Patrick Henry High School - Patriot Yearbook (Roanoke, VA)

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Knowledge of a language helps to prepare a student for the fu- ture and to promote a better un- derstanding of peoples of foreign countries. At Patrick Henry the Language Department is continu- ally enlarging its curriculum. This year was the first time that three years of Russian have been offered. Classes were ex- panded because of a growing de- mand for this language. Team teaching was experi- enced as part of the curriculum in the Latin Department. Four years of this language are of- fered. Usually coinciding with the founding of Rome, the culmina- tion of Latin Week, the last week in April, was Floralia, the Festival of Flowers, which Latin students celebrated. Offering three years of this language, the Spanish depart- ment emphasizes pronunciation by using the programmed pho- netic course. lntergrating the oral, aural and written aspects of the language, the lab impresses on students that lt is not a lan- guage unless a person speaks it. ln one of her four Latin classes Mrs. Bowles drills second year students in vocabulary by playing Latin Bingo. Reporting on a Roman island, Nancy Moss and Claudia and Sue Grammer offer students the favorite food of Sardinia. gt, lily, we .. I . K .. . A if . -1 . li -1 nz. , - 2 5 W . . A Miss Wood assists one of her Spanish students in the language lab. Students improve pronunciation by listening to tapes recorded in fluent Spanish. 23 .av . RUP, V ,S- . Q8-3, . sf

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. 4 K V 2 ', .5 f' E ' ptr' .f ff -W- In her first year at P.H. Mrs, Roberts, o French Canadian, answers questions asked by third year French student Stuart Singer. An aim of any foreign lan- guage is to provide the student with an understanding and appre- ciation of that national group and culture, besides encouraging him in the fluent usuage of the language. With this two-fold pur- pose in mind the French depart- ment, which next year will add a fifth year to its curriculum, has planned for this summer a six weeks trip to France. Accom- panied by Mrs. Spencer, approxi- mately 2O P.H. students will spend two weeks' traveling and four weeks attending the Univer- sity of Reims. French student Pete Clore shows a copy of one of Gaugain's paintings to his class. Four Spanish students show off their posters. By working on such projects students learn the geography, mores, and artwork of Spain and Mexico. 24