Geneva High School - Seneca Saga Yearbook (Geneva, NY)

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Biology students use various pieces of equipment. Bill Turturro (left) and Isaac Collins (right) work with a test tube during a lab. Different types of equipment can help students in different ways. The opaque projector enlarges drawings and diagrams for use in classroom projects. Using the equipment in the weight room as Dave Longo (right) demonstrates, can help build upper body strength. 16 Academics

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Having a good relationship with students is vital. Here Mr. Ninestine converses with Liz Wright on Student Street. That ability to communicate carries over into the teacher's political life. Seen below in his political role. Mr. Ninestine celebrates his re-election in Nov. 1987 with ex-officer DeCicca. who had been elected for the first time. Joseph Urban — Social Studies. UN Adviser. . Jean Verdehem — Custodian . Carl Wenzel . . Business. Varsity Boys Basketball coach. Sheryl Wild — Business. Basketball Cheerleading coach. James Wilson — Mathematics. Golf coach . Martha Winsor — Guidance Counselor Carinne Wolford — Learning Disabilities . James Yahnite — Chemistry Photos unavailable — Mabel Deal. John Farrance. Randall Grenier. Richard McGuire. John Natti. Staff 15

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ROPES L E A R N I Shocking experiences with the electricity ball in chemistry, losing a program in computers, sporting welts from burnball” in gym. Those are just some of the occupational hazards caused by the equipment students have to work with in their daily classes. For instance, labs in science courses are times when many students are exposed to equipment. In biology, students have to work with N G THE microscopes. One student remembered Mrs. Turri threatening the class with a focusing test” because they couldn't work the gizmo that makes amoeba bigger than life. Scalpels are in the lab, too. Getting a dull one can be the pits. As Kathi Mirras commented, It made dissecting my fetal pig a bloody mess.” In Chem, students have to use balances and scales. However, that electricity ball was the most intriguing thing” in lab, according to Anne Campbell, who did pass the course. Any one of the Technology Education rooms has equipment galore. The Graphics Communication lab, for example, has the latest in desktop publishing and features the Apple LaserWriter system. The woodworking shop is Learning how to cook foods is important for those who plan to take care of themselves in the future. In Home Economics, students learn the tricks of the trade. In addition to learning how to prepare foods such as pizza, they find out about the nutritional components of the dish. a cabinet maker’s dream with myriads of saws, chisels, routers — you name it. The Business Department has expensive equipment. The older Apples in one lab were replaced this year with new IBM’s. Sometimes, however, all does not go smoothly. Kris Klestinec, a tenth grader, told about a problem with her final exam in computers. My test wouldn’t print out,” she said, and when I used another printer, that one jammed! Despite any mechanical problems they have, Geneva High students have been provided with state-of-the-art equipment. Any form of art involves the use of different pieces of equipment. Here, junior Willie Meringola works with various utensils to complete a project. Academics 17