instructor, hoped to instill increased physical discipline and mental aware- ness in those who took the course. PROGRAM INNOVATIONS Translating the picture into Hebrew print, sophomore David Breslow (right) lets the class in on the fact that the man is falling from the sky. Mr. David Eppstein's artistic talents (below) — the parachutist on the board — add a refreshing dimension to his teaching efforts with a first year Hebrew class. 26

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PROGRAM INNOVATIONS Freshman orientation serves 3-fold purpose Steps were taken to firmly ensconce the class of 76 into life at HPHS as last year's Directed Study be- came this year's Freshman Orientation program. A committee of five teachers and three present sopho- mores met over the summer to review the problems of 1971-72 directed study. The result was a 35-page re- port which contained recommendations for the present program. Under the direction of Mr. Theodor Repsholdt. the program had three purposes. The first was to get in- formation about the school to freshmen. At the be- ginning of the year representatives from various clubs and organizations spoke to the homerooms, describ- ing their activities and telling students how they could become involved. Frosh also received thorough brief- ings as to the school’s rules and regulations. Another purpose of the program was to provide freshmen with a basis for socialization, to give them a feeling of belonging. Mr. Repsholdt hoped that stu- dents would ''consider their homerooms as a pre- cinct. The final aim was to provide instructional materials that would teach freshmen about living in an adult society. Twice a week homerooms reviewed case studies provided by the College Entrance Examination Board's Decision Making program. It was hoped that by reading and discussing the specially prepared studies students would learn the techniques of making wise decisions, and their immediate and long range effects. 28