Alsea High School - Wolverine Yearbook (Alsea, OR)

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' it W' Above: Kurt Stone defends goal. Right: Ginger Weist follows through on swing. Phy9calEducaUon The two p.e. classes played field hockey, flag football and soccer in the fall. When the rain hit, they moved inside to play volleyball, badminton and floor hockey: conditioning and weight training were also stressed, and new scooter boards provided fun and exercise. ln the spring, softball was the main emphasis. Vince Drago and Teresa Whitehall instructed the classes. Heahh Juniors took the required health class, and felt unanimously that the alcoholism unit was the most interesting and beneficial. Janet Dair, who counsels alcoholics, spoke to the class and organized activities regarding that issue. Alsea EMT's Karlene Colgan and Viola Bedell taught a one week unit in which students obtained first aid cards. Vince Drago taught the health class. Right: Joe Hendrix reads chapter on tobacco. Below: Donnie Pellett chooses ads for an extra-credit project.

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Q-an Speech 8t Drama The nine members of the speech and drama class put on two plays: ls there a Ghost in the House? at Halloween and the Wizard of Oz in March. Oz, Alsea's first musical in a long time, was the main focus of the class. Students spent four months practicing songs, painting backdrops, memorizing lines, and making props. Grade school students added to the performance by playing munchkins, mushrooms, flowers, and trees. The class spent the last few weeks of school on a debate unit. V Fa Q ' , 1 I L , ,f S' n V . Q y if 1 . . 3. it it Left: Diane Gammon sings lf I Only Had the Nerve. Top: Good Witch tMaxine l Dallmannl sends Dorothy tMelissa Dairy back to Kansas. Above: Dorothy and the Scarecrow

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Math Computer science was a new addition to math offerings. Taught by Ron Nicholson, the course coveredcomputer literacy, hardware , and programming. Nicholson also taught applied math to juniors and seniors, advanced math, algebra, and geometry. Students found an emphasis in applying math theory to real-life situations. In the spring, they each completed a special independent project for the Projects Fair. Jim Hagler taught general math to a group of freshmen. Right: Eric Phelps constructs dome-shaped play structure which he designed and built a model for as a math project. Below: Mike Barker explains the technology of satellite communications to math students. 37 l ll l