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

Page 29 text:

Hours, Minutes, Seconds . . . Students in the Special Studies Progrom attended daily classes of English, mathematics and American History. Each hour, each minute, each second passed by until the clock indicated the end of another school day. For some juniors and seniors it was time to be off to their after-school jobs, an additional educational opportunity. Cheri Ehlers' part-time job at the Boulevard Delicatessen proves to be a profitable after-school working experience. the summer months Roger Anderson finds working in his backyard garden to be an enjoyable and rewarding pastime. Thomas Sundell, involved in one of his educational recordings, finds listening and following along to be a successful method of teaching.

Page 28 text:

At on after-school Faculty Senate meeting, a cookie relieves the hunger pongs for Mrs. Ginger Petrafeso as she takes the meeting's notes. George Olsen, parliamentarian, keeps the Senate meetings running quietly with his knowledge of parliamentary procedure. Can communication between 122 teachers improve? The Faculty Senate, consisting of nine teachers elected as senators, had better communication as its goal. Meeting at least once a month, it was open to questions and complaints raised by teachers. Discussing issues such os smoking. Open Lunch and missing audio-visual materials, the Senate did its best to keep faculty communication moving smoothly. FACULTY SENATE — SITTING: Jim Avant, vice president, Eugene Wright, Rollie Hanks, Wesley Bodin, president. STANDING: Mrs. Ginger Petrafeso, secretary, George Olsen, p liamentarian, John Podolinsky, Miss Ann li son, Robert McKay. 24

Page 30 text:

Introducing: The all new Language Arts Department! Sophomores, juniors and seniors gave a warm welcome fo the new Language Arts Department in which English, speech and humanities were expertly combined. Among the 38 semester courses offered, students were expected to select English Core during their sophomore year and successfully complete at least one course in the other three areas before graduating. All grade levels were frequently united in many of the classes. Those who participated in a speech class overcame the uneasiness of expressing themselves in front of a group, and some wrote speech analyses to better their knowledge of writing techniques. The debut of this department received a round of applause. Working with improvisation, Theatre Arts students act as parts of a machine that will cease to function if one person fails to perform. 26 Enjoyable co-curricular activities of Myron Hesse, Roger DeClercq and Pete Peterson take up much of their extra time.