Grain Valley High School - Treasure Chest Yearbook (Grain Valley, MO)

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v l l l l 4 t Look Into the Past Freshmen history offered a variety of subjects. Students learned of American history, from the start of the nation through Contemporary Issues. Sophomore history proved to be a continuation of freshman his- tory. Mainly sophomore students covered world history to the present. Students also learned their relationship with the causes of historical events. Careers, a class new to the curriculum, offered students the chance to learn and experience job careers. Writing resumes, filling out appli- cations, and researching different kinds of careers were a few of the things students learned in room 202, first semester. Taught by Ms. Bonnie Bartels, students got first hand experience with an on-the-job session with local employers and spent a day learning about a career fx., qw t .555 Z of their choice. Minority studies also taught by Bartels, offered an outlook to the mi- norities of the United States. Problems relating to these minorities were proposed and an understanding was related to students in order to al- ter some minority problems. Missouri history, taught by Mr. Edwin Whitaker, taught students the name of the class-Missouri history. Various subjects relating to the state they live in were unveiled. Contemporary Issues and Law and Order, taught mainly by Mr. Ran- dy Farris, taught students about the system and laws locally, at state, national, and international level. Issues involved in the news were relat- ed to law and order in the contemporary issues class. Escape from Classes Study hall, located downstairs in the high school building, offered most students who didn't take a full seven credit load, a chance to catch up on homework or relieve fifty minutes of the hour's boredom. Upperclassmen students who somehow found ways out of study hall, reported to other rooms to work on projects, traveled to Blue Springs on various errands, or helped out to clean up around the school. Students who stayed in study hall found studying was sometimes hard to do, depending on the discipline of the teachers overseeing. Those teachers who were more lenient in their discipline gave students the op- portunity to develop social skills such as talking, playing card games and other 'lsit-down games such as chess. So this is what study hall is all about, huh? lunior highers get into the activities of study hall fleftj. Miss Bridget Shirley, student history teacher, shows her view of t what the world situation should be with her peace sign ibelow leftj. Enjoying ' an hour of talking while working on homework, seventh graders avoid facing the lens of the camera fbelow rightj. HISTORYXSTUDY HALLX81

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'S' Viewing career students' performance in interviewing on the video television, Ms. Bartels joins students of the class in see- ing who was the best interviewee and interviewer frightl. Showing their individuality, eighth graders take time out from history class to pose for the camera-taker tabovel. ln a moment of stillness, Mr. Edwin Whitaker seems deep in thought frightl. Good, Ms. Bartels, we can count to five! History teacher, Bonnie Bartels proves her quick thinking and finger versitility tbelowl. Naa naa naa naa naa! Carri Green seems to be saying as Kristy Perry watches her ffar rightj. 80X HISTORY! SOCIAL SCIENCES SVI

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The Ultimate Challenge Science and biology offered students fundamental knowledge. Primary experiments in the lab area were mainly microscopic. Advanced biology students were led to greater lab experiments as fetal pigs, sharks, and bullfrogs came under the disector's hands. Ecology dealt with the inter-relations of organisms and their environment. Psychology and sociology dealt with individuals and groups, respectively. Basic math skills was the most fundamental math class offered to high school students. Those who completed basic math skills participated in general math or consum- er's math. Consumer's math, taught by Mrs. Shirley Condra, Caught by surprise, eighth grader Dorothy looks up from her life sci- ence book to view the camera culprit ffar belowj. Turning sideway, science students Erik Knudson and Del johnson, among other students, take a liesurely break from the class fbelowl. Huddled secretively around the laboratory, students look at what seems not to be a lab project fbelow leftl. 82!MATH! SCIENCE E showed students how to relate math to everyday mone- tary problems. Basic algebra was a class designed for those who did not necessarily wish to obtain a high knowledge of math, but still needed an algebra back- ground. Those who were interested in a degree of higher edu- cation followed the system set up for Grain Valley math curriculum. Algebra l was mastered the freshman year, followed by geometry the sophomore year. juniors involved themselves in algebra ll, and in the senior year of high school students took calculus, trigonometry and math analysis, chemistry or physics. Computers, which became relevant to the math de- partment during the 80-81 school year, were put into use once again as handfuls of students signed up for computers l or ll classes to increase their knowledge of computers and their language. -1 A 1 r L E 2