Bedford Junior High School - Transition Yearbook (Temperance, MI)

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And now for the weather . . . Eighth grade students Heather Moran, Norma Harrison, and MicheIle Prati perform The Six O'Clock News in Mrs. Fegan's third hour. What a relief! Freshman Peggy Martin sighs with relief at her grade on a creative writing paper returned by Mr. Horn. lOZ 5, 4, 3, 2, l . . . Freshman Michelle Bowers times Becky Weiss during her speech in speech and drama.

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Solve Itl On the overhead projector Stefanie Wozniak explains how to solve a complicated equation to her friend. Tracy Irons during Mr. Cady's last hour. Help! Tony Steiner receives help from Ms. Schira during her iifth houn Math: Add It Up A Challenge, But Worth It e s enjoyed utilizing the lives and interests of student in modern day story problems, stated seventh grade math teacher, Mr. Charles Horvath. Along with utilizing the lives of his students, Mr. Horvath and the rest of the Math teachers knew that when they saw a student smile after solving a hard problem, they had accomplished a difficult task. Seventh grader, Terry Cassell stated, ttMr. Horvathi always compares me to people in the story problems. it used to bother me, butl notice now, it helped me a lot. Seventh graders liked their first year of either general math or pre-algebra. til didn't mind math class. it was the homework on weekends that i didnt care for, stated seventh grader, Lisa Wells. Those students in pre-algebra enjoyed the class be- cause after they learned how to solve a problem, it was easy. Seventh grader, Shelly Hall commented, It was hard at First but, it was worth it. Both eighth and ninth graders worked on general Math or Algebra. Some ninth graders made it through a tough year of geometry. Those students that had algebra agreed that graphing equations was the most fun. iii liked graphing the equations better than solving them, stated freshman, Rebecca Gulch. Mr. Rick Nirschl, freshman general math and algebra teacher stated, til enjoy teaching algebra because its a challenging subject to teach. Most students agreed that it took a lot of concentra- tion and hours of studying to get through the year. Dazed! in Mrs. Carter's fourth hour, Aaron Bowland listens carefully.

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Lights, Camera, Action! Mr. Kreuchauf teaches third hour English students how to use a video camera and recorder. No Butterflies In Her Stomach! Without any nervous gestures, seventh grader Tori Smyter does her demonstration speech with help from Kevin Kokocinski. Not All Grammar Students Find English Exciting ouns, verbs, adjectives, prepositions - these weren't the only things students studied in English classes. Each class proved that there was much more to English than grammar. Many freshmen's favorite part of the year was doing career contracts. It helped them to find what particular jobs interested them, and to get a head start for their futures. til liked the careers unit because it helped to prepare me for the business world, stated Freshman Jennifer Patton. Freshmen also read great novels such as A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, and Romeo and lullet by William Shakespeare. Creative writing classes wrote short stories and braved the outdoors to write impressions for each changing season. Whehter it was doing a skit or giving a speech, many speech and drama students learned to feel more con- fident when performing in front of audiences. Eighth graders also had an interesting year. They performed plays and also read The Diary of Anne Frank while seventh graders performed demonstration speeches and made their own books for the The Young Authors Writing Contest. Both grades also competed in the schools annual spelling bee. No matter what grade or class they were in, students learned much more about English than just a, e, i, o, and u. Flnlshlng Touches! During third hour English, seventh graders Brett Parachek, Joni Campey and Betsy Krupp Finish their books to enter in the Young Author's Contest.