Northern Garrett High School - North Star Yearbook (Accident, MD)

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24 Work And Leisure Shape School Day The VIKING staff is kept busy with the production of a school news- Activity-Oriented Classes paper that has consistently received high ratings in state and national s ; competition. Carol Ross, Julie Bowser and Teri Broadwater work on Fill Portion Of School Day a current staff project. In a student-directed lesson on por- trait drawing, Terri Warnick teaches the class while Mr, Tusing poses as a model, With extreme effort Joy VanSickle A great struggle between opposing players starts out a regular basket - serves to the opposing team. ball game in Phys. Ed. rm or ERY.

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Every school year has its high lights. There are athletic and scholastic achieve- ments, Queens are crowned, awards are given, milestones are reached, But for the individual, school life goes on between highlights. The spectacular emerges from a base of the ordinary and the mundane. In the course of a typical school day, students move from one situation to an- other. A bumpy bus ride to school-and the day is well on its way to another one of remembrance. The need for class books makes a stop at a locker a definite must-and then its off to another glorious class, Study halls and library classes become life- Centering her paper, Debbie Bittinger prepares to type a letter from savers for students with forgotten home- her shorthand notes. work and term papers. School isn't always all work and no play. Breaks are taken frequently here and there during the day. To sit and chat with friends is probably the most popular break of all. For students who enjoy typing, a break in the academic day may be pro- Ax ty vided by typing for the school paper or in a typing class. During the busy day, Greg Gillum and Teresa Hinebaugh take some time out for a friendly conversation. In Phys. Ed. Becky Stanton finds time to work on the hoop that will be used as an entering for the Huskies, 23

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Friendships Become Treasured Memories On days when a popular lunch is served, the waiting game takes longer than usual. Linda Bittinger, Denise Wilhelm and Brenda Kisner wait their turn in a slow- moving line while those ahead of them buy double portions of Northern Pizza. One class that provides a combination of academics and creative activity is art. Student projects include teaching their own class and using a variety of designs and techniques, A student in the art class soon learns that there is a great deal more to art than drawing a picture, painting it, and getting it graded. Not everyone enjoys being. cooped up in a classroom all day. Some students express themselves by not partici- pating in class work and by| carrying on in class; others find sufficient outlet for their excess energy in the physical education classes, Volleyball and basket- ball are only two of the sports that students participate in. Phys. Ed. gives students a chance to unwind from the routine of the academic day. Standing in the lunch line can be awfully tiring, and especially boring when no friends are around to gossip with. But in the end the long wait is worthwhile when students can sit down, relax, and enjoy a nourish- ing meal, After lunch the day goes on with a continued pattern of study halls and friendships, of finishing touches added Lunch time means lunch--but Greg Fratz and Tony to projects, and of class achievements by hard-working Doerr find that it also provides a time for talking with students. friends, There are no substitutes for study when there are assign- ments to finish. Jim Spear studies a magazine article while his seatmate, Mike Robinson, finishes an English assignment. Perhaps there is more to education than sometimes meets the eye! Gary Rodeheaver faces his chess oppon- ent, Don Bowman, ina quiet but intense contest while Jeff Thomas and Danny Davis look on. 25