New Castle Chrysler High School - Rosennial Yearbook (New Castle, IN)

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MISS JANE ADAMS: B.S., M.A., English, Junior Class Sponsor. MR. STEVE DICK- EN: B.S., M.A., English, Senior Class Co- Sponsor. MISS FRANCES HALBER- STADT: A.B., M.A., English, Phoenix, Rosennial. MR. RICHARD HOSTETLER: B.S., M.A., Dept. Chr., English, Speech, N.F.L. Sponsor, Intramural Co-Sponsor. MRS. CAROL LEWIS: B.S., M.A., Eng- lish, Pep Club, Sophomore Class, Girls’ Softball. MR. JOHN NEAD: A.B., L.L.B., English, MR. JAMES ROBBINS: B.S., M.A., English, Debate. MRS. KATHLEEN THOMPSON: B.S., English, Speech. MR. DICK WILLIS: B.S., M.S., English, Drama, Thespian Sponsor, Musical Comedy. ACROSS: Anita Armstrong, Mike Suther- land, and Tom Bland examine movie cam- eras used in Film Making. TOP: Students pick classes of their own choice from those offered in the new Phase Elective program. In this way, students can select classes of their interest and are more enthusiastic about them. This also works with teach- ers, by allowing them to teach in their in- terest areas.

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Students Choose Courses In New English Program | English can be fun, CHS English teachers decided, and they deter- mined to prove it by initiating a new phase elective program which offered students their choices of more than 50. classes. Although some other Indiana high schools have phase electives, CHS was the only school in the state this year with English classes on a six week basis. The classes were designed in five levels of difficulty and covered writing, reading, speaking and re- sponding. For the purpose of sched- uling and grading, students were assigned to home base English groups briefly at the end of each grading period and then moved on to new classes with different teachers. For the first time, sophomores, juniors, and sen- iors met together. Of course, not every- one was able to get all their first choices but they found that all classes had new materials and were student oriented. ABOVE: Nancy Adams and Glen Sharp operate the TV cameras in the studio. ABOVE RIGHT: Stephanie Osborne, Kim Stanley, and Debbie Shaffer hash over a new subject in Mrs. Thomp- son's class. RIGHT: Lisa Antic prepares to give a commercial over the school station WYSN. ST 16

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Languages Prove to Be Fun MR. DWIGHT FRAZE: B.A., Spanish, Athletic Trainer. MRS. SHARON SIPE: B.A., M.A., Latin, Junior Classical League Sponsor, FORSCO Sponsor. MRS. AGNES TABARES: B.A., B.S., M.A., Ph.D., De- partment Head, Spanish FORSCO Spon- sor, Spanish Club Sponsor. MRS. STEPH- ANIE VANDERLEEST: B.A., M.A, French, FORSCO Sponsor. Learning a foreign language sometimes seems impossible but students found that it could be fun as well as work this year. Engaging in such activities as debates, skits, field trips, games, songs, dancing and parties took the dryness out of classes. Teachers sought to motivate students and help them achieve a better comprehension in all three languages. While French and Spanish stu- dents struggled towards fluency, Latin classes translated and dis- cussed the works of Cicero and Sallust. Important also in Latin class were the drills in vocabulary, grammar, and English derivatives. A new chance for students who hadn’t taken Spanish in Junior High was the Spanish I course taught by Mr. Dwight Fraze. At all levels, the language lab was a help- ful place for students when they wanted practice in comprehension and listening skills. TOP LEFT: Shawn Ankrom and Kim Hart practice their parts for a skit in Spanish class. TOP RIGHT: Discussing their Latin are David Coleman and Steve Boyle. RIGHT: Mrs. Tabares poses in her Spanish costume. FAR RIGHT: Meleah Hedrick acts as an aide for first year Spanish classes. 18