Glenbrook South High School - Etruscan Yearbook (Glenview, IL)

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Home Economics, Industrial Education help development of practical skills . . ome Economics and ln- H dustrial Education play , , an important role in stu- dents' lives by develop- ing skills, many of which are needed to perform everyday tasks in the working world. Home economics students de- signed many new accessories, in- cluding individually-designed pil- lows and quilts, wonderful jogging suits and summer blaz- ers. Other events included enter- ing national contests related to clothing construction. Seniors Lisa Bielick and Linda Foote qualified for the Make It With Wool contest, which was held at Macomb. Their backgrounds in sewing in home economics courses helped them to succeed in the contest. New to the department' this year is Miss Sue Schnackenberg, who is now teaching Child De- velopment and Family Life. She -wwf if Wg is .. V', , - enjoys the class and the actions of her students. The feedback from the stu- dents is exciting and fulfilling to me. Their interest and enthusi- asm in the subject is mutually challenging 'and motivating, commented Schnackenberg. Mrs. Janet Rothwell, instruc- tional supervisor, also feels the program is special. Child De- velopment classes have been do- ing especially exciting projects and activities. The nursery school sponsored twice a year is a special event, stated Roth- well. Rothwell concludes, Home Economics is becoming an even more important field as individ- uals in our society become, out of necessity, more concerned with conserving family resources and improving family and per- sonal relationships within their own livesf' Industrial Education When students take all course work within a program, they de- velop considerable knowledge as well as technical skills relative to the area. In some situations, job entry skills are developed, and in other instances the stu- dent needs advanced training. For the first time at Glen- brook South High School, a pho- tography class was added to the industrial education curriculum. The course came about when the decision was made to drop the Graphic Arts course due to the lack of student interest, along with lack of a qualified teacher. Photography, taught by Mr. Ed Baker, fIfS Driver's Educa- tionl, is planning for a full pro- gram. A photography course was recommended several years ago, but it was turned down. Mr. Barry Pearson planned to in- clude a photography unit in the Graphic Arts course for the 1979-80 school year, but his de- parture was one reason for dropping Graphic Arts. This course is offered to soph- omores, juniors and seniors. Freshmengcan take the course if they are enrolled in Industrial Arts 163. Students taking the course are required to have an MICHAEL PEDERSON STUDIES his negatives on a light table in the graphic arts shop. adjustable camera for use in the course due to the size of the darkroom there is a limit of 12 students for each class. Photography 161 was a course offered first semester and dealing with black and white photography and full lab exper- ience. Photography 262, taught during second semester, was a continuation of the black and white photography plus intro- duction to color photography. The disadvantage of the course at this time is that we do not have adequate facilities, stated Baker. ln the future we are planning to enlarge the photo darkroom. Due to the interest of the stu- dents in this class, the course shall be offered next year, ac- cording to Baker. The Audio Visual Depart- ment, a branch of the Instruc- tional Materials Center provided many conveniences for GBS teachers and students. Under the supervision of Mr. Len Sid- er, the A.V. Department offered photographic, photocopying and offset printing among its many services. Home Economics, lndustrial Education 8: Audio Visualf

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BESIDES HANDLING THE audio vi- sual material, the A.V. Department also fixed the equipment. Here, Chris Skopis shows Scott Goldblatt how to fix a pro- jector. onomics Industrial Education Sz Audio i V ,-., 1 W FRESHMEN RHONDA TROPSTEIN helps Denyse DiGilio adjust the hem on her skirt. Clothing students complete a variety of projects some of which were on display at the fashion boutique. JUNIOR JULIE WIENSKI admires an award winning outfit, M.. .gn-.

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Math Club prepares students for contests recent addition to Glen brook South s long list of clubs. ln general, the Math Club works on math problems and new concepts in preparation for the many math contests through- out the year. The club is a good idea. It helps the students great- ly with the problems found fre- quently on math contests, claims senior Howard Chodash. Mr. Ken Lucas, adviser of the club, issues problems and helps the club members with any ques- tions they may have. He gives not only difficult math problems that may be found in the classes, but also he gives problems that are not familiar with most of the people. The Math Club participates in many math contests throughout the year. Of these, there are the North Suburban Mathematics League Mathematics Field Day, The Illinois Mathematics League contests and the Atlantic, Atlan- tic-Pacific Mathematics League contests. GBS consistenly does well in all of these contests. The school is currently one of the top math schools in Illinois. Dave Langer, the club president, is rated in the top 10 of all stu- dents who take the Atlantic-Pa- cific test in the United States and he ranks first in Illinois. Because the school pays the minimal fee for entering the con- tests, the club does not need any fund raising activities. This is the first year of the Math Club. We recognized that the school was very capable of doing well in math contests, and we felt that by adding a math club it would even improve the math scores, added Chodash. The Math Club was formed to encourage participation in var- ious math contests at GBS. Math contests give students he Math Club is the most -Tath 81 Science interested in mathematics a chance to work difficult prob- lems that challenge their math ability, concluded Lucas. To keep up with the times, the Science Department pur- chased a new TRS-80 computer. This year the science depart- ment purchased a micro com- puter to be used in the physics, the science and technology, and the chemistry classes, and it is also open for students to use after school. The computer is useful in the labs and the experi- ments in the classes. We bought the computer to keep up with the times. It familiarizes the students with the world of com- puters, and it is a useful tool in science, stated Instructional Supervisor Mr. Richard Good- speed. Among other changes, the de- partment expanded its live ma- terial collection. They have ac- quired such animals as guinea pigs and lizards for observation. The Science Department in- troduced two new awards this year. The first is a S100 scholar- ship from Kraft, Inc. It is an award for outstanding achieve- ment in science and engineering. The other award is the Leo Leathers Horticulture Award, given to the top horticulture stu- dent. The award is given in memory of Mr. Leathers, who died last year. Finally, Mr. David DeBarr and Mr. Howard Jenewein were the most recent additions to the Sci- ence Department. Mr. DeBarr teaches biology classes, while Mr. Jenewein teaches physics. Math Club: lst Row: Paul Mang, Steve Lackner, Paul Langer, Ted Mourouzisg 2nd Row: Brad Baum, Pierre Mitchell, Matthew Herman, Tim Thoeleckeg 3rd Row: Dale Mitchell, Deanna Silver, Heidi f 3 . . 1 Appel, Kristy Ashlemang 4th Row: Chris Moag, Jeff Kim, Wendy Hansen, Daphna Steier, 5th Row: Sanjax Lo- gani, Herb Finn, Howard Chodashg 6th Row: Darryl Nicholson, Philip Chin