Sheffield High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Sheffield, IL)

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Sitting at her desk, Mrs. CAROL TONDI drills her Spanish II Class on vocabulary verbal conjugations or possibly dis- trusses the distinction between the subjective and indicative moods. Mrs. Tondi also has a Spanish I Class and a Social Science Class. She particularly enjoys teaching these sub- jects and hopes to provide students with useful knowledge and at the same time make the classes enjoyable for the students. Her preparatory education was obtained from the La Salle- Peru Oglesby Junior College and she completed her college work at the University of Illinois, where she received her Bachelor's degree. Mrs. DORIS FOUTES, Physical Education teacher, is pic- tured here getting equipment ready for her next gym class. In addition to her Physical Education Classes she works with the cheerleaders, plans pep assembly programs, and is spon- sor for GAA. She particularly enjoys her classes because it involves working with a variety of ages. There is some- thing new and different each day in this wide-age range. Mrs. Foutes has a Bachelor of Science degree from Fort Hays State, Hays, Kansas. ,g 55 '. Mr. JAMES FECI-INER reads a discussion on The Air About Us and Our Relation To It in his seventh grade General Science Class. In this particular class he has three days of discussion and two days of laboratory work each week. Mr. Fechner also teaches American History, freshman Social Science, and eighth grade General Science. Mr. Fechner's major field of study was in Physical Education and his minor in History and Social Studies and he enjoys them all very much. Mr. Fechner graduated from Illinois Wesleyan University. I I I Miss SALLEE ELMORE is shown here checking the attendance roll of one of her several classes at Sheffield. Miss Elmore teaches Social Science 7, Social Science 8, Spanish I, Spanish II, and World History. She says she has a special love for both History and Spanish and likes to be able to help students to learn. Before joining the Sheffield teaching staff the second semester to replace Mrs. Tondi, Miss Elmore spent three and one-half years at the University of Illinois. 6

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ere Mrs. LAURA PETERSON, Home Economics Instructor, dem- ates a special method in sewing. She enjoys teaching girls sure of acquiring skills and interests in homemaking. In to her home economics classes she has seventh and eighth glish classes. She finds these grades very interesting and participate in various class activities. Mrs. Peterson had a r of Science degree from the University of Illinois and has additional training there as well as at the Illinois Institute of ology. .VMMMMWMMWWWMMMWMM i During study periods Mr. DONALD FOS- TER, band instructor, gives small group les- sons to junior high students. He teaches in- strumental music in the grade school and has a junior high band and three high school bands Qfootball, pep, and concert bandj. Mr. Foster feels music is something that can be enjoyed by persons of any age and by those listening as well as by those who play. He has his Master's degree from De Paul Uni- versity. Pictured here, Mr. HARRY LEHNING instructs the eighth grade, one of his math classes. He also teaches seventh grade Math, Algebra, Plane Geometry, Advanced Math, and Physical Education. Mr. Lehning enjoys teaching, which has been his life- time goal. He has his Bachelor of Science degree in Education from Western Illinois University. Correcting drafting plates are one of the many duties Mr. ROGER ANDREWS has as the Industrial Arts teacher. He teaches the boys correct use and methods of mechani- cal drawing. Mr. Andrews is also head basketball coach and assistant football coach. He enjoys teaching Industrial Arts because it is something that has a great carry-over value in later life. Also, the boys are interested and want to learn. Mr. Andrews graduated from Ball State Teachers College and received his Master's degree from Ball State in Indiana. 5

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Mrs. DOROTHY HUBER, sixth grade teacher, stresses individual help in arithme- tic as a daily necessity with most students. She feels her group is a very interesting age in the growing-up period and that they offer a constant challenge. Mrs. Huber received her training at Illinois State Normal Uni- versity. Mrs. EVELYN JOHNSON, fourth grade teacher, pauses for a few minutes to see that everyone of her pupils is busy at work. She particularly enjoys working with this age group of children for each one is al- ways a little different from any other. In fourth grade, Mrs. Johnson emphasizes multiplication tables and social studies. She also stresses good sportsmanship and fair play with one's fellowmen. She feels this is something that should be leamed long before they become men and women, if they are to become successful in life. She attended the Northern Illinois State University at De Kalb. Miss OVA ANDERSEN helps her fifth grade pupils with class reports for language, teaching them the cor- rect use of their reference books in finding material for reports. She refers to her fifth as the golden age of childhood. Miss Andersen has her Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Illinois and has taken short courses at the National College of Education in Chicago, Normal, and Bradley. kv-4 Miss MABEL PETERSON finds that most third grade children are independent in reading and are beginning to explore the world of books. The are beginning to criticize and evaluate what ily read. Pictured here she demonstrates equatiolll, expressions in number symbols of problems Chl! are presented in the textbook. Clear thinking and reasoning are emphasized in arithmetic. Miss Peterson has attended Augustana College and also taken courses from Illinois State Normal Univer- sity and Macomb.