Gavit High School - Futura Yearbook (Hammond, IN)

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Choral Department and Band Combine in the “Magic of Christmas Mr. Stanley Zaley, Band. Orchestra, M.M. Vandercook College of Music. Miss Barbara Miller, Middle School Music, M.S. Indianan State University. And Comes The Sound Of Music And a ONE, and a TWO The “long, and winding road” continues on through the music de- partment. At the beginning of the road Freshman choral students are members of Mixed Chorus. Then as Sophomores they enter the Mixed Glee. Further along the road, Junior year brings Girls Choir and, along with Seniors, Concert Choir. Under the direction of Mr. Thomas Clark, Gavit’s Choral Dept, presented their annual Fall Concert, and Christmas Concert— “The Magic of Christmas” was presented along with the Gavit Band. Mr. Stanley Zaley is director of the Gavit Band which not only performs but also at football and basketball games, and in parades. Learning 29

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P.E. Classes Miss Caryle Feddeler, P.E., Social Studies, M.S. Northern Illinois University THE P.E. program at Gavit in- cludes field hockey, football, soccer, basketball, handball, volleyball, gymnastics, tumbling, track and XX field, badminton, softball, table ten- nis, bowling, dancing, swimming, water polo, and wrestling. This year included a first in the P.E. program at Gavit— co-ed-volley- ball. Plans for the future include even more co-ed programs perhaps in dancing and softball. Another special program is the wrestling clinic offered by the instructors and coaches for grade school boys. Stress The Mr. Ben Life, B.S. Indiana University 0 Flying High In the Sky Individual Mr. Earl Thompson, P.E., M.S. University of Illinois. This years teachers— Miss Kelly, Mrs. Estep, Mr. Life and Mr. Thomp- son are stressing maximum partici- pation, physical development so- ciability and attaining a sufficient knowledge of each sport to allow students to participate with friends out of school. The instructors feel that a good P.E. program should offer wide vari- ety of activity interests out of which each student might find one of par- ticular interest to him. Mrs. Sandy Estep, P.E., M.S. Indiana University Miss Margaret Kelly, P.E., M.S. Purdue University. Mr. Wayne Wagner, P.E., M.A. Ball State University. 28 Learning

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MATH FIGURES WELL INTO CURRICULUM A mathematics student at Gavit can follow any one of three sequences (lev- els) of courses, each geared toward the needs of individuals. The first se- quence contains remedial and general math, the next is modeled for the voca- tional-oriented, and the third sequence prepares the college-bound. The highest track within the Sequence 3 is the accelerated U.I.C.S.M. Self- discovery and individual study are stressed for the students who learn from innovative texts, written by the University of Illinoise Committee on School Mathmatics in the 1960’s. Gavit contributed a few st atistics in 1961 that helped the committee’s study, and since then the U.I.C.S.M. has indoctrinated most other mathematics texts used by Gavit with new vocabulary and techniques. Whether it be Basic Math, General Math, Algebra, Geometry, Algebra-Tri- gonometry, Math Analysis or Calculus, the Math department gives each stu- dent the most appropriate math courses for their future. Pictures counter clockwise: Mrs. Phyllis Prater— Math, M.A. Purdue Univ. Mr. Kenneth Wysoki— Math, M.A. Purdue Univ. Mr. Randolph Kuchenberg— Math, B.A. Indiana State University Mr. Delbert Stevens— Math, Geometry, M.A. Purdue Univ. Mr. Albert Tilendis— Math, M.A. Univ. of Illinois Mrs. Ruth Jones— M.S. Math. B.S. Wiley College Mr. Richard Willis— Math, M.A. Purdue Univ. Mr. M. Del Greco— Dept. Chairman, M.A.T. Purdue Univ. 30 Learning