River Forest High School - Ingot Yearbook (Hobart, IN)

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COMPLEX BRINGS ON INNOVATIONS Construction for the new $650,000 ad- dition to River Forest High was.completed in July 1966. The complex includes new classrooms, individual study rooms, an auditorium, and a two-story library. The addition brought many changes and innovations. The junior and senior high will now be combined, with classes held in both buildings. With more complicated curricula, com- puters will be used to arrange scheduling. Students will carry only six classes which consist primarily of four solids. For the able student, more time will be given over to research, with the auditorium used for lectures under the new team-teaching program. Above: The new addition is shown in. its early stages in September 1965. Left: As spring arrives the addition be- gins to show signs of completion. A large color layout of the new complex was displayed during the year in the main office.

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Mrs. Semerau takes letter dictation from Mrs. Bailey, guidance director. Smiling dean Mr. Bromberg points to his favorite saying. MR. AL BROMBERG MRS. AMELIA CARLSON MRS. LILLIAN SEMERAU MR. PETER STERLING GUIDANCE DEPT. SPECIALIZES IN STUDENT PLACEMENT i Hard at work, Mr. Sterling tries to rearrange a schedule for another RF student in distress. The guidance department plays an important part in the lives of students after graduation as well as during school. It helps prepare the stu- dent to become an active part of society. Mr. Peter Sterling as head counselor coordinat- ed students schedules. Mrs. Wanita Bailey, direc- tor of student personnel and guidance services, took charge of College Day, with the assistance of secretary Mrs. Lillian Semerau. As dean, Mr. Al Bromberg handled absences, discipline, and Armed Forces Day. Although Mrs. Amelia Carlson is not actually a part of the guidance department, she served as faculty secretary by helping teachers to better perpare for their classes.

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MRS. JUDITH WATSON MR. RICHARD WATSON Mr. Gene Adamczyk goes over a point in Russian grammar with his Russian seminar group. LARGE SELECTION OF LANGUAGES OFFERED Today many colleges and universities require at least two years of a foreign language. For a school the size of River Forest, a wide selection of foreign lan- guages is offered. These include Spanish, French, and Latin taught by Mr. Richard Watson, French and German instructed by Mrs. Judith Watson, and Russian taught by Mr. Gene Adamczyk. The department is proud of its well-equipped language laboratory. There stu- dents can hear the language they are studying on tapes by natives of that country. Also, languages are being taught in the junior high. For every year of foreign language study, junior high students get one semester of high school credit. French and German are the only languages offered in the junior high as yet. Shelly Disney and Jim Dixon receive individual instruction on their French lessons from Mrs. Watson. Mr. Watson stands by while students listen to Spanish tape record- ings in the language laboratory. 10