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

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56 - Academics Tech. Arts students are hard at work in the drafting room, Gym class stretches out before they start their activity. i 4144... .W . ,. 1 is-- 'AHRE 'lam ' . 04314 U H. IJ is an -:E f--k. isp - Wwmw saw fi ' -' .........:s..-as-...L.N...,.5. -r Diane Vega takes a break from her reading. ambitious gym student picks up the ball to start a new game.

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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

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P.E., Tech. Arts, And Drivers' Ed. Richi Brown stressed the importance of PE because she said as people get older they have more leisure time, especially with the coming of computers, so most people can fill it with some athletic activity. Besides your mind functions better when you feel good, and you feel better when you exercise. She added PE also teaches certain social skills like cooperation. The variety of PE teachers at GMHS was a plus Brown commented about the program. g'Each teacher has some special areas they work with, so no one has to really teach something they don't likeff Technical Arts is also affected by computerization. Every aspect of industry is being put on computers, but GMHS is still teaching manual labor. But because the industry is on computers GMHS teachers stress a lot of creative thinking because computers have taken away the menial work. Dave Schenk added, we try to instill a sense of pride in their work. I think in this day of change, Tech. Arts should be required for graduation. Everyone does general maintenance once in awhile, added Ken Henderson. An- other important aspect is it teaches motor skills instead of academics. Ron Crilly teaches Driver's Ed. lt is a quarter class and includes on the street, simulated, and range driving. gg ' F- j ' , 1, 3 .P Els -2, 5515 -U 'Wy -- W1 wmv? ,a w w f . fa 1 MHZ, ,Q ws t l r t 4 M Wx. f M X l L ,E 'W ' 2 Academics