Randallstown High School - Horizon Yearbook (Randallstown, MD)

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Alone in the foreign language office, Bethleen Bradford concentrates intensely on her book. 2' I on magine moving to another country and not understand- ing its culture or language. The difficulty of adapting to Ameri- can life and the recent influx of Viet- namese and Cuban high school stu- dents has created a demand for bilin- gual education. English for Speakers of Other Lan- guages is a program designed to meet this need. It gives these kids a chance, says Marsha Dale, program coordinator. ESOL began three years ago as a pilot program. This year ESOL ex- panded by starting a language center at Arbutus Senior High School. Here students may receive more intensive help with the English language. i The ESOL student attends his re- quired classes at Randallstown in the morning. Then he goes to the lan- guage center in the afternoon. Students of different nationalities -Korean, Russian, Columbian, Iranian, Cuban, Vietnamese and Chinese-learn English together. ESOL offers more than English, students also take a course called the American experience, which teaches U.S. geography, government, civics, history and culture. Foreigners re- ceive knowledge needed to live in American society. Seven of the 87 ESOL students in the county are Randallstonians. One such student is Jose Arroyo. He ar- rived in the U.S. at the beginning of this school year. He agrees with many of ESOL's acclaimers and sup- porters- ESOL is good for students that don't speak English. learning together -uve The Senor Levine Show premiered at RHS in early spring. Students in Mr. Levine's Spanish classes wrote and starred in their own talk shows. If ratings stay good, the shows will be renewed in the fall. ,. 3 MA ii , . ia iffigfwft i' ii i ':'. ii . KA X-2 I ,Vg l, , V- igk K6 , KII- I giiifgg. ,.... . .. e if -1, . oggqffff S 'Z IF T ln- vi QQJ' fm- - L ' Learning to speak English and become inte- grated within their individual school, ESOL students work diligently in both languages. They praise the program highly. French I, II, III, IV, V Spanish I, II, III, IV, V Latin IGerman I, II, III, IV, V Foreign language!65

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i vales, bene estg valeor if you are well, it is good, I am well. This simple greeting indi- cates the humanistic aspects of Lat- in, a language once spoken by soci- eties that prospered centuries ago. Due to popular demand, the for- eign language department added Latin I as a new course offering this year. In most foreign language courses, teachers stress vocal skills, however, since Latin is no longer a spoken lan- guage-it has no new words for mod- ern inventions, for example-teacher Harry Whitelock does not stress pro- nunciation. Thus, there are none of the dialogues common in Spanish, German and French classes. Mr. Whitelock's main concentra- tion is to teach students how to read Latin. He feels that this knowledge serves as a springboard for under- standing the five romance languages: Portugese, French, Romanian, Span- ish and Italian. To increase their understanding of Latin, students visited the Walters Art Gallery, where they learned the myths inspiring various Roman works of art. Despite hard work, the class lost the Latin Bowl, a question-and-an- swer scrimmage session against Mil- ford Mill. It was a big washout, according to one student. Students agree that this course is benefical in several ways. Senior Steve Greenspan says that Latin gives him a background for his col- lege pursuits in law. It will help me with my habeus corpusfes and et tu, Brute's. Senior Cheryl Savetman, who lVo, this is nota member of Mr. Levineis Span- P' The language lab allows students to im- rsh class. It's the mannequin he uses to dem- prove their vocal proficiency in a foreign onstrate human body parts and clothing. tongue. Karen Seifter looks to Mr. Whitelock for approval on the German drill. plans to be a nurse, comments that the class will help her with medical terminology. She adds that Latin has strengthened her vocabulary and has increased her verbal SAT scores. Most class members wish that Lat- in had been offered in junior high school. Because of this, Deer Park Junior High will offer Latin I in 1981, which will allow RHS to orga- nize more advanced courses in the future. Right now, Randallstown will not offer Latin Il because few under- classmen have completed Latin I. Mr. Whitelock states that he has thoroughly enjoyed his first year of teaching at RHS. He feels that his Latin class represents the intellec- tual elite, and that our foreign lan- guage department is one of the coun- ty's strongest. A new interest in an old language 64fForeign language

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Honor Society Fill out your grades for the past three quartersg list your extracurricu- lar activitiesg pass around a sheet for teacher recommendations, get a copy of your report card. Sound like a lot of hard work? It is, but that's what students must do to gain membership into the Bertrand Russell chapter of the National Hon- or Society. After prospective inductees hand in their applications, the work begins for current members. First they ver- ify each applicant's grades and extra- curricular hours to see that he has maintained a 3.4 average and has contributed at least 100 hours of ser- vice to school and community. Teachers meet to review recom- ,rr Academic clubs mendations, evaluating each stu- dent's character and leadership abili- ty. If an applicant fulfills all the re- quirements, then he is notified of his acceptence to the Honor Society. On February 5, 1981, the induction commenced. The guest speaker, Sen- ator Melvin Steinherg, delivered an enlightening speech about deciding how to vote on a bill. He referred to a recent bill proposing to raise the drinking age. Other speakers included principal Richard Thomas and advisor Al Sny- derman. After the induction, the vigorous popcorn training begins. Each new member must be conditioned to show up on his appointed day, make popcorn, fill the bags, count to 30 cents and, most importantly, sweep the lobby after putting away the ma- chine. Great Books Sophocles Antigone Thoreau Civil Disobedience, Marx and Engles Plato Walden Communist Manifesto Apology, Crito Aristotle Politics Shakespeare Macbeth de Tocqueville Democracy in America Smith Wealth of Nations Tolstoy Death of Ivan Ilych Joyce Dubliners Great Books Club.A select group of students and discussion leaders analyzes several great literary works. 66!Academic clubs AT' 4.