Overland High School - Trail Yearbook (Aurora, CO)

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Russ Horwitz dcllvers o speech ofrer school Speeches coooe ob o hop hlfn vvlrh his srbdles Nlony foreign were on lfhporronl porrof rnonv srodenis longuoge closses googc rlesse o od rhe lob Even English srudenrs ore oppre- ciored by srudenr council. The council delivered boiloons on Fri- doy, November 1, of Apprecio- rion Week ro every srudenr in school. English 4 Foreign 219 I o do lO en ice pcope hrolonng rhe speech club Sr l h Cncrnnon l cc s Soph. Deon Munnell uses rhe lon loh

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'-9 . M 1 Il 7 . f X More Than Mere Words he one class fhar everyone was required ro false all four years of high school was English. Since fhere were so many sfudenfs folsing Eng' lish, fhere were many reachers who specialized in rhis suojecr. English reachers roughr in areas of specialization ranging from American lirerorure ro semanfics, which helped fhe sfudenfs wirh rheir classes. Even classes rhar were required could be raughr imaginafiyely, Mrs. Sheryl Foster made beef srew for her occelerared junior English classes while reaching ooouf America as o melf- ing por, Mrs. Denise Sobiech, a semanrics reacher, had her sfudenrs research fheir names in greof derail. I-ler class also worleed wirh red flag words, or words which are considered 'ldirfy and usually crude. They olso had ro inyenr and marlser fheir own producfs. Miss Kathy Kramer's mass media class also parricipafed in an unusual acriyiry, For an enrire weel-2 she gof her srudenrs hoolsed on soap operas, so rhar rhey could learn more ooour whor goes on behind fhe scenes. The English classes were nor fhe only ones fhaf mode learning fun, The foreign language classes also used many differenr merhods of learning. A good example was fhe German classes who pur on Olsroberfesr ro malse mone ey for fheir exchange program, which sends srudenrs ro Germany ro learn more abour rheir woy of life. ln fhe spring, foreign language sruf denrs were freafed ro lnrernarionol Week, an opporfunify ro be exposed TO several differenf culfures. Weddings were one of fhe more popular acriyiries in rhe foreign Ionguage classes. lnfclass weddings were held in Spanish, German, ond Larin, 1 ,, f . oil As if in a foiryrole, Gerrnon srudenrs, Soph. Mike Gibbons Jr. Robert Medina discusses his progress in his English class and Jr. Karin Sigdestad, perform a German wedding as ir Wlih Mr. COFIOS Cuoron. An lleam reacher, Cuaron would oe celebrared in rhor counrry Many foreign lan guage closses parricipored in weddings. helped many srudenrs in rheir classes Academics

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They Just Can't Be Avoided s the srudenrs loolsed through the Registration Guide they found rhor there were many choices in the morh and science departments. The rypicol freshman ond sophomore were found sirring in o physical science, eorrh science, or biology closs. For the upperclossmen there were chemisrry, physics, both, or neirher. Then for rhose srudenrs who wished ro excel, there were two new science courses offered: l-lumon Physiology and Orgonic Chemistry. Because of the increased enrollmenr rhe science depart- ment odded four new reachers. To further ime prove rhe ouoliry of the staff, the reochers dedi- cated their time oy raising classes ro improve their reaching rechnigues. Science deporrmenr coordinator Ted Tsumura happily said, l'The science reochers are very professional ond love ro see improvement mode each year. With access ro many compurers the moth srudenrs became more lsnowledgeaple in the computer field with such courses os Computer Progromming and Computer Science. Sr. Dan Solomon said, Compurersjusr can'r be ovoide ed, rhey're in our future so l figure l berrer learn how ro use them. Some upperclossmen rool-Q odvonced courses such os Calculus, Moth Analy- sis, ond AP Computer Science. Then there were the olgeoro eguarions ond the geometry proofs rhor mosr srudenrs dreoded. New ro reaching geometry, moth teacher Denise Bourg said, l rhinls rhor geometry is o chollenging course ro reoch, our l've enjoyed ir. Once you convince everyone rhor proofs oren'r rhor bad, ir's oll downhill! The required omounrs of courses in marh ond science was two years. Among one of rhose high ochievers wos Soph. Sabrina Smith who exploined, I fools rrigonomerry and chemistry oecouse ir wos o challenge ond ir helps in my furure goals. Obviously morh ond science are essential reouiremenrs for furure employment, Y X k.,.,,,,,, Srudying diligenrly helps Fr. Benn Long and Soph. Tiffany Mandery oce rheir olgepro resr Most srudenrs will rolse or nove rolsen olgeoro rhrough rheir high school years During rheir compurer class Jrs. Heather Gustafson ond David Goldberg rype their worle Heather said, I enjoy working wirh rhe compurer oecouse rhe worls gers done fosrer Acodemics