Harbor High School - Mariner Yearbook (Ashtabula, OH)

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Applied Arts a change of pace hy do people take applied arts? Formerly, applied art Wclasses were only taken by students who enjoyed them, but now every Harbor student will have completed some form of an applied art before he graduates. One credit of an applied art was required from each student so that he could get his diploma. This year performing arts was taught for the first time at Harbor, Many students enrolled in this experimental class for something to fill their seventh period, The class participated in many performances during the year, a big one being a Shake- speare Festival in which the students performed scenes from a few of Shakespearets plays. ln art, students toned up their draw! ing, painting, and sculpting skills. Mrs. Rapose taught the students how to find the personal meaning in art for each individual. uThrough working with art day in and day out, I think students learn what a piece of art means to them. That's really the goal of my class. said Mrs. Rapose. Even though a student was required to take an arts class, it often became a favorite. ult started off slow, but I ended up the year enjoying my performance arts class, said Dave Jordan. Working on their art work. Buddy Peet, Jim Stiltner. and Keith Radkowski take some time be- fore the end of art class. Ready . . . Set . . . Go! Frank Adiey, Craig Reese, and Vincent Close get ready to sprint a basketball : .. race This was one of many sports played in gym a ' W I this year. , 14:771.? cg tyaij ' f; 20 Academics

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Take Foreign Languages- Spice Up The Daily Routine hy would a student take a for- eign language? When asking members of all four classes. many different responses came up. Freshmen take foreign languages because they want to try something new when they get to high school or they hear from older brothers and sisters that languages are fun. Sophomores take a second year of language because they had fun their first year or they just want the credit for their first year. Juniors take a third year because nowadays many colleges are re- quiring three years of foreign language to apply or three years are essential for the Ohio Award of Distinction. Seniors may go on to a fourth year because they really love the language, like the teacher, or plan on making a career out of foreign languages. Senior Cheryl Holler stated, uI love German and Mrs. Kaura is the best teacher that I ever had. Larry Hooper added, uIRze learned so much about German, French, and Spanish that I cantt wait to get to college and study Russian and Japanese. Harbor offers four-year courses in French, German, and Spanish. A great deal of time is spent speaking the lan- guages, listening to tapes, memorizing vo- cabulary, learning grammar, translating words, and studying the culture and histo- ry of these countries that it's no doubt why more students are taking three or four years of their particular language. For the first time since Harbor has been in existence, Latin was no longer offered. Those sophomores, juniors, and seniors who have had Latin know that it has helped them undestand English bet- ter, but as senior Dave Jordan put it, Latin is a dead language, and today doc- tors and lawyers don,t even study it anymore? Learning more than one language, es- pecially than just English, is so important tody because many jobs require bilingual skills, and in our rapidly changing envi- ronment our country is quickly becoming fluent in several languages. lelng a little advlce, Mrs Kaura explains the methods for making a good composition better. Looking for the correct form of the verb, Roman Svoboda checks the back of his German book for the word 19 Foreign Language

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Concentrating on his work, Lars Luhta works on a painting in art class. Showing great poise. Lisa Ponten works on the balance beam during gym class I hate Christmas! said Tim Hedberg who played the Grinch for a performing arts play, He participated in Harbov's hm performing arts class. 21 Appaied Arts