Green Mountain High School - Ramblings Yearbook (Lakewood, CO)

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54 - Academics Judith Lange works on her painting. Seniors Rosellen Gridley and Dolly Law, freshman Joe Jensen, and junior Jamie Verdoorn exhibited art work in New York in March. C.J. Shibly and and Carin Clarke get ready to practice Concert Band members warm up their instruments

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Reading And Home Economics Most schools have a general reading program aimed at the average student, but GMHS' program makes contracts to each student's individual needs. The reading teachers are very proud of the program they have built. It included a Reading Lab to work on general skills on an individualized non-threatening level. There was also Advanced Reading for the college bound, and a ninth grade program to pre- pare them for the upcoming three years. This fall a pilot study skills program will begin for sophomores. There is a possibility it will be offered with Driver's Ed. I like teaching this because the students can succeed at their own level and most feel good about themselves, offered Rita Couture. Couture also said they encourage students and help the students get started with papers in content areas like sci- ence, social studies, and language arts. Math really doesn't have a reading background, she added. The Home Economics department included many choices this year. There were general cooking classes and an occasional sewing class, but their main emphasis was not on the traditional classes. Classes dealing with people were stressed, including Marriage and Family, and Child Devel- opment. The ratio of boys to girls taking home ec. was about equal. Q. as ii ' ig ' T 1 i , 1,4 Z 5 Z Academics - 53

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Art And Music Art is something everyone can participate in, stated Carol Vanous. Vanous feels art is indeed a teachable subject, just as math or language is. Her interest is in commercial art, while the other art teachers, Ray Knaub enjoys painting and Ted Desnica likes to create cartoon characters. The art members at GMHS are very active. While they not only design certain wall coverings, they also participate in art exhibits. The National Art Society has presented many art portraits in the Color Scholastic Arts Exhibit in Jefferson County. Similarly, in the past, the biggest art displays have occurred on Cultural Arts Day. The organization also goes on field trips, Vanous also added that, There are limitations set up for the student, and this means that each person may have to solve his problem in his own way. In conclusion, Vanous felt that everyone benefits from art, and that more people do need to recognize that it is important. She also stressed that art should be taught in a sequence. We want kids who want to be here stated Steve Meininger, GMHS Music Teacher. We don't want students here because they have to be here. Meinginger felt that, of course, it would be nice to have more students enrolled in music, but he didn't feel that it should be required. We can't make the students like music, or force them to be good at what they do in music, they have to want to do good in music and they have to like it. He also felt that this way, the students that are enrolled in music are the cream of the crop. GMI-IS is so strong in every department, it keeps some students away from Music. Should GMHS be less strong in general, more students would perhaps take Music. Meininger also expressed his opinion that GMHS has one of the best music departments in the county and through competitions, one of the best in the state, ln my opinion, I have heard no other better men's choir than what we have at Green Mountain. We also had seven students go to All-State choir, which is the third most students from one school in the statef' Academics - 55