Eisenhower High School - Ikes Echoes Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

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GIRLS PHYSICAL EDUCATION This year, the eighth grade girls were taught many sports and ac- tivities. Among them were aerob- ics, rhythms, gross hockey, and physical fitness. This class was de- signed to teach the students good sportsmanship 0nd to have a bet- ter attitude toward not only sports, but life. TYPING This year in eighth grade typing, the students were striving for speed and accuracy, personal uses, English skills, typing groph- Ics, and the awareness of various machines and their speciol func- tions. There was an emphasis on hyphens, ompersonds, and co- reer education. SCIENCE Eighth grode science classes stud- ied such things as human biolo- gy, genetics, botany, zoology, communicable diseases, and mi- crobiology. This year students were challenged to think respon- sibly about their relationship with living and non-iiving things. BOYS PHYSICAL EDUCATION The eighth grade boys were taught many things this year. Among them were wrestling, swimming, gymnastics, and orchery. Many students now un- derstand the value and need for exercise. INDUSTRIAL ARTS This year, there were two industrial orts closses ovoiioble to eighth grod- ers, Industrial Arts A and B. In industrioi Arts A, the students learned things such as the use of tools, machines, and how to get along with others. In Industrial Arts B, things such 05 drafting and designing projects in electronics were learned. EIGHTH GRADE 29

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SOCIAL STUDIES This year in social studies eighth graders learned about explora- tion and disc0very of the Ameri- cos from the fifteenth century through the Civil War. The eighth grade social studies classes at- tended iiAn Americon Toil'i, o chorming role of on immigrating mouse family from the Soviet Union. HOME ARTS , 7 ENGLISH There were two home orts closses L Eighth grode English was 0 class de- ovoiloble to eighth grade students signed to teach the students grom- this year, Home Arts A 0nd Home - ,v T mor, mechanics, writing, and Iitero- Arts B. Home Arts A covered such ' , 5 , ture. This year students learned the things as family living, babysitting, L ' . ' relationship between grammar and sewing. Home Arts B classes . L. 4, . ' study and speaking and writing skills. learned grooming, nutrition, and , ' , ,- n The students also developed 0 crite- food preparation. , , , tie in chosing books, movies, and i i television shows. DEVELOPMENTAL READING The eighth grade developmen- tol reading closs covered com- prehension, timed and con- trolled reading, and o newspa- per unit. They also covered life w i t V; a : survival skills. As 0 result of this w i 4'5 s n I class, many students will have ' better comprehension and read- ing skills. COMPUTERS Computers was 0 required closs w for eighth graders this year. The ' students learned many uses of the computer and how to pro- gram. This class was designed to make students aware of the pos- 25 E'GHTH GRADE sible uses of computers in their lives.

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MATH The eighth grades Ieorned about integers, solving equations, ge- ometry, graphing, 0nd foctoring this year in moth. The students also Ieorned the importance of daily preparation. k COMMERCIAL ART FOREIGN LANGUAGE French, Spanish, and German were offered to eighth groders this year. Many of the students will be able to enter 0 second year of language next year. In this class the students studied sev- eral aspects of commercial art. Some of these were page layouts, cover design, copy writing, letter- ing, photography, and commercial on careers. The yeorbook is pro- duced as 0 class project. COMMUNICATIONS This year in communications, the eighth graders studied advertis- ing, medic, radio, and television. They also learned the proper way to prepare and present 0 formol presentation. CONCERT ORCHESTRA This year in eighth grade concert orchestra, many things were oc- complished. The orchestra trov- eled to many grode schools and Great America. 30 EIGHTH GRADE