Bloomington High School South, The Gothic, 1985, Page 56

Description:	m^mIt was an ordinary school day; theclass activity for French students was atrip to the grocery store. The goal wasto find items and write names inFrench. Freshmen Tina Harnett, SaraTopolgus, David Fink and Eric Jacobsbegin their shopping.A foreign languagecan open new worldsStudents do not have to jointhe navy to experience theworld; they can just take aforeign language.Exchange programs wereonce again an exciting andeducational time for manystudents. This year we instituted our own program withFrance, said Judy Morrow,department chairman. TheGerman exchange programfinished its second successfulyear and the Spanish programwas continued as in previousyears. For those Latin studentsthat were interested, a trip toRome was offered during thesummer of 84.To help raise money for theirtrips the exchange studentsraised money by sellingChristmas ornaments, spices,and cookbooks.Meanwhile, at home, theForeign Language DessertFestival was the highlight ofthe year. While there was noguarantee on the calorie countof the gourmet desserts,students experienced manydifferent tastes. Teachers andstudents brought differentdesserts which correlated tothe various languages.New texts were used in allthe foreign languages last year.These books give more everyday language and contain morevisuals, said Morrow.Two new teachers were added to the department. Theywere Jean Cooke, who taughtFrench; and Karen Grooms,who taught Spanish.As the grocery experience continues,David Fink realizes that it is helpful tohave a friend in this activity. Especiallywhen Eric Jacobs seems to be able tobe used as a writing surface.56 Foreign Languages
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