East High School - Echoes Yearbook (Wichita, KS)

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I Rig , -4 Q :,, .,,k..:. xk ..., Q LEFT: Worklng on the eenlor edltlon ot the paper, Alvin Teague, eenlor, cute the PMT'e. UPPER LEFT: Demonstrating the exaeperetlon ol e typlcal day In the tleld ol loumallem, aenlore Troy Sloan and Mlke Shreltler debate a eultable plcture, while Suzy Brown, eenlor, lm- patlently awalte her tum to use the contact book. UPPER RIGHT: Selected etett members go through Gulll lt Scroll Inltlatlon. FAR RIGHT: Communlcatlone are a major part of joumallem, ae demonstrated by eenlor newspaper member Angle Howell. BOTTOM LEFT: Contemplatlng yearbook plc- ture Ideas, Jonny Cuelck, eenlor, and Vlckl Churchman, advleer, eort through negatlvee. BOTTOM RIGHT: Tackling one ol the leee ex- cltlng lobe In newspaper production, eenlor Mary Gomlck Iolde and labels pepere to be sent to other echoole. motivated and caring human beings. She combined these aspects to help her students put out the best possi- ble high school newspaper and year- book. ln order to give the students incen- tive, Churchman planned several ltrips to reward them for their hard work. The trips were designed to rcombine educational experiences with lots of fun. Students attended summer jour- nalism camp at Colorado State University and traveled to Missouri to visit the University of Missouri School of Journalism and then relax- ed at Silver Dollar City. Leslie Reed: l've learned a lot in three years, and I had fun doing it Traci Tilma: Journalism is a good way to meet people and im- prove writing skills. Journalisml27

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N, .tw ss X as Journalism takes a lot of hard work, but It can be a very rewarding experience education Chairperson: Vicki Churchman Members: 59 Subjects Joumalism 1, Joumalism 2, Jour- nalism 3, Yearbook 1, Yearbook 2, Publica- tions News and Publications Yearbook. Strengths: High number of intelligent and dedicated students on staff. Weaknesses: Number of people on Year- book staff with no Journalism 1 training. 26lJournalism IS a must What is a good journalist? Accor- ding to Vicki Churchman, journalism adviser, it is a person who makes every effort to find the facts and report them honestly, no matter what his personal beliefs. She added that a good journalist is also aware of the world around him and keeps in mind that .what he writes provides leader- ship for his readers. There were many new additions to the journalism department. Besides the standard Compugraphic, a word processing computer, students had the opportunity to set their work on two Apple lle computers. A pilot program was also started. An advanced communications inter- face was acquired which enabled completed stories, typed on the Ap- ple, to be sent to the Compugraphic through a spelling program that cat- ches errors. This cut down on the amount of proof-reading and typing to be done. Churchman's two personal goals of journalism were to create good journalists and to help mold in- dividuals into responsible, self

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TOP LEFT: Maklng sure she draws a stralghl llne, senlor Dlane Vandeveer puts all of her concentratlon towards lt. TOP RIGHT: Practlclng durlng rehearsals to play the rlght strlngs, sophomore Llsa Erlckson puts her creatlve ablllty to work. BOTTOM LEFT: Trylng to get a polnt across on how to apply a moustache, sophomore Stephanls Black applles one on sophomore Luke Carter tor a rehearsal. BOTTOM RIGHT: Palntlng a llat for Flddler, senlor Anna Blennan uses the theater technl- que. me s. Students show thelr lmaglnatlon, but self- dlsclpllne ls also a very Important factor. tudents are motivated Instructors: Chrls Poelma, Dan Beck and Verna Roth Subjects: Debate and Forensics Number of players: 18 In Debate and 30 In Forenslcs. Strengths: They wln regularly all year long. The students are self-motivated to succeed. They are Independent and llsten well. Academically, they stand out above the rest. Weaknesses: Preparation and com- Drama petltlon are very tlme consumlng. Chelrperson: Mlsty Maynard Sublects: Drama and Stagecraft. Number ot players: 46 Strengths: Students are Imaglnatlve. creatlve and outgolng. f Weaknesses: Lack of self-dlsclpllne, whlch ls of great Importance In theatre. Students often have trouble handling the freedom of creatlve work. Drama students had a new teacher, Mlsty Maynard, but she got busy relnstatlng an old tradltlon. Both drama and stagecraft students spent tlme learning the hlstory of theatre as well as the art of actlng. The stagecraft class was more Involved ln learnlng llghtlng and sets, but also studled theatre techni- ques. Debate and Forensic students were also very busy In preparing ,for and competlng at tournaments all over the state. Thelr. hours of hard work and dedlcatlon pald off when they took flrst place out of 13 schools In McPherson. East took fourth place at the 6A