Mundelein High School - Obelisk Yearbook (Mundelein, IL)

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Q may I N i he William Maslanka. Chris McCloud, and Steve Schmidt work on an archeological experi- ment in Mr. Yugovich's geography class. academics requirements. Add: A change in the English Department. Mix in: Peanut brittle in chemistry class, and other fun in-class projects. Bake: For two semesters with books and tests. Yield: The academic side of Mundelein. ake: New academic The main reason we were at MHS was to learn. To make the school year more fun and challenging, teachers added spice to the sometimes routine curriculum. Mr. Mike Yugovich, for example, conducted archeological digs in his geography classes. Boxes filled with dirt had hidden artifacts in them. It was the student's job to dig and find the artifacts without breaking them. The project was to show the difficulty of an archeologist's job. Mr. Jim Jackson,s industrial arts classes continued building an airplane. The plane should be finished by 1985. An Arco II acrobatic, the plane will be entered in airshows. Two passengers will fit in the aircraft. Almost 90 students have worked on the plane since work began in l98l. Sixty of those students were enrolled in airplane construction, and 30 were interested students who worked during their free time. Jackson will fly the plane when it is completed. He said, I am totally confident it will be an excellent handling aircraft. I am proud of all the students. 14 L

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students have fun and LER Upper Right, Ria Henderson rushes to get her homework done in time for class. Above, Steve Specht hunls for colleges on the computer in the Career Resource Cen- ter. rl Above, Sandy Carew searches for a good book in the card catalog.

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academics 9l frx i 'li ' SX Y X tx X Xe X -sfwsgrh-Q. Hu. U. . .. .. . .. S X . fs., tt s . ,I Top: Cheryl Fay practices her typing speed and accuracy. Above: Both Beth Booze and Missy Nobel review their homework in the courtyard. n order to participate in extra- curricular activities, a student had to maintain a C grade point average. If the average wasnit a C or better after two six weeks grading periods, the student could not participate during the sea- son at all. The new requirement was put into effect because the Board of Education want- ed the students to maintain a high degree of excellence. The requirement made MHS one of the most academically strict schools in Lake County. Although strict, the policy did make the students who were put on probation work harder for better grades. Many stu- dents, like Trey Carter, believed the Board's goal 'fwas achieved. There was also a change in the English Department. Instead of Semester grading, ju- nior and senior X and Y classes were graded every 12 weeks. This new grading policy was difficult during the semester change. Both students and teachers complained about the system. Miss Kathy Lenzen said, I liked the concept, but many things still needed to be worked out. Miss Bernadette Kindey, de- partment head, mentioned that the system would be changed in 1984-'85. Becky Beyersdorf works diligently on Mr. Pawlowski's test while being caught by the camera. .J