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

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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

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Knowledge Expanded The lndustrial Arts classes this year were composed of seventh through twelfth grade students, mostly those who were veterans of past shop classes taught by l.A. teacher, Mr. Chuck Shroyer. The basic classes taught in this department were junior high shop classes ffirst hourj in which seventh and eighth graders learned the basic skills of crafts and woodwork by creating items constructed by way of wood, leather, and e I plastic. w Woodworking l consisted of studying the various materials, machines, tools, and processes relating to the woodworking industry. General metals taught stu- dents how to work with and process different types of metal such as sheet, wrought iron, welding, heat treating, and simple machine methods. Basic draft- ing focused on techniques and basics of drafting. For those who were in their second year of drafting, architectual drafting was offered for a deeper educa- 'M tion. Students in the class were taught the problems of home planning, wiring, plumbing, heating, etc. Finishing and Upholstery students involved themselves with stripping and fin- ishing small tables and experimenting with various finishing methods and mate- rials. The l'big project of the first semester fourth hour students was to finish and reupholster a chair of their choice. Other advanced classes taught by Shroyer were advanced woods two, three, and four. Students in the Industrial Arts program worked toward com- pletion of their lengthy projects. and entry into district l.A. contest. For the first time in eight years, though, no one from the program participated in the event. Hand-sanding a board on the table saw, freshman Gary Parker prepares parts for his wood project ffar abovej. Utilizing their mental knowledge, junior high students Brian Thompson and lohn Marlow take time out from worksheets to smile at the camera fabovel. Caught from behind, senior Russ Criswell looks up from his advanced drafting -print frightj. 84! INDUSTRIAL ARTS