Green Mountain High School - Ramblings Yearbook (Lakewood, CO)

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58 - Academics A library assistant talks with Jim Mitschele about the stack of books in front of him. Janet Lake works with a student. its tt,- ltt- f V t'-- ttttt Burt Nelson and Jeff Wintersteen have fun in the library The library fills up during lunch time with students doing their homework

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P.E., Tech. Arts, And Drivers' Ed. Richi Brown stressed the importance of PE because she said as people get older they have more leisure time, especially with the coming of computers, so most people can fill it with some athletic activity. Besides your mind functions better when you feel good, and you feel better when you exercise. She added PE also teaches certain social skills like cooperation. The variety of PE teachers at GMHS was a plus Brown commented about the program. g'Each teacher has some special areas they work with, so no one has to really teach something they don't likeff Technical Arts is also affected by computerization. Every aspect of industry is being put on computers, but GMHS is still teaching manual labor. But because the industry is on computers GMHS teachers stress a lot of creative thinking because computers have taken away the menial work. Dave Schenk added, we try to instill a sense of pride in their work. I think in this day of change, Tech. Arts should be required for graduation. Everyone does general maintenance once in awhile, added Ken Henderson. An- other important aspect is it teaches motor skills instead of academics. Ron Crilly teaches Driver's Ed. lt is a quarter class and includes on the street, simulated, and range driving. gg ' F- j ' , 1, 3 .P Els -2, 5515 -U 'Wy -- W1 wmv? ,a w w f . fa 1 MHZ, ,Q ws t l r t 4 M Wx. f M X l L ,E 'W ' 2 Academics

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W 'WN--xmffv M Media And P.C. HI'd rather be helping kids find things than asking them to be quietfl stated Gail Mclntire, GMI-IS librarian. l'm not good as a policeman. Mclntire commented that they have a good basic collection but needed more books. Not just one person has a paper to write and we don't have enough books for an entire class to choose the same subject. The security system seems to have helped, but she won't be sure until she takes inventory in June. Also the wall between the pit and the library has helped keep it quiet, more people use it to study than those who use it for socializing. I donlt find as many apple cores, orange peels and empty lunch sacks anymore. P.C. stands for Perceptional Communication. By this the phrase can be defined as someone who has problems per- haps differentiating words such as was and saw. The pro- gram also deals with other learning disabilities. For exam- ple, if a student cannot read a test, a teacher will read the test to the pupil. This does not indicate that the student is in anyway mentally retarded, for the students that are in the program have average or above average intelligence. Pri- marily, the agenda helps with the academic areas of educa- tion. For instance, language arts and math are stressed to help the student. However, as Janet Lake, GMHS teacher, stated, Often times students have more trouble in the language artsf' Academics - 59