Thornridge High School - Piper Yearbook (Dolton, IL)

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Student get broader sense of orld 'Learning . the study of country and customs' beefy? fiat V V Opposite Page: Missy Pisarsl-xi, Cindy Canales, and Lisa Oargas cook Arroz con Polio or Rice with Chicken in Spanish ll. Above: As part of Spanish i Jeff Garcia works with the headset in the language lab. Top: Charlotte Banks and Sandy i-Q K if 'Yfal -sr - r XQ5Syf:i ik. X 'mg Fransen, two of the live French lV students, do an in'class assign- ment. Left: Mrs. Evelyn Leonhardt, re- placement for Mrs. Barbara Hod- son, works on an individual basis with Chris Pawlowski, German ll student. Foreign Language Department 57

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V ...Q gif - 1 f . .s. 2 S Q3 .,r. - Unknown cul- tures became m o r e a n d F more familiar as each foreign class period passed. These classes not only taught the students a new and exciting language but also a completely differ- ent culture and life style. Leaming the language was only part of the class: the other part was the study of the country and its cus- language Foreign Language Deparrrient 'Vi toms, commented Sharon Donahue, senior. To broad- en a sense of the world, the Forei n Language Depart ment offered the languages of German, French.- and Spanish. Al The appeal ,of leaming another countrys Cultures caused an increase in the number ofestuclentsr a foreign language. A total' Of 54:3 . stugients. .took ga lang guagjef course: iithereflfffweref l 52 cfennan, 128 Ifrench, and 565 Spanish students. 'gin Nfxvem er f'iEar- bara Hodson, German teacher. retired frem ceafih' ing, her replacement was Mrs. Eyelyn Leonhardt. lt tfilik time wvadapt tofthe difference in the two teach- ers:.however.5,aRe1:Qzhe time of transition, classtresumed HSM has? b2fOre, r,sHid.Ann Lindequniori S ,Many teachers played Qfimesffauchffas Monop iy, Probe. Scrabble, and the 520,000 Pyramid, the usagi of English islurlng the gamef jiwasfnot allowed. dents appreciate the la f guage notgonly as a form o ficomnaunicatioriibutlaiso a, a source of enjoyment.- fvswtefl Mies Iiarenfivosfi Foreign Language Depah ment.chaxm1ane,, , fi Whether' 8 Stildetitrfftotii German, french, or Spar ish, the class was bqiih edt cational and enjoyable.

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AM,.4w l Decisions about c l a s s e s - whether to take a full year course or a se- mester course - was a ma- jor problem for students choosing a math class. lt was more difficult due to the eighteen courses of- fered. Seven of these courses 58 Math Department carried advanced weighting: l'Being in an ad' vanced trigonometxy class was difficult because it took a lot of extra time due to the level of work, said Chellie Ferczok, sopho- more. For the first time the Math Department was in the pro- cess of developing district- wide objectives. After the grade objectives are completed, we will begin to write dis- trict-wide tests for each of the courses, said Mr. Jer- ome Steffe, department chairman. These tests will be given to the students in response to a state man- date which will require test- ing beginning in l989. Each quarter fourteen students were selected to receive student-of-the-quar ter awards. One student from each course was cho- sen by the math teachers on the basis of performance and improvement. With a wide variety of classes to choose from, students could fulfill the twO-year re- quirement and then pursue other areas of study.