Nevada High School - Nevamo Yearbook (Nevada, MO)

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Spanish Miss Donna Fisk Returns to NHS New ideas, new approaches, and a new face added to last year's comprehension of the Spanish language. Class discussions were held in oral Spanish. Miss Donna Fisk, who returned to NHS from Columbia, Missouri, where she had been teaching at the Lab school, led the discussions. Miss Fisk said, Using the words every day is necessary for the understanding of the language. We talked in Spanish and held discussions with the words they had learned from their texts. Headphones and visual aids also helped the students. Colorful bulletin boards with Spanish titles led students to develop their vocabularies and to better comprehend the culture of the Spanish people. Artifacts and relics, gathered by Miss Fisk while studying at the University of Mexico, made the subject more meaningful to the students. PARTICIPATION Increases Interest ln Spanish. ABOVE: First year Spanish students, Jlm Faith, Kathy Sunthlmer, Sherri Cheney, Ann Ross, Steve Byers, and Steve Jacobs, work -on their assignments. UPPER RIGHT: Miss Donna Flsk arranges a bulletin board which ls used to promote thought. LOWER RIGHT: Flrst-year students, Tanya Dawson and Steve Byers examine Interesting Spanish relics. INSERT: Miss Donna Flsk, Spanish.

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. nw..-ta. -- s t X it s -. eww-mst 'H Ms ses.. X A English English Classes Adopt Modern Methods Communicatlon was a keynote in the Nevada English curriculum this year. As one teacher said, Knowing English ls one thlng, but putting lt into practice ls qulte another. New practices explored ln the English department were copy wrltlng, public speaking, creative writing, and debating. Mrs. Anna Seewoester and her Eighth-grade classes focused on journalism and con- cluded their course by assembling a newspaper. Also, a debate on Lord of the Files created Interest ln Mrs. Myrtle Plcken's English Ill class. Consequently, these new practices produced interest and enthusiasm ln the English classes and nurtured the student's desire to further explore the literary masterpieces. the English classes. LOWER LEFT teresting books. UPPER LEFT: Mrs assists Tearl Scism, Norma Moreian for a class newspaper. NEW METHODS build enthuslasm ln Rodney Dlgglns, Kathy Sunthlmer, and Kim Carty scan the card catalog for ln- Myrtle Pickens and Glenda Hlghley dis- cuss the American Institute for Foreign Study. ABOVE: Mrs. Anna Seewoester and Tommy Raber with layout designs

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fx LATIN ls made meanlngful. ABOVE: Mrs. Donna Harrington uses drlll cards to establish a strong vocabulary In her puplls' mlnds. UPPER LEFT: Steve McGrew, Ken DeVan, Gary Lechman. and Mary Smith play Scrabble as part of their Latln I actlvltles. INSERT: Mrs. Donna Harrington, Latln. Latin Latin Is Not A Dead Language Mrs. Donna Harrington declared, Many people thlnk that Latln ls a dead language. I feel that It is my lob to reveal just how very much alive It really is. Many alds were used to make the language and customs reallstlc for the students. One of these, Scrabble, has long been a favorite and was well received again this past year. This game required deep thought on the part of the student as well as a good Latln-English diction- ary. Other alds Included collages, films, and workbooks. Thus, Rome-its people, its problems-sprang to Ilfe through translations of Classical literature. Imagination and common sense were stressed in these trans- lations, to make the Roman Empire meaning- ful to students Involved at NHS.