Fruita High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Fruita, CO)

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Special Interest and second year vocational agri- culture at Fruita Junior High, then spent the rest of his school day at FMHS. Glen Ross and Robert Hensley, two very brave teachers, taught on-the-road training to future drivers in Drivers Education. They spent many hours driving with students and assisting on the driving range. 1. Mr. Eller is hard at work in the wood- shop. 2. Mr. Burenheide digs his way through. 3. Always lending a helping hand is Mrs. Easton. 4. Mrs. Swanson demon- strates to her students. 5. Mr. Ross takes a time-out to relax. 6. Mr. Hensley keeps a good watch over the lunchroom crowd. 7. Smiling pretty for her picture is Mrs. Paulson. 21

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Teachers Show Art department chairperson, Karen Swanson, guided atristic talents into constructive use. She taught beginning and advanced art for the art-minded students. She also taught a ceramics class. A new face on the faculty was James Eller who kept the indus- trial arts department ahead on its many projects this year. Kathy Easton instructed the Family Living course which is set up to prepare seniors for mar- riage and child rearing. She also taught foods, sewing and child development, doubling also as Pom Pon Squad's head sponsor. A new enthusiasm existed in the Home Economics depart- ment with the arrival of Vicki Laidley. Miss Laidley was Chief sponsor of F.H.A. and also taught an English course. Omar Burenheide taught first 20

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Students Cooperate Instructors, keeping communi- cations on an equal basis with students, inspired creative ideas and productive knowledge. A students extra time was well utilized in the Mathematic and Science Departments. Courses ranged from those sophisticated ones readying for college to ele- mentary courses teaching the ba- sics. Improving students skills in ba- sic math fundamentals chal- lenged math teachers from early September to late May. Students were given the option to pursue their interests and academic re- quirements. Higher level math courses, Algebra II, Trigonom- etry, Math Analysis, and Analyt- ical Geometry prepared students for college work. Most invested their time in learning basic alge- braic equations or geometric functions. Dallas Meyer, Depart- ment head, provided guidance for the department. Communications in other lan- guages became an essential part of a students education. Spanish, French, and German provided the main part of the Foreign Lan- 22 Math Dept.