Tolleston High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Gary, IN)

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Students Learn Their Language Mist Jone Costello. Individual Developmental Reoding Teocher, suggests ways in which students moy improve their reoding skills. Mrs. Moffott exploins the vocabulary lesson to Ross Guzik, Moses Hubonks, and Arlene Wolker. Accurate and effective use of the English language is stressed at Tolleston. During the four years of high school, students study spelling, grommor, punctuation, literature, ond the other areos of English Through daily practice ond concentrated effort, they develop skill in using their language correctly. In their study of literoture, they are given mony examples to follow Works of Dickens, Scott, Poe, Hawthorne, ond Emerson are included Junior English students exomine one another's book reports to detect errors.

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Four Foreign Languages Taught Students sang fomilior Chnstmos carols in German An oddition was made this year to Tolleston's Foreign Longuage Department. Students could now take, not only Lotin, Spanish, or German, but also French. By studying o foreign language, students gain a better understanding of other countries, their customs ond ideals. This also helps students understand the origin of their own longuage. This year, Tolleston participated in the Joe Berg Foreign Language Advonced Study Program. Students who had a 3.0 scholastic average, high ratings on ability and achievement tests, an expressed interest in the program, the recommenda- tion of their foreign language teacher, their counselor and principal, ond who had completed two years in a language, were asked to attend. Mrs DeLeurerc gladly offers odvice to Lotin students, Steve Koves ond Bob Jonoitis. This yeor French wos offered for the first time to Tolleston students Bmgo helped Spomsh students leorn to count.

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Students Study Chemical Reactions Future scientists Mardell Davis, Alexander Golston, Lorry Vorkopich, and Marylou Toby, learn to bolance weights. Lucille Nodolski ond Diane Lewis test the Oddity of on un- known chemicol. Tollesion's science closses hove been busy all year adding to their knowledge the problems that once puzzled such brilliant men os Golileo, Archimedes, Franklin, ond Edison. The chemistry classes study the why ond how of chemicol reactions. They leorn why two or three elements ore attracted to one another ond how they are held in bond. They also leorn how to handle strong ocids and other technical aspects of laboratory work. The physics classes study the application of laws and theories dealing with matter and energy. Most experiments performed by physics students ottempt to prove these laws. V Students wotch Mr. Conord conduct on experiment in physicol science. 12