Lyman High School - Eagles Flight Yearbook (Lyman, WY)

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KVM F-if If 1 1 Inf- . U , 4 1 l A4A6A,n X fl I f ' 1 1 ' ll 14, If,-, 4 ,. zzz, Four teachers Relta Cox Allen Jaggi, Rick Hanson, and John Block used self texts this year. With the student in mind these teachers chose a self text over a commercial text Jaggi said he used the self text for the main reason of helping those stu dents who have problems reading the commercial text. Cox chose it so that all of the lessons were up to date and the home work was relevant to the lessons. Hanson changed his text so he could give the students the infor mation he thought was important but not included in the commercial text. Block wanted to challenge the students and make learning a little more interesting This was a summer project, said Block I was curious to see if I could do it and what would happen to be able to update her material from year to year Cox developed evaluation sheets for speech which she plans to re evaluate and update A lot of the time in the commercial text the homework wasn t relevant to what I wanted taught she said The text is on a computer and each year she plans to refer to the disk and change and update the material she is teaching I think the self text pre pares me more and makes me a Rick Hanson developed his text in his spare time I basically had infor mation I wanted the students to learn that wasn't covered in the text books he noted Jaggr s self text was recommended for publishing I think teachers should give a little extra to reach x , .-1 3 9 Q - u cc ' - ' 3 9 99 ' - , . . . ,G . - - stronger teacher, said Cox. 8 . , ., . . - ' ' as . , . 'a . . ,, . ,, . . Q 1 Block started last summer working two or three nights a week on the self text. He used an outline of what he wanted in the text, followed it to keep the order, and began writing it up. He used examples of problems from other books. The text isnit fin- ished. lt needs refining. The students had to put up with a lot of errors that I need to fix, but I plan to finish the text next year and up-date it each year, said Block. The part that was the most fun was drawing the car- toons, because I found out I could do it. Those cartoons are what made the learning interesting. Cox also worked on her self text for speech last summer. She wanted those students who really don t care for education, and this self text is my way, said Jaggi. He used Dr. Van De Graaf's self text as an example and went from there. Jaggi used dif- ferent pictures to draw the students attention to the notes. Jaggi used his own knowledge and information from other books. My text helps organize my class for students, espe- cially those who have been absent. They can come in and know exactly what they missed and where to be- gin. These incomplete outlines I use, allow kids to learn better because they put the notes in their own wordsf, said Jaggi. Self 'I ext 91

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Looking over the printed pages of his sell' tcxt were Rick Hanson and Printer livan Shear. During the summer Math Instructor John Block typed out his sell' text for Advanced Math, Hanson spent a good part of the previous year typing his text on computer. 2 ,ii, 4 f 5 i f ff I W rg X -5 iii: 'i:-:f P .. so .s- t tt at 1 is QM' it N is ! 90-Sell' Text Going over the dissection ol' a frog, which was covered in Allen ,l:iggi's sell' text. is Brady Odden, ,laggi and .lulee l.ee.

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F i 1 ul 1 .4- ' Y lg, X l'n . -53 , ' -Q '- , 1,1711 bf- fl , , ,,.,c' O f I Q ' 1 ' ,, 4,.-7-' '1 C111- 1' f' ,f lf ij g I In revitalizing the Vocational Ag- riculture program, Instructor Rex Hamner installed several new con- cepts in the curriculum. Some of the changes were building livestock pens on the school campus, installing a national computer hook-up and ex- panding the metals and welding classes to include other mechanics like engines and motors. Many people think Vo-Ag and the Future Farmers of America are ex- actly the same, but that's not so. Vo- Ag is the academic class where stu- dents learn about crops, livestock and shopworkg FF A is the extra cur- ricular organization that meets after school. FFA members put their Vo- Ag class studies to use in raising their animals for competition and in participating in FFA judging con- tests. In Vo-Ag studies spanned every- thing from parliamentary procedure to building barns and corrals by the school. All Vo-Ag students were re- quired to have a home agricultural project. Most of them used livestock. They also kept careful income and expense records on their animals. The school barns and corrals were built to house animal projects and for a living laboratory. Hamner said, Town students will have a place to keep their animals, and I will have some livestock at school to I 1 i use in classworkf, He added with the farm laboratory, students would get hands-on experience at school in- stead of the class always travelling to a ranch. s s The Ag program was among eight to receive the Agri Data Computer System from the University of Wyo- ming which provided the phone hook-up, the computer and software. The Vo-Ag program gained access to a nationwide farm network. Hamner said, This set up is very helpful for the students and area ranchers because they can getithe commodities prices and futures mar- ketg I can also use the computer teaching aids. Students enjoyed the expanded mechanics classes. Pat Doty said, I have learned how to fix brakes and how ignition and cooling systems workg now I can figure out why my car won't start. Vo Ag wasfunancl I learned about things that I will be able to use later. More should take the classg I'm taking it again next yearj' said Gerri Yates. In past years the Vo-Ag program was on shaky ground because of low enrollment and lack of interest, but with the changes Hamner said, Our Vo-Ag program is growing and do- ing wellg our goal is to make it one of the best in the state? Sometimes car problems were perplexing in mechanics class. Pat Doty, Instructor Rex Hamner and John Lewis analyzed the prob- lem before beginning to work on the engine. l 1 Fl 92 Mechanics