Anderson High School - Indian Yearbook (Anderson, IN)

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I , l g 5 1 I l 121 l all 5 waxy l l l l l l I l l l A l .i . 1 , l l l lAbove: Eager to make plans for college, Carol Gephart discusses the SAT with Mike Hannon. Left: In l2th Grade Comp. Mrs. Casey explains to Ron Whitmill and Kathy Pancol procedures for spelling tests. l U Left: Using an apparatus to measure air pressure, Kate Dobos works on an experiment in chemistry. Above: A round of Go, Fight, Win gives Mrs. Hurley the chance to fire students up for Richmond game as she leads A-Club with Fight, 3

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C1 S It Life is a series of giving and taking. So is high school. It's kind of like an exchange. ideas. Experiences. I give a lot. l've come to be aware of all of the things that I put out. It's a task to do your best to please the teachers. And most important yourself. Starting my English composition three times before getting it right. Staying up till two cramming for my history final. Trying to keep the Kleenexes on the home- coming float from falling off. It takes determination. The sophomores. Well they're excit- ed about AHS. New and eager. juniors begin to realize what they have to give in to. Riding the crowded bus- es. Spending the whole day in the gym taking achievement tests. The sen- iors appreciate the efforts they've made. They realize the why behind AHS, graduation, l've met people. As I'm a part of AHS so are they. Seeing a friend make it from the reserve bench to varsity action. Typing a research paper for a classmate who can't type. Pushing a fellow student out of a foot of snow in the parking lot. This is a part of AHS. A part of a place to learn and to make friends. I quickly learned that AHS is a series of give-and-take situ- ations. I also get a lot from high school. Friends. Experiences. l'm starting to see my efforts work. Seeing the gym transformed into a saloon for Fall Wind-Up. Getting an A on a test I thought sure I flunked. These are what I get from AHS. Like when I wrote an editorial for the X-RAY. People were reading what I wrote. You experience the same thing when you get your A sweater at the winter sports award night. Long, hard practices and a few bruises pay off. AHS helps me prepare for the fu- ture, too. The teachers help to make me feel at ease with adults. I'II quick- ly be thrown into the adult world after I graduate. Classes like DECA and VICA prepare us for work after grad- uation. Honors English, Calculus and Advanced Chemistry help some stu- dents get ready for college by stre - ing individual study. I gain experienc in relating with people too. AHS is real. It gives me the chance to see both sides of every view. Whether it be students and teachers, the behind-the-scenes-man and the lime-lighter'or the graduate of the l95C's and the student of the 7O's. I become involved in high school on the assumption that AHS is fast becoming a two-way street. I

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11'1 C It takes a lot to make a go of high school. I know. If I ever have to do an- other bibliography it will be one too many. School is really a full time job. I mean not only trying to make the grades but taking everything I want to. There's some really interesting classes. The kids in psychology hit in- to some' different areas such as yoga. Ecology classes studied the relation- ship of man to his environment, and honors physics class built cars power- ed by mousetraps. Every once in a while I get stumped. I can't understand an assignment. My teacher and I have help sessions af- ter school. Other teachers and students do the same. Research papers find me in the library digging material during study hall. Geometry proofs, U.S. His- tory questions and themes in Comp. have me taking books home. I have some teachers who try to make their classes pleasant. Graphics in the halls at AHS make things homey around here too. Class discussions on politics, ESP and student rights let us state our opinions, and I like that. I realize that getting an education is more than books and test. I learn from relaxing. The students and teach- ers share common grounds at AHS. They provide the material, and I have to provide the manpower to make the best of it. Like most of us, I try to use the classroom to give my students a chance to get the most out of high school as possible. I like to see them graduate from high school with more than we did. And I think the students realize this. Our system is pretty good about letting us introduce classes we think students would be interested in. And that we enjoy teaching. With an en- rollment of I,777, we are able to of- fer a wide curricula. We are successful in giving students a wide range of classes they can take. Different levels of progress help stu- dents to advance at their own ability such as the honors classes and the re- medial programs. Vocational as well as college courses help to meet their in- dividual needs. We have a goal to edu- cate and the students have their goal to learn. lt's no fun to give an F. Students feel sometimes that we enjoy it. lt's much more satisfying to see success. Actu- ally the greatest thrills in teaching are the little daily successes. Seeing that spark when a student first realizes where the comma goes, or when he fin- ally comprehends the calculus problem makes teaching all worthwhile. I think that after they graduate they will realize that what they left AHS with will pay off.