Casa Grande Union High School - Cougar Yearbook (Casa Grande, AZ)

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(Top) Vickie Alvarez, Norma Amado, John Cave and Bonnie Crouch sort out trash to determine what kinds of people would have discarded it. (Lower Left) Gwyn Cornforth examines a tortilla wrapper for a garbology project in her Arizona History and Government class. (Lower Right) Mrs. Peggy Peters looks on as Veronica Wellington and Amy Valdez sift through rubble. 8 Student Life

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(Middle Top) Tony Jackson follows Instruc- tions given by his foods teacher. Mrs. Debbie Haught in preparing a food dish. (Top Right) Melanya Pasqual and Shannon Rhodes eat lunch from a local restaurant together on a bench just outside the entrance to the school library. (Bottom Center) Diann Standage (Editor). Val- erie Lessard (Assistant Editor). Shantel Sell- ers. and Kim Porter, all members of the Annu- al Staff, work on layouts to use in producing the 1986 Cougar Annual. (Bottom Right) The Cougar Marching Band provides school spirit during a pep assembly under the direction of drum majors Larry Standage. Wendy Pren- tice. and Kathy Davis. Student Life 7

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‘Garbologists discover a variety of lifestyles During the fall of this year, Mrs. Peggy Peters’ Arizona History and Government class completed projects in “garbo- logy ” Garbology is exactly what it sounds like — the study of garbage. One might ask, “Why are students studying garbage in the classroom?” The purpose of the activity was to enhance skills in analysis and deductive reasoning. Each of the students brought to class his own garbage from home (the garbage was “clean,” of course), which was swapped with the garbage other students had brought. Then the investigation began. By sorting out the different types of products a family used, the students could determine the different lifestyles the people probably lead. A bag with a lot of diet soda pop cans and other low-calorie products would suggest the family members were watching their weight. A bag (Above) Vickie Alvarez compares trash with the type of environment It may have come from. (Right) Amy Valdez observes as Mrs. Peggy Peters points out the number of calories In a can of soda pop. “Garbo- logy”. the study of garbage, was one of the projects students com- pleted In Mrs. Peters’ Arizona Government class. with many empty disinfectant spray cans and furniture polish bottles would suggest a family was very neat, and kept a clean house. The size of a family could be determined by the number of people the food products were designed to feed, or if there was a baby in the family when empty diaper boxes and baby food jars were discovered. The students were hesitant at first to rummage through the garbage, making comments such as “Do we really have to do this?” Soon the project was underway and comments such as “Are we having fun, yet?” and “I have to do this right before lunch!” rung through the air. But, in a short time most were participating with enthusiasm. 9