Lexington High School - Lexington Yearbook (Lexington, MA)

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Sr. Barrera, recently arrived from Madrid and Venezuela, has been a great addition to the Spanish department. Striving to prove that, contrary to student opinion, Spanish is not a snap course, he has also proven it to be worth the effort. Mr. Noyes has been patiently listening to our fractured French for two years and continues to try to help in any way he can, even when there is no hope for us or the tongue we “speak.” Two fine teachers were lost to the Language Department during this year: Miss Leppanen temporarily, due to an arm fracture, and Mrs. Leake, who retired early this winter after three decades of service to Lexington. The learning process will go on, of course, but we will miss her. Miss Silverman and Mi Denalivan came to us this year as well-qualified additions to the French teaching staff. Mr. Denanyan has stepped into Mrs. Leake’s place and filled it as well as anyone could. the lingo 11

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“No, don’t say ‘ah,’ say ‘u.’ Purse the lips—keep your tongue down. Now try it again.” We lack a language lab, but Miss Brega, the new head of the Language Department, and her staff, try hard to teach us the fundamental phonetics of French, Spanish, Latin, and German, and give us a touch of European literature as well. Miss Adams and Mr. Hennessey have threatened us with dire warnings and flattered us with honeyed language to make us learn. Miss Allen proves daily that Latin is not a dead language, and although her students do not unanimously share her firm belief that a good working knowledge of Latin is a necessity for college and life, they . 7 devotedly continue to translate the classics. In exchange for a lot of hard work drilling on the fundamentals of phonetics and grammar, our dedicated French teachers Miss Piermarini and Mrs. Orenstein share with us the delights of French culture: its literature and arts. learning

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This year the Math Department has continued its policy of giving over a group of classes to two Harvard interns. The first semester is taken by Miss Leavell who will be replaced by Mr. Usiskin for the second semester. Mr. Moyle, as head of the Math Department, takes pride in the wide range of math courses being offered this year, which include a computer course and many fields of advanced math. Here Mr. Adzigian is 4 seen with his student teacher. These student P lo ttt Ne teachers stay for approximately three weeks. During their stay they observe classes led by the teacher they have been assigned to and later instruct their own classes. Mr. Adzigian ended his math teaching this February to become an Assistant Principal. 12