St Louis Park High School - Echowan Yearbook (St Louis Park, MN)

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Theie Junion ore working together on a difficult problem in their Acceler- are still attempting to solve the problem. The pooling of ideas helps the oted Mathematics class. Some hove already found the oniwcr while others students toward the solution of some of the more difficult probloms. INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT. . . The study of old civilizations and their relation to our present way of living begins Junior Roger Blais' academic day. This plus an analysis of present history and political concepts completes his first hour World History class. During second hour Roger has an enriched study of chemistry in his Chemistry class. Chemistry is the science which treats the properties of elementary and compound substances, and the laws which govern their relations. The study consists of lab work, class lectures and problem assignments. Literature, poetry and grammar compose Roger's third hour Enriched English class. The hour is used to reach the goal of a competent understanding of American literature and a workoblc knowledge of English grammar. Study Hall during fourth hour gives Roger an opportunity to work on his homework or study for a test. Ho can also utilize his time by working in the library. Roger spends fifth hour in his Accelerated Mathematics class. This is the second year of a special three-year course which is designed to give its students useful knowledge of advanced forms of mathematics. This year's work is mainly devoted to advanced olgebro and trigonometry. Sixth hour Roger used to increase his understanding of the German language. Time is also spent in learning about the German people, the history of Germany and the customs of the country. 21 Mr. Rtmcll. o German tecxhcr, explain the entence on the board to fh«»o questioning student .

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Roger and his dossmates ore giving report on famous American authors of their own choice. These reports give the students on opportunity to loom Important Information about many outhors and their works. Here Stove Champlin folks obout Sinclair Lewis in his junior English doss. AN OPPORTUNITY FOR Mr. Smith, o World History teacher, is handing out papers for a quiz to his first hour doss. Juniors Gary Sutton and Roger Blais are working on a Chemistry experiment. lob work ploys an important role In helping students understand Chemistry. 20

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AN OPPORTUNITY Carole tok« »K advice of the iign on the roitrum at the gives a current events report on President Kennedy's cobinet in her Social Science class. Senior Corole Berset begins her doy in her second year Art course where she works on gesture drawings, clay and other forms of creative expression. Second hour, Socital Science develops in Carole an awareness of the many sociol problems which she as o future citizen must face and attempt to solve. Her third hour gives her on opportunity to leorn how to correctly use modern office machines and proper offee procedure. Fourth carries Carole across the sea to the sceptered Isle with the study of English literature. There are also tho fa-milior lessons in spelling and punctuation which make every English course complete. After her fifth hour Study Hall, Corole con be found in her World Geography room. This course explains the effects of geographic factors on political, economic and historical occurrences in a country. During the three years that Carole hos attended Pork High, she has had the opportunity to take any number of interesting and beneficial classes. She has chosen a curriculum that hos satisfied her own needs, but many additional courses are presented which ore geared os a prerequisite for almost every individual's future. St. Louis Park High School offers 96 different courses ranging from Humanities to Home Economics and from Typing to Trigonometry. In addition, special classes such os Remedial Reading and Debate are provided for the students' benefit. Specifically, four languages, Latin, French, Spanish and German, are taught on a two year basis. English, including American and English literature, is provided in an enriched program in the junior and senior years while English skills predominate in tenth grade. Mathematics and the various Natural Sciences are both offered on the accelerated level beginning with selected classes in the ninth grade. Biology, Chemistry and Physics as well as Geometry, Algebra and Trigonometry are studied extensively. The Social Sciences, from American and World History to World Geography, Social Problems and Humanities, are taught by a number of methods. Among them ore lectures, discussions, conclusions and a new innovation, team teaching. Current events magazines and the Great Books ore just two of tho texts used in this area of study. Speech, Dramatic Arts, Journalism, Music courses and Art as well os Industrial Arts, Home Economics and Physical Education ore all provided for the express purpose of educating students in specific areas to help them meet particular demands in loter life. Thus, Carole os all senior high school students hos been faced with the problem of selecting her courses wisely. It must be remembered that the opportunity is here; the challenge is to make the most of it. Thete tenlori In Wotld Geography are tning tho mop of South America to help thorn underttand and remember the information that they ore learning concerning the cowntrie JOuth cl the border.