Maur Hill High School - Maurite Yearbook (Atchison, KS)

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u We think that English and other languages are essential and important in order to better prepare us for the future. To understand different peoples and ideas we need to acquire greater knowledge and new ideas. After arriving at Maur Hill we felt as if we weren’t learning because we spent most of the time speaking our native language. However as the days past we realized that we communicated more effectively in our classes. We are satisfied for the most part because the program at Maur Hill is very advanced and we can count on our teachers with their many years of experience to give us the knowledge that we need for the future. In many cases some of us have a better un- derstanding of speech than others. We believe that by the time the year has passed those who have come to learn will leave satisfied with a firm belief that the program Maur Hill offers has prepared them for communication with the people of the world. mi undo -to C Qiuv-c i Language The language classes were taught by Rev. Owen Purcell. Rev Bruce Swift, and Ms. Mary Hodson Fr Owen once again taught the classics (Latin I.II.III. fit IV) to the “Latin Scholars this year. Fr Bruce taught French I II and Ms. Hodson taught Spanish I. 18 Language

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1. Rev Owen Purcell. 2. Ms. Mary Hodson. 3. Aaron DeWald. 77. conjugates a few verbs in Spanish class. 4. Robert Gotcher. 77. Bridget Jef- frey. 77. and Jim Todd. 77. study Latin III together. 5. Ms. Mary Jane Palumbo. 6 Rev. Mar- tin Taylor. O.S.B. 7 Pisan Jayaphorn. Polpat Pulges. and Pramotc Sukorntasup help each other with assignments. 8. New foreign students at M.H. are: (BOTTOM ROW 1 to r); Bongkot Watanasathorn. Veeraphan Durongsang. Guillermo Stivalet. Roberto Martens. (TOP ROW); Juan Pascual. Gustavo Castillo. Alejandro Castillo. Thanit Shumnij. Danai Boonpitanon. Morteza Jorshari. Luis Vasquez. Alejandro Paez. Cesar Cardenas. Enrique Nunez. Asaad Al-Wazzan. The English as a Foreign Language Program (EFL) at Maur Hill is geared toward helping students of different parts of the globe learn basic English skills and vocabulary. During the first semester in the program more emphasis is put on the English language, vocabulary and a review of the cultural as well as the historical background of the United States. Students throughout the year are placed into four groups and advance one by one until their abilities are considered well enough for the normal school curriculum. As they move into the second semester a majority of them are put in different English speaking classes and have English speaking roommates. On the whole the students get along with each other although they tend to form communes of each respective backgrounds. Here the students par- ticipate in both intramural and varsity sports. Of these, soccer is the most pop- ular. Although a good percentage of the students enrolled in this program have Latin and Far Eastern nationalities, students from Persia. Kuwait and other nations participate in it. Most students find out about the program through an embassy or relatives. Although some students complain of the program upon their arrival, they soon learn that it has many advantages. Before they realize it they have a good concept of the language. EFL EFL 19