Paramus High School - Delphian Yearbook (Paramus, NJ)

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Bon our, Monsieur. Laura) Bogyo greets Lloyd Greenly in Mile. Filippone ' s first year French class. Forty-five minutes a day can be spent in the country of your choice... Instruction in five languages is offered by the Foreign Language Department. One of the most popular languages, Spanish, has a varied and interesting program. Third year students com¬ piled a scrapbook of the school and community life which was sent to Mexico through a Red Cross program. In return they received a book from a Spanish-speaking country. After reading Don Quixofe in their third year, students went to see the movie in New York. Fourth year students corresponded with pen pals from Ecuador and Spain. Students are introduced to the vast world of French literature by reading many short stories. In the third year emphasis is placed upon litera¬ ture contained in an anthology giving a short excerpt from the major writers of each era. In the fourth year an anthology of French literature is studied covering one entire work of each school of literature. In the Italian Department emphasis is placed upon the cultural value of the language through conversation, reading, and writing. Stories are read and students may illustrate them. Students are also given the opportunity to write an original story in Italian. Plays and novels are included in their outside reading to acquaint them with modern Italian literature. 7 Antoinette Arencibia Spanish I and II Student Government Civics Committee. Mary Beilina Italian I, II, III; French I Twirlers Traveling. Amelia B. De Lauro Spanish II, III. IV Student Council Community Comm. International Affairs, Music. Chairman, Language Dept. Gladys Filippone French I, II, III, IV Future Teachers of America, Assembly Committee, Student Council Travel. Yolanda Picarello French I and Spanish I Music Appreciation, Gourmet Cooking, Furniture Antiquing. Rita Sgro Spanish I Cooking, Traveling, and Knitting. Joseph J. Stefaniak Latin I, II, Ml Gymnastics Team Gymnastics, Weight Lifting, Astronomy, Automobile Mechanics, Stone and Wood Work. 26

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cmd explorations are found in the Science Department Ann Nardo Biology — Grade 10 Cheerleaders (Varsity) Sports, Skiing, Bowling, Dancing. Stratos C. Provatas Biology — Grade 10 General Math — Grade 9 Adviser to Ways and Means Comm. Coin Collecting, Fraternal and Religious Organizations. Sometimes we have a tendency to think of science as primarily a record of man ' s accomplishments. As with any aspect of history, this record is, of course, important. Its major value lies in the use that we can make of it to improve man ' s thought and action in the future. ' Science as a school subject should be far more than description and history. It is a way of thinking and acting, in and out of school. Hence, science has become one of the most important studies offered in our high school curriculum. Our capable science department helps qualify students for scientific vocations by transmitting the cultural heritage and encouraging youth to enrich and refine this heritage. Several branches of science are offered which include general science for freshmen, biology for sophomores, chemistry for juniors, and physics for seniors. In addition to the regular courses, accelerated ones are offered to students of greater interest or ability. A physical science course is also offered to juniors and seniors who have not completed the require¬ ment for one year of science in their high school career. Get (not fly, Bill, before he ruins (he ico e. Bill Yager seems to know the solution to this problem as others look on. left lo right- Diane Dozois, Tony De Angelis, Joseph Vadala, Bill Yager, Marty Randazzo, Allan Stone, Craig Blair, Doug Graham. don ' r wonr fo touch that awful looking thing. A crayfish is dis¬ sected as Mrs. Grebe helps some squeamish girls with the Biology da liwo rk. 25

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Habla listed espanof? Keen interest is shown by this fourth year Spanish class in the latest issue of their news¬ paper. El Dia. Pictured are: Irma Ferrante, Rose Axel rod. Jill Brooks, Dottie Becker, Eloise Monti, Anna Hoogland, Donna Van de Mark, Lois Golub, Mrs. De Lauro, Sheila Poller, Barbara Michaelson, Carol Herman, Ed Hering, Verne Smith, and Marion Timko. Ernest Linger German and English — I Soccer Coach; Intramural Volley Ball. Elizabeth K. Yanker German - I, II, III Traveling, Music, Skiing, Reading. Viva la Roma! Mr. Slefaniak uses a picture to illustrate his lesson. Pictured are.- Carolyn Stanley, Jane Bogart, Warren Biss, Danny Zelenka, Julian Nadler, Nadia Schreiber, Kenneth Burksbauch, Stephanie Lane, and Meivin Blecher. Students on the second year level of German are familiarized with the history and geography of German-speaking countries. On the third year level students read and prepare as a play for the annual language festival the story Emil und die Detekiive by Erich Kastner, a nineteenth- century prose writer. German students are plan¬ ning to participate again in the German Poetry Festival to be held at Rutgers University in the spring. Last year Peggy Becker won a book prize by reciting a poem by Herman Hesse. A number of students correspond and exchange ideas with students of various high schools in Germany. All German classes are planning a trip to New York to see the production of Goethe ' s Faust by the famous Hamburg Play¬ house in February. Much stress in Latin is placed upon the value of the contribution of the roots of words in the formation of so many of our English words. Students have sight translation work and read several of the more famous authors of antiquity. Unusual projects are provided for students in Latin III. Use ' con amore ' in this sentence instead of ' bad ' . Miss Beilina is shown giving individual instruc¬ tion in her Italian class. Pictured are: Bill Calcaterra, Lynn Trullar, Gory Carpenter, Frank Oratio, Joseph Sacchi, Miss Beilina. 27