Agoura High School - Quixotian Yearbook (Agoura Hills, CA)

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fi Deborah Weitz crouches next to a couple of pre-school 3 children. Weitz received her child care experience at Montessori School. 1 Liz Ashton diligently mixes cookie batter. Cooking students not only learned the finer points of cooking, but also of nutrition. Kim Ames sews a button on a jacket she is making, Besides sewing, students also had to identify fibers and fabrics. yi darrah l Alan Maitland, English Y ,,N H ,Q Richard McLeish, P.E. Curtis Miller, social studies 3Q. V' Barbara Mona, home economics xi.t 5 3' Michael Morrow, math ith, - ' V t lohn Mosley, music, math ' sf Ken Neely, photo Q t . .,,. , If ' '. Alan Perry, English Pete Petersons, social studies loyce Petersons, English, music Andrea Plets, science Dennis Ritterbush, science, P.E. Robert Rizzardi, math, social studies james Smith, math ff 202 Home Economics

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Wfwmwfwamwf V9 .ff 1 . 1 M 1 .T bradshaw s ines, curves, angles, sketches, and colors are all part of the ar- tistic process. Art is a universal means of communication, a way of ex- pressing a person's uniqueness to the world. Nancy lohnsen taught commercial and fine art. In addition, her original design was selected as the official logo of the Las Virgenes Unified School District in a district-wide competition. lohnsen's commercial art students studied adver- tising design. Basically, this class taught students to design product packaging which would sell products. Students designed record album covers, fast food ads, and room interiors. Fine Arts l and Il were two classes where students could study drawing and painting, or what is commonly called pure art , art which can be hung on the wall and admired. Stu- dents worked with water colors, ink, colored pencils, acrylics, and pastels. Many students who took fine arts want- ed to become professional artists after graduation. Such a person was Melinda Klayman who had her work exhibited for winning a contest held at the Uni- versity of Southern California. The most popular art at Agoura was probably photography. Many a student believed the motto that a picture is worth a thousand words. . These pho- tographers-to-be learned how to de- velop film and print photographs, thus expressing their thoughts and feelings in a single frame. Photography teachers Ken Neely and Mary lo Parkhill taught their students how to use different strategies to ma-ke their photos inter- esting. Photography allows for self-ex- pression, which is what l like. Besides, photography is an enjoyable class to take, said Crispin Vicars. Another class offered was silk screen- ing, in which students made their own designs and transferred them to tee shirts and other objects. Ceramics, on the other hand, allowed students to make their own designs in clay, either by hand-molding the clay or by throw- ing pots on the potter's wheel. The fin- ished creation was placed in a kiln where the clay was baked to both dry and harden it. Architectural Drawing was also offered. Here, students learned to design and draw plans for rooms and buildings. Stained glass classes gave the students a chance to work with lead and glass to create win- dows full of color and creativity. Overall, the different forms of art of- fered at Agoura High provided a won- derful chance to express all those cre- ative thoughts and feelings. - April Lee rtte r tttf f tfttttittttgtre tg uwunffwttnfttmta rv eamtumm ecftfumiig lee Robert Bradshaw prepares to dry his picture us- ing the photo dryer. He was in Photo ll and was also a yearbook photographer. Arts 201

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other, Father, Daughter, and Son all oversleep. ln her fran- tic rush to get dressed, Moth- er rips a button off her blouse and has to wear a Hane's tee shirt to the office, Father burns his breakfast and resorts to Fruit Loops, and both parents can't control the fighting children who have just smeared the walls with Quaker Oats and Tang. They wistfully reflect on the home ec courses they could have taken in high school. The Home Economics Department, headed by Barbara Mona and Mary El- len Kirk, consisted of classes in sewing, foods, and child development. It might surprise some students that the first four weeks or so of sewing were devot- ed to lectures on how to choose a pat- tern, take measurements, purchase fab- ric, cut out patterns, and make basic alterations. After the first month, stu- dents began their own sewing projects. The type of clothes sewn was up to the students to choose as long as it was within the students' range of ability. When asked why she took sewing Kim Ames said, l want to make my own clothes and merchandise them for a liv- ing. This interest in fashion merchan- dising sparked a fashion merchandising club on campus. It covered topics such as designing and merchandising. Fash- ion and students' interest inspired oth- er topics. Lastly, the sewing classes mo- deled their clothes in a fashion show at the end of the year. According to jenny Welchel, coed foods was not just learning how to crack'eggs and mix cookies. Besides nutrition and cooking skills, Welchel said she learned to work with people. There were five students per kitchen group and partners switched cooking and cleaning responsibilities daily. They made meringue, pretzels, omelets, and breads. The two-period Child development class rounded out the home economics department. Students studied several aspects of parenting including preg- nancy, birth, and child abuse. Besides observing children at local nusery schools, students cared for an eggby ian eggl for a week as if it were a new- born. There was even an eggby named Max who got kidnapped. Max was re- turned only after the ransom of Xe- roxed money was paid. Because child development provided extensive work experience, students who were over eighteen could take six units of child development at a college and then im- mediatley become nursery school teachers. All the home ec courses pro- vided the practical skills needed in everyday life. Home ec students learned what to wear and how to make it, what to replace those sugar cereals with, and how to control the little ones as well. l- Andrew Brosnan 55 35? t -.-i 'iltifE ijilli 555.25 gil fl El-llfffijUEllE KUIQUID Efbl-fIJLl.E mmttrtume mme stntmntatf EEUIEUIULE EUIQUE EUIECLLLJ ' ., 1 ,NV 3?,,,,s.,,.,.x . - .1 .. I A 55 I ,,,,l ,. ss' L? The smile on Melissa lones' face shows that even potty training can be fun. Helping at local pre- schools certainly prepared child development students for future parenting. Home Economics 203