Norwalk High School - Signal Yearbook (Norwalk, OH)

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If 1? FRENCH II students Gus Angelas and Terry Albright, pouring imaginary wine, point out landmarks on a Seine River excursion. Tape recorder, projects add interest to languages During the first six weeks French students, without the use of books, learned basic grammar and such idiomatic expressions as Tres bien, mercif, Pupils were surprised to hear themselves speak- ing French over the tape recorder. Mr. Eugene Szczecina, who teaches the new-method French, studied at the University of Mis- souri last summer. Spanish students made pinatas and booklets for projects and also used the tape recorder. Miss Carol Embick, Spanish teacher, spent her summer studying at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois, and touring Mexico with several other teachers. Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres were familiar Words in Mrs. Lucille Lucal's Latin II classes as students began their study of Caesar,s Gallic Wars. Students also read and reported on Roman myths. In addition to learning grammar, first year students made Latin valentines. 11

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N'-..1 MR. KENDALL MISS MARTHA MRS. MARTHA MR. ELMER SMITH MRS. LaVERNE FALKE JEFFRIES MCCONAHA English STORER English, Journalism English English Hi-Y, 9th Adviser English Publications Tri-Hi-Y 12th Adviser Play Director Commencement I Committee MR. LARRY ZIMMER English, Speech Pep Club ag .4541-sv' LISTENING to Robert Frost's poetry record- ings are junior English students, New texts, speech plays provide change of pace New grammar handbooks and a new literature series helped all English students tackle the essentials of grammar and enjoy classical and modern writing. An essay contest, sponsored by the American Legion, gave Eng- lish students in grades 9-12 a chance to improve their writing. Five students placed in the county. Senior English students rushed to com- plete their term papers. Students purchased in the school library many paperbacks in order to hand in that last minute book report. Experiencing nervous as well as rewarding moments, speech stu- dents gave impromptu, informative, and character talks and pro- duced four one-act plays for an assembly. Journalism students published the yearbook and nine issues of the newspaper. l ppp pf- c SENIORS Mary Beth Packard and Willetta Embick, as sisters in a speech class play, discuss the visit of a country cousin. 10

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:il- MR THOMAS MR PHILIP MICHEL HECKELMAN Mathematics Mathematics L , . .-.-r MR- ISIEIAH OWEN MR- W- T- GARY MITRO proves by structure, to classmates and Mr. Isaiah Owen, A33 5335238 that the area of every triangle in the formula HBH. 7th Adviser MR. T. R. STORER Mathematics WITH Mr. T. R. Storer's help Tom Sandvick finds the solution to his math problem. Math classes learn with new methods New phases of mathematics were presented to sev- enth and eighth graders. Accelerated math classes, taught by Mr. Isaiah Owen, touched upon areas of mathematics that these pupils will encounter in later schooling. Mr. Owen studied under the National Science Foundation last summer at the University of Wyoming. Algebra I also opened the door to a new mathe- matical world. Students found that plus and minus signify more than addition and subtraction. Again under the able direction of Mr. Owen and Mr. Philip Michel, a new addition to the faculty, pupils learned that math can be fun. Bisecting angles, constructing geometrical figures, and solving intricate problems, intrigued Mr. Thomas Heckelman's plane geometry classes. Mr. Heckelrnan also teaches solid geometry, trigonometry, and Alge- bra II. Mr. William Reynolds, a former teacher in the West Indies, taught seventh graders junior high mathematics. With Mr. T. R. Storer, Norwalk's veteran teacher, eighth graders studied graphs.