Northwest High School - Silvertip Yearbook (Wichita, KS)

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Constant assistance provided students Outstanding features, such as the Media and Guidance Centers and four elective foreign languages, helped students to ex- pand their learning ability and explore new career ideas. The counselors, librarians and foreign language teachers provided assistance to the students continually throughout the day with questions or pro- blems they may have experienced. One of the main targets for Margaret Hawk, Ruthe Tolbert and Victor Wilmoth, counselors, was to become acquainted with each individual student and this concerns, career ideas and future needs. They were also responsible for helping students with scheduling conflicts, career and college decisions, and filling out applications for scholarships.They also assisted in giving the ACT , SAT and PSAT college entry exams. I try to help students help themselves, said Hawk, While the Media Center offered a place for students to relax and study, there were many unique things about the facility. The Northwest library was one of only two high school libraries in the city that were open during lunch. This gave students an oppor- tunity to have a little extra study time before afternoon classes. The library was also the site for many students' art work and photographs that were on display. The openess, displays, and being able to check out virtually anything the library had made Northwests' Media Center different from all the rest. French, German, Latin, and Spanish were the four foreign languages offered at Northwest. While taking a foreign language helps students with future schooling, it also gave them an opportunity to become aware of foreign culture and customs. Several times this year, the classes had culture days. They fixed food native to the country of the language they were studying. Two Latin students placed at the State contest in Salina. Chris Knitig placed first in composition nratory and Lisette Cullinane placed second in Latin examina- tion. Latin students also placed first in a College Bowl. At the USU French Contest, Derrick Nielsen and Tricia Gates received honors ratings in prose recitiation. Receiving I ratings in the same category were Leslie Har- rison, julie Carlson and Stefany Vanscoyk, Carlso also won an honors rating on the na- tional French exam. 'fir 120 ' Foreign I.anglGuidance S E Throughout the year, many students use the Media Center for relaxation, research papers and just as a place to study. Using the card catalogue, Sophomore Tracy Wear looks up the location of a book.

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Skills taught in Typing IV include Typing business letters, resumes, and taking timed writings Senior Kathy Potts inserts her paper into the carriage in preparation for a dictation lesson. Sharon Anderson juann Blecha Don Filby Twila Laughlin f X r Louise Lind Ken Rickard Dale Strattman Keith Wilson

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...all K K 1- ,,,,, x M - Z i I.. In the Guidance Center Sophomore Kim Wohler helps Counselor Ruthe Tolbert prepare passes for students wishing to see one of the counselors. TE qpffifrg 'W 9 ,'b ,,,,,,.Wu-viii' Taking notes and doing vocabulary assignments are just a few of the things required in Spanish. Sophomore Darla Prothro finds class time provides the opportunity to conjugate verbs. After a full day of teching Spanish and Latin classes, Innes Villalpando finds a few spare m0m ents to grade papers. wx: 1 W U? J GQ Barbara Baker Gayle Burkett Beverly Doerksen Berta Gonzalez Margaret Hawk Donna jimenez Bernice Pearson Ruthe Tolbert Innes Villalpando Victor Wilmoth Carol Wilson Foreign Lang! Guidance ' 121