Garrett High School - Aeolian Yearbook (Garrett, IN)

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Staying on the move, eighth graders While speaking on the Indianapolis participate in a game of dodgeball in 500, senior Jamie Witherspoon shows gym class. a videotape on cockpit repairs in Mrs. Beth Beer’s English I2A class. Bass player for the “Colored Honkies” senior Jody Neuhaus jams during his solo portion of a Macbeth rap song presented in English I2A. Going over some homework, students in Mrs. Aletha Bailey’s Developmental Reading class grade each other’s pa- pers. Health P.E. een

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Be { SP a oy 7 : bE, Te see New, creative ideas help eliminate boredom in class A common complaint at GH$ is, “This class is so boring!” Be- sides educating, part of an English teacher’s job is to come up with new and inter- esting ideas to prevent the constant daydreaming that may occur in the classroom. This may involve requiring their students to give im- promptu speeches, memorize lines from a Shakespearean play, or do a special project. Senior Ed Placencia com- mented, “I really enjoyed do- ing the research report where we had to tell about our lives in the future. It was different and it wasn’t really a report. In- stead it was a letter to one of our classmates.” Keeping students interested is not always the easiest thing At the bowling alley senior Jamie Bertsch tries for a strike during Fit- ness for Life class. English in the world to do. Learning ba- sic grammar and writing cre- ative stories gets old after awhile. “First of alll try not to be too hard on myself. If everyday I’m not as entertaining as MTV, well, so be it. However, | do make an effort to include a va- riety of learning experiences and give students some de- gree of choice with assign- ments,” stated Mrs. Beth Beer, newest teacher in the English Department. While English teachers keep their students involved by adding new, creative projects to their agendas, P.E. and health teachers stay busy de- vising interesting activities to keep their classes productive. “| think what keeps students Giving an oral presentation on foreign countries, senior Troy Bigelow nar- rates a slide show of his trip to Europe. interested in Fitness for Life is that we do a wide variety of things. It is different from ‘normal’ school classes they have,” replied Ms. Joy Kent, teacher and guidance counsel- or. Junior Tricia Spiece stated, “lL really thought the class was exciting and adventurous. | en- joyed doing different activi- ties, such as fishing and ice skating.” Health classes also had an exciting year. “| thought the deep conver- sations we had about drugs and alcohol were interesting and educational,’’ stated freshman Carmen Barrientes. —Lori Hunter wee

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SG as BY hs Se eS SS | Mock trials, student government provide new, challenging experience for seniors Senior government classes conducted several new and in- teresting projects under the direction of first-year social studies instructor, Mr. Nate Evans. The first project was a stu- dent government for which the class elected their leaders, wrote their own constitution, planned a budget, and con- ducted their government ac- cording to the constitution they developed. Students were all involved in either the executive, judicial, or legislative branch of the government. Chuck Newman, Secretary of State, said, ‘‘Ne- gotiations to do away with nu- clear arms, hiding our nuclear arms, and blasting the other country to oblivion was a good time.” President of the U.S.S., Social Studies Brett L. Cramer, said, “I liked being in charge of everybody and felt superior to the human- oids.” Mock trials were also staged in Mr. Evans’ government classes. First semester government classes conducted a mock trial on the assassination of John F. Kennedy to decide if Lee Har- vey Oswald acted alone or was involved in a conspiracy to as- sassinate the President. Three attorneys on each side battled to prove their case while a group of nine jury members listened to evidence and formed their own ver- dicts. Biographies for the Il witnesses were researched by Mr. Nate Evans’ fourth period class while the first period class conducted the trial. Gary Gorrell, Sam Malcolm, and Ron Sarrazine were the at- torneys who tried to prove that Oswald acted alone. Mi- chelle Anderson, Michele Ba- ker, and Jamie Witherspoon were the attorneys who tried to prove that Oswald did not act alone. With a 7-2 decision, it was decided that Oswald was in- deed involved in a conspiracy to assassinate President Ken- nedy. Sam Malcolm said, ‘I felt the judges were biased because there is so much speculation on the whole ordeal.” Second semester govern- ment classes conducted a mock murder trial in which the prosecution attempted to find Mike Mean guilty of the mur- der of Candy Kane. = In the second period class Dean Weimer, Heather Marti, and Matt Sobieski were the de- fense attorneys while Jerry Egolf, Matt Smith, and Brian Johnson represented the pros- ecution. | In the fifth period class Troy Bigelow, Jason O’Connor, Nick York, and Chris Hedges repre- sented the prosecution and re- presenting the defendant were Tina Carlin, Mark Lung, and Ed Placencia. Jury mem- | bers listened to I2 witnesses | and both classes decided Mike Mean was innocent. | Defense attorney Ed Placen- cia said, “I liked cross examin- | ing the witnesses, and I’m glad we won because | feel | finally | accomplished something in my | high school career.” —Ron Sarrazine Posing in front of their map, Mr. Nate Evans’ first semester government class show off their hard work.