Audubon High School - Wheeler Yearbook (Audubon, IA)

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 Academics AHS, the largest of two high schools in Audubon County, offers eighty different courses. There are vo- cational, business, and college prcpa- tory classes, ranging from woods to ac- counting and physics. With twenty- seven teachers and 427 students, there is a faculty-student ratio of 1:16, mak- ing the class si e very small. I. Rory Davis impersonates a “KISS” character for a mass media production. 2. This was the second year for the reading lab. Students go to the LRC room during study halls to improve their reading skills. Brian Gib- son works with the reading machine to improve his speed and comprehen- sion. 3. Mr. Edelman was one of the six judges for the dessert contest held in foods II. 4. Jim Weeks displays his bowling talent during p.e. Each stu- dent paid S6.00and went bowling for six weeks. 5. Can you imagine the “dullness” at AHS without a pencil sharpener? Academics 5

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Response to Poll 57% This year the yearbook staff decided to take a poll of the teachers. Ques- tions were distributed to all thirty teachers, but only seventeen replied. Some of the results are printed below, and the most striking similarity is that each one is different! Of the fifteen television shows listed as teacher favorites, four tied with two votes each. Choices ranged from THE MUPPETS to SOAP to FAMILY, (continued on page 8) 1. Joyce Van Duscn reading lab. 2. Kathy Burns-art I. II. 111. IV. and Pep Club. 3. Sandy Kristensen (left)— child development, clothing I II, family living, interior design, sopho- more class sponsor. Future Homema- kers of America, girls basketball, and adult education class. Susan Benson (right) foods I II, home ec.. fresh- man class sponsor and Y-Teens. 4. Carol Hansen (left) drama. English I.journal- ism, practical English, speech, reading lab, freshman class sponsor, RED AND WHITE, co-sponsor Drama Club and Thespians, directs two plays, director of the Iowa High School Speech Asso- ciation Contests. Christine Jensen (right) English I. mass media, year- book, reading lab, freshman class spon- sor, co-sponsor Drama Club and Thes- pians, directs two plays, assistant speech coach. 5. Jane Nelson (left)-librarian, junior class sponsor. Eleanor Monahan (right)-American Literature, compo- sition. English 1. English literature, in- dividualized reading, senior class spon- sor, and National Honor Society. 6. Robert Bourne (pictured here with Val- eria McVinua) fifth grade beginners, high school band, sophomore class sponsor. 7. Carmen Wallin-fifth grade through high school vocal music. 6 Academics