St Laurence High School - Valhallan Yearbook (Burbank, IL)

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C s ,Q X Under the directorship of Mrs. Meryl Handrich, French I-IV students were given the opportunity to partake of the newly created French club. Students from the junior and senior classes elected Dan Divicenzo as president. During the duration of the club, members were able to visit The Art of Chicago as well as conduct meetings once a month. The French program consisted of freshman thru senior classes. Freshman French includ- ed elementary introduction into the language with emphasis on grammar and writing skills. Sophomores continued on with grammar usage in the past tense as well as stronger readings in French about French culture. The juniors took on a more structured schedule with emphasis on speaking and French gram- mar conclusion in the imperfect, conditional and passe simple tenses. Seniors were able to develop speaking skills, grammar usage in the subjuntive and passubjuntive tense and final- ly comprehensive readings by famous French authors. 138 f French Ea Hin illrzlnngaiae i Far Left: Mrs. Handrick answers a question about quate. Above: Mrs. Handrick explains the inner yesterday's test. Far Right: Mrs. Handrick makes workings of the French verb to her students. sure the pronounciation of her students is ade-

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,, I? 2 Q if , xaiglf , W . , ,f ,wwwfe if W' 1-is Q5 W ,ff WZ, vfzwt .. IQ s' gg, -9.- 4. , , l i ., if ffl Above Left: Mr. Trombetta teaches his students all they'd ever want to know about world history. Above Right: Students are intrigued by Br. Beeckstrom's history lessons. Bottom Left: Mr. Rezek helps a stu- dent with a temporary mental block. Bottom Right: After studying all night students attack a history test. History f 137

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Hikingna 4 2 2 I zpannl One of the foreign languages offered here at St. Laurence is Spanish. The Spanish course included translating, writing, reading, and learning the cultural aspects of the Spanish language. Not only were students expected to learn the Spanish language but things such as Spanish agriculture, government, and history were briefly touched upon. In Spanish I, II, III, and IV the student was taught speaking, reading, translating, and writing, and were highly stressed in later years. Top: Mr. Wozniak passes out the assignment which is due the next day. Far Left: Mrs. Larmon lectures her class on the workings of the Present Subjunctive. Top Right: Mr. Dyer passes out the tests which were taken the day before. Below Right: Br. Kramer checks the homework assignments from the day before. Spanishf 139