St Stanislaus College - Reflections Yearbook (Bay St Louis, MS)

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Language Curriculum Offers Challenge French, Spanish, and Latin are offered to interested students from the seventh to the senior year by the language department. The department is constantly building up materials so that students may become more familiar with the different languages offered. At least twice a week students are brought into the mod¬ ern up-to-date language lab to listen and read the dif¬ ferent languages. Therefore, it is to the benefit of all students to become involved in the language curriculum which can open and broaden their understanding of the world and people around the globe. Above right: Andy Lagarde attentively listens to a Frenc.h dialogue as he follows it in the book. Bottom: Wendell Casey, left, and Mike PHillips, right, display their third place exhibit of a ranch house of Andalucia, Spain, from the State Language Association meeting. 16

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Math Offers Challenge At Stanislaus the curriculum is designed to present the student with a challenge. In his freshman year a student will take alge¬ bra I; in his sophomore year, geometry; in his junior year, algebra II; and in his senior year the student will have a choice: trigo¬ nometry and calculus or senior math. Brother Noel began using a new system for math this year. His classroom has quite a unique setup. The desks are grouped in fours and sometimes he plays music as a background. The group system for teach¬ ing math forces the students to help each other. The student then assumes a greater role in his education. Top: Members of Brother Noel’s math class work on a group problem. Left: Mike Henning asks Mr. Jones’ approval on his math homework.

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if JU Reading Lab Develops Skills Stanislaus approaches reading on both a group and individual level. Several times a week the student is directed in the Reading Lab which provides him with an opportunity to participate in small group and individualized type work. He develops such reading skills as vocabulary, comprehension, listening skills, and study skills. All grammar school students come to Reading Lab twice a week. On two other days of the week they read books in their classroom. On Fridays whole-class instruction is provided for them by Miss Ryan. No homework or extra assignments are given to students who come to the Lab with the exception of perhaps one book report per quarter. Enjoyment of reading is stressed in the Lab. Above: Paul Price, Mike Wittman, and Robert Van Oppen look through newspapers for articles. Below: Father Stieb instructs Henry Muller and Erwin Boulet. 17