New Prairie High School - Prairie Life Yearbook (New Carlisle, IN)

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You can always count on a math teacher Mr. Robert Schwenk has been teaching for 15 years. He at- tended Purdue University and Ball State. His hobby is coin collecting. Mrs. Ruth Crouch has been teaching for 35 years. She attended Oberlin College, Indiana University and Pur- due. She thinks our students are really great but, she doesn't like students who talk in class and fail to get their work done. Her hob- bies are crafts and reading. 20

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Jack Calhoun has been teaching biology for 22 years. He attended both Purdue and Indiana Uni- versity to earn his teaching degrees. Mr. Calhoun's in- terests include hunting and fishing. Michael Kamal has taught chem- istry here for 2 years. As an ex- periment in class, he tried to make a smoke bomb. The ex- periment was so successful that they had to move to another room for the rest of the hour! Kent Bozenski and Mike McQueeney are lab partners for chemistry experiments. Below: Cindy Peterson and Doug Fecher examine models of atoms. Many different forms of science are offered to the students of New Prairie High School. Choices are available to suit every stu- dent's desire for knowledge in the scien- tific world. General science is available to those students who are interested in a uni- versal study of science. For the students who wish to learn about the substances of the earth and its surrounding environments, earth science and advanced earth science are provided. All living things are studied in biology. Chemistry is the study of the elements that make up all matter. 19

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Highly competent educators staff the math department, assuring each student an ex- cellent headstart toward a mathmatical fu- ture. Courses offered range from fundamental math to pre calculus for the interest of the student. As in previous years, the math students participated in regional and state contests and received numerous awards. Mr. Dave Washburn is in his first year of teaching math in our school system. He is our swimming coach and also likes sailing and amateur radio. Miss Ruth Lempke has been teaching in our school sys- tem for five years. In her opinion, our students are great as people, but lazy as students. Her hobbies are ceramics and reading best sellers. Mr. Michael Powers is in his sixth year of teaching. When asked his opinion of our stu- dents his reply a fine group of students. Mr. Powers' interests are: photography, and playing the guitar. 21