Hillsdale School - Telescope Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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Permanent foundation in French Mrs. M: Greal goes over papers with her eighth grade Fvehch students. Madame lawthur radians enthusiasm :11 she diuusses life in France with her class.

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f Mrs. ukinson clu:'7ii's a math problem for her seventh grade math class. Expansion In Math The mathematics department of Hillsdale School recognized the individual rates of com- prehension and progress shown by the students and realized the importance of permitting each girl to develop her mathematical skills at her own speed. Therefore, the math instructors help- ed to establish the relatively new program at Hillsdale whereby the students who show evi- dence of interest and ability are given an ac- celerated course. Thus in- their senior year, these girls are able to complete an entire course in differential and integral calculus. The mathematics courses are taught with an emphasis upon training the mind to think logi- cally and to systematically learn and apply facts and theories, A student of mathematics is being prepared for future life in which she will find it necessary to follow organized patterns. Hillsdale's mathematics program has been planned to give the most complete and thorough education possible in high school mathematics. Beginning with the fundamentals in the seventh grade, it is possible for the pupil to pursue her studies through Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II, and Advanced Mathematics. Mr. Loud distusses present aconomic problems. Miss Johnson instruct: student's in Plane Geometrv

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Two years ago a language laboratory was conTriibU'red T0 Hilisdaile by The Leyman Founda- Tion To furT-her The opportuniTy of knowledge in foreign languages. French and Spanish classes can now reciTe from recorded Tapes, Thus increas- ing fluency in conversation of The languages. The new laboratory enables a Teacher To Tune in one sTudenT or The class as a whole. IT is also possible for a student to record and replay a dialogue. In This way she may discover misTak is in her accenT and sTrive To correcT Them. French, one of The foremosT foreign languages sTudied Today, is offered To alif grades. Basic grammar is Taug'hT in The sevenTh and eighTh grades along with conversational reading. These classes wriTe menus and simple dialoguesi They spend much Time on The aud'io-Iingual program iThaT is, reciting from records and Tapes in The lab. STudenuTs also learn French songs and carols. In addiTion To more advanced grammar, The freshman and sophomore classes wriTe composi- Tions and read short plays. These plays lend expression To a SaTudenT's aCCenT. Juniors and Seniors spend mosT of The year reading The College Board preparation book. Exercises, vocabulary, and reading comprehen- sion are reviewed in The book. The girls sTudy French poeTs and Their works. STudenTs also ac- quire a short hisTo-ry of The French Revolution. Hillsdale girls are well prepared for college in The languages, because The language deparT- men-T is increasing To meet The needs for fluency and comprehension in This field. Mademoiselle Armand relaxes between classes.