Joliet West High School - Alpha Omega Yearbook (Joliet, IL)

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DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF LIFE. Curriculum Studyj Biology. The New Physicsn stresses experiment and uses a minimum of formulas, as the '4New Biology stresses work with live animals and the functions of their bodies, as opposed to the dissection of animals preserved in formaldahide. These two courses were not all that was new this year. The school is equipped with all of the latest facilities for both classroom and laboratory sciences. The other sci- ence courses include: chemistry, physiology, earth science, health, and space science. ...qo- K 'wid' A Ww y Paul Wussow, Jim Wellman, JoAnne Stefanich, Mike Tymowicz and Lynn Zoleske are working diligently, and perhaps a bit skeptically with test tubes in chemistry lab. Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it. Lois Gerl and Nick Grabavoy will receive plenty of practice during their two semesters with the microscope. Mr. Warner feeds West's tame raccoon. Close observation of live specimen gives students an appreciation of animals. , :ge

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THE STUDY OF SCIENCE BRINGS STUDENTS TO A ix ABOVE: Diane Kroll smilingly accepts Mr. Hein's explanation of a Physics problem, but doubting Jim Knighton thinks he'd better check with the book. ,ig 1 . Y, 3 2' ix, K., 'Vw-:kk A talk with Mr. Hopkins, chair- man of the Science Dept., revealed that, while new methods for teach- ing English and math have been devised in the past few years, tra- ditional methods were used for sci- ence. However, this year brought the advent of change. Divergence from the traditional was most evi- dent in physics and biology. A group of college professors and secondary school educators pre- pared new text books for these courses, and P.S.S.C. CPhysical Science Study Committeeb Physics and B.S.C.S. CBiological Science Janice Patterson and Phil Krall are trying to master the unusual numbering of the sections of a township. These two Frank's fHall and Evansj seem to have found two rather strange friends. This health class is studying a model of the human ear. W ,,,, aww ,X 4

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LANGUAGES BRING UNIVERSAL UNDERSTANDING Working at the board are Karen Kozma, Monica Moline, and Miss Alice Hartman in FRENCH III CLASS. On the board is the name of a song which in English means The Day The Rains Came Down. In each of the languages, the two years which initiate a student into the language are based on the language itself, including the spoken language and the written language. In German and Spanish, a new approach to language learning has been adopted, the audio-lingual approach, meaning that the students spend a greater amount of time learning the understanding of the spoken word and how to speak than on learning how to read and write in the language. This audio-lingual approach is a direct result of the National Defense Education Act Institute which most of our teachers have attended. ft Mess. , ' 12 tl-iii E .aaa-.W-.5 , I In the new ultramodern language laboratories students learn a language under a new concept of teaching. Under the supervision of their teacher, Mr. CHerrJ Fielitz, students use the electronic equipment to improve their vocal abilities. In the third and fourth years of the languages, use is made of the reading and writing skills, as the student studies the history and literature of the country about which he is studying. In his study of a language the student may write to pen pals in the country. Singing is done in all four lan- guage classes taught. The entymology of the language is not studied at all since this is quite an advanced study. No study is made of the old language except as it affects the current language. We are fortunate to have thirty-two student positions in the language laboratory for student practice of the spoken language. This laboratory is also a result of the National Defense Education Act. In the laboratory, two types of stu- dent practice may be used. Our lab is audio-active, meaning the headsets are activated so that the student may hear him- self through his own headset. A master program is sent from the teacher's console with drills on a particular facet of the language. The student works on these drills while the teacher monitors his answers and helps him when he is wrong. Seen working hard are students in LATIN I CLASS under the super- vision of their teacher, Mr. Louis Businaro. Students in Latin, as well as students in other language classes, work hard since knowledge in a language can be used in many professions. Putting their Spanish homework on the board are Sue Sheets and Chuck Spurgeon. During this part of the course in SPANISH V CLASS, students strive for perfection of sentence SlI'l1CllllI'C Hlld gfammaf. ..........--